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How can one capture the dynamics of the movements of dancers, instrumentalists, singers or a conductor through visual art? You’ll find the answer by visiting Maciej Jarczyński’s exhibition of drawings and paintings – ‘Moving Images’ – which has been on display at the Main Library of the University of Gdańsk (room 1.21 on the first floor) since Saturday 30 May. 

We warmly invite you to Sławomir Płatek’s photography exhibition entitled ‘Light as Noise’. The exhibition will be on display at the UG Library Gallery until 15 August 2026.

The Neophilology Reading Room invites you to this year’s edition of the exhibition ‘Pack a book for the holidays!’

The exhibition presents a wide selection of fiction for the summer – from classics, through contemporary novels and romances, to thrillers and crime novels. All the books on display can be borrowed for the whole summer! We believe that there is room for a good read in every reader’s suitcase or rucksack.

The exhibition will be open until the end of July 2026

You are warmly invited!

We invite you to discover a unique collection of views of historic Gdańsk, developed on the basis of drawings from the 18th–20th centuries held in the Library’s collections. The prints have been reproduced using contemporary fine art printmaking techniques by Małgorzata Leszczewska-Włodarska, who, with exceptional attention to detail, recreated the methods of the old masters, employing etching and soft-ground techniques.

“Ephemera, in Print. Polish School of Poster Art in the Special Collections of the University of Gdańsk Library” is an attempt to present a fragment of the sizable collection of posters that have been acquired by the library since the mid-1980s. Because the subject matter of the posters is remarkably diverse, we decided to single out one aspect of the collection. We focused on presenting works by renowned representatives of the “Polish school of poster art” – a movement that originated in Poland in the 1950s and lasted until the mid-1960s.

We invite you to an exhibition entitled PSYKOTY, prepared by a painting group called ‘Połączone Pasją’ (United by Passion). The curator of the exhibition and supervisor of the group is Dorota Białczak.  

‘The exhibition is the result of a year-long project by the artists on the theme of domestic animals, which ties in with recent lectures at the Faculty of Philology entitled “Animali Domestica” and aims to continue the idea of raising funds for an animal welfare foundation,’ says the exhibition curator. 

At the exhibition ‘Echo of the Absolute’, Denis Chyżawski presents a series of paintings entitled ‘Penetration’ – works born out of the deepest emotions, painted improvisationally, without a sketch. These are artistic records of inner journeys, where instinctive feelings spill onto the canvas, creating precisely intertwining shapes and harmonious compositions. Each painting is an invitation to personal interpretation – you can discover something of your own in them, something that resonates with your soul.

Discover the world of theatre without leaving your home. How? Use the Digital Theatre+ educational platform, which provides access to an extensive collection of world-class theatre performances, documentaries, interviews and educational materials in English.

Remote access to the platform is possible via the HAN system (for people associated with the University of Gdańsk). 

How to use the DT+ platform remotely? 

Dear Readers, 
starting today, the University of Gdańsk Library is enabling trial access to the Flipster platform.

Flipster is an easy-to-use digital magazine kiosk that provides readers with access to popular magazines from top publishers including Time Inc, Conde Nast, Meredith, Bloomberg L.P. and many more. With Flipster, users can browse thousands of magazines on a desktop or mobile device, can browse magazines by category, and can search for specific titles. An online carousel, showing current issues, provides quick access to the latest issues.

The “Following the Sun” exhibition is much more than an exhibition of beautiful paintings. It is a tribute to the strength, perseverance and indomitability of the human spirit.

Mila Chyżawska invites viewers on a journey through a painterly tale at the heart of which are sunflowers - symbols of beauty, but also of extraordinary strength. The exhibition will include both monumental, large-format canvases depicting panoramic fields of sunflowers and smaller paintings allowing for a more intimate contact with the work.