We invite you to the opening of the main exhibition of 2026, marking the 10th anniversary of PLATO.

Soil and Friends

30/4/2026–13/9/2026
Opening 29/4/2026 at 6 pm

Artists: Marie Boková, Centrala (Małgorzata Kuciewicz & Simone De Iacobis), Julia Ciunowicz, Polina Davydenko, Yoeri Guépin, Ingela Ihrman, Denisa Langrová, Kateřina Žák Konvalinová & Judita Levitnerová, Yana Kononova, Dávid Koronczi, Krzysztof Maniak, Deirdre O’Mahony, Julia Ábalos Reznak, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Alex Sihelsk*, Sounding Soil, Rosario Talevi, Salka Tiziana, Two Sleepy Wolves Ana Vaz, Ewelina Węgiel, Barbora Lungová & Lenka Škutová & local flower growers, Zabriskie Buchladen für Kultur und Natur, Kryštof Zvolánek

Curators: Marianna Dobkowska & Edith Jeřábková
Architect: Zbyněk Baladrán
Graphic design: Ľubica Segečová & Róbert Púček

We present to you: soil. Soil is neither invisible nor quiet, as it might erroneously seem, and the plants and animals connected with it are excellent narrators of what’s going on in the depths hidden from human eyes.

Through the invited artists’ varied approaches to issues involving soil, the exhibition studies the intertwined presence and histories of inorganic particles and soil organisms and the plants and animals connected with them, including humans.

Soil has a complex form: it is a material, a source of both life and property, and is capable of influencing global warming – so it’s no surprise that the art world has given its regeneration so much attention. Let’s imagine soil!

Project marking the 10th anniversary of PLATO.

Main partners

Co-organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.

With financial support from

In cooperation with

Thanks for the materials

art re use, Tkalcovna Kubák

Media partners

Artalk, Magazín Patriot

Special thanks to

ARTTEX klub textilných výtvarníkov, Film United, BALSHOP, Ferona, a.s., JAF HOLZ spol. s r.o., Optoma Europe Ltd