Gunia Nowik Gallery

09/07/2025

Thank you for celebrating with us!

On Saturday, July 5, we marked the fourth anniversary of Gunia Nowik Gallery with a special evening that brought together our community to celebrate the opening of two exhibitions: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙎ł𝙖𝙬𝙤𝙨𝙯𝙮𝙣𝙤 by Teresa Gierzyńska | Jul 5 — Sep 6, 2025 | Gunia Nowik Gallery and 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙝 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 by Anna Orłowska | Jul 5 — Sep 6, 2025 | Gunia Nowik Gallery.

We extend our sincere thanks to all who joined us for this occasion — our artists, guests, and collaborators. We are deeply grateful for your continued presence, trust, and support.

The exhibitions by Teresa Gierzyńska and Anna Orłowska remain on view until September 6, 2025. We invite you to visit and spend time with these powerful and intimate photographic series throughout the summer — works that reflect on the passage of time and the fragile, shifting nature of memory.

Thank you for being part of this moment. We look forward to what lies ahead!

— The Artists and Gunia Nowik Gallery Team

03/07/2025

We are delighted to invite you to celebrate the fourth birthday of Gunia Nowik Gallery with a special evening featuring the opening of two exhibitions by Teresa Gierzyńska and Anna Orłowska!

The event takes place on Saturday, July 5, from 5 – 8 pm at Gunia Nowik Gallery, Bracka 20a, 00-028 Warsaw. Be sure to be with us in the garden at 7 pm as we blow out the candles on the birthday cake!

We look forward to celebrating this occasion together!

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Teresa Gierzyńska, Nr. 5 (Romek) from the series In the footsteps of Malczewski, 1976-77, gelatin silver print mounted on cardboard, aniline-dyed, 29.4 x 39.2 cm

Anna Orłowska, Wreath, 2023, inkjet print on archival paper, mounted on dibond, wooden frame, UV glass, 62.5 x 50 cm

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21/06/2025

More than a dozen galleries are showing at Art Basel for the first time, all brimming with enthusiasm

21/06/2025

На міжнародній виставці сучасного мистецтва у Швейцарії Art Basel вперше представлені роботи української художниці Сани Шахмурадової Танської — Cуспільне Культура

21/06/2025

𝘎𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘕𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘬 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘻𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘷𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 The Rapture — 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘰, 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺.

— Elisa Carollo for ᴏʙꜱᴇʀᴠᴇʀ

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As Art Basel enters its final weekend, we’re pleased to see 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 by Sana Shahmuradova Tanska resonate widely — and grateful to the writers, editors, and publications who took interest. Thank you for the coverage, the questions, and the space given to this work.

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https://observer.com/2025/06/sales-report-art-basel-2025-rothko-carrington/

https://marieclaire.de/life/kunst-kultur/art-basel-2025/

https://www.prazzleinc.com/editorial/emerging-artists-to-look-out-for-at-art-basel-switzerland-2025

20/06/2025

Active from the 1970s – 1990s, Krzysztof Jung (1951–1998) was at the forefront of q***r art in Poland. For Basel Social Club, we will present a selection of Jung’s intimate male portraits, created between the 1970s and 1980s. Jung’s portraits celebrate themes of q***r desire and reciprocity, presenting male intimacy as an act of quiet resistance within unequal societal structures.

These personal drawings, discovered in the artist’s apartment following his untimely death, predominantly depict men who were close to him—partners, friends, and lovers. The men are calm, introspective, yet free and unreservedly erotic, their images intertwining to form a tapestry of male-to-male love and friendship. The eroticism in Jung’s work, though palpable, serves as a conduit for deeper emotional truths rather than being an end in itself. Through delicate pencil shading or meticulously broken ballpoint lines, his drawings become affirmations of q***r desire, filled with longing and personal projection.

Jung’s portraits embody the tenderness and trust that defined his relationships, with recurring motifs, such as the bed, symbolizing spaces of connection and introspection. These drawings are not merely representations, but intermediaries of the connections and emotional and physical intimacy that permeated Jung’s life.

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Krzysztof Jung at Basel Social Club, Switzerland, June 2025, exhibition views, photos: Moritz Schermbach

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𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯
Daniel Rycharski
Krzysztof Jung
Alina Kleytman
Rittergasse 21–25
4051 Basel, Switzerland
June 15 – 21
2 pm – midnight

Find Krzysztof Jung’s drawings on the 3rd floor (top level), Room A31.
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19/06/2025

In a Former Bank, Basel Social Club 2025 Reimagines Art and Exchange by Eliza Jordan

Journey within a former bank in Basel to experience the 2025 presentation of Basel Social Club—a radical edition centered around themes of finance and exchange.

The 2025 edition of Basel Social Club (June 15–21) returns with its fourth presentation, taking over an unexpected new venue—a former private bank in the heart of Grossbasel. Known for transforming unconventional spaces into vivid centers of art and social engagement, the non-profit initiative has previously animated villas, factories, and farmland. Now, in perhaps its most conceptually charged location yet, Basel Social Club invites the public into over 100 rooms of a grand bank.

Read the full article on the Whitewall website: https://whitewall.art/art/in-a-former-bank-basel-social-club-2025-reimagines-art-and-exchange/

19/06/2025

Daniel Rycharski’s sculptural work 'Troughs' (2022/2025) directly engages with the Basel Social Club 2025 venue—a historical bank—and its themes of value, exchange, and inequality, reimagining forgotten rural objects as containers of both literal and metaphysical worth and inviting reflection on collective identity and economic transformation.

Rycharski is a conceptual artist whose practice bridges rural and q***r identities, spirituality, and the socio-political tensions between tradition and modernity. His series 'Troughs' transforms wooden farm troughs, dismissed as relics of pre-industrial agriculture, into poignant symbols of value and memory. By lining the interiors with golden pennies, Rycharski imbues these overlooked objects with sacred resonance, questioning capitalist notions of worth and highlighting the spiritual and communal loss tied to rural life’s decline.

The 'Troughs' continue his exploration of the ‘death of life in the countryside’, addressing depopulation, industrialized agriculture, and the erosion of human-nature relationships. The golden coins evoke a sacralized aura, juxtaposing the troughs’ utilitarian origins with their contemporary symbolic rebirth.

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𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯
Daniel Rycharski
Krzysztof Jung
Alina Kleytman
Rittergasse 21–25
4051 Basel, Switzerland
June 15 – 21
2 pm – midnight

Find Daniel Rycharski’s sculptures on the 1st floor of Basel Social Club, Room B11 (staircase).

18/06/2025

Sana Shahmuradova Tanska
𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹
Statements Sector
Booth M12, Hall 2.1
Messeplatz 10
4058 Basel, Switzerland
Private Days (by invitation only)
June 17–18
11 am – 8 pm
First Choice, Preview, VIP guests
Public Days
June 19–22
11 am – 7 pm

Gunia Nowik Gallery is pleased to present a solo booth by emerging Ukrainian artist Sana Shahmuradova Tanska (b. 1996, Odesa) in the Art Basel Statements sector. Titled The Rapture, the presentation features a newly created painterly installation, consisting of 10 individual works, that explores the fluidity of identity, the deep bonds between people and the land, and the resilience of the human spirit. Shahmuradova Tanska’s gender-fluid figures exist in a state of constant transformation, reaching across time and space to reflect a collective experience shaped by vulnerability and strength. Her immersive, panoramic frieze at Art Basel invites viewers into a world where memory, myth, and lived experience intertwine, offering a poetic meditation on belonging and survival.

17/06/2025

Yes, we’re in Basel this week for Art Basel and Basel Social Club, but the gallery in Warsaw remains open as usual (Tuesday–Saturday, 12–6 pm) — except on Thursday, June 19, when we’ll be closed for Corpus Christi. Alina Kleytman’s exhibition is on view til June 28 at Bracka 20A, and we look forward to seeing you!

Tak, jesteśmy w tym tygodniu w Bazylei na Art Basel i Basel Social Club, ale galeria w Warszawie działa jak zwykle (wtorek–sobota, 12:00–18:00) — z wyjątkiem czwartku, 19 czerwca, kiedy będzie zamknięta z okazji Bożego Ciała. Wystawę Aliny Kleytman można oglądać do 28 czerwca przy Brackiej 20a — zapraszamy!

This week in Basel Social Club 2025 film programme: Alina Kleytman, RESPONSIBILITY: SHAME, FEAR, AND PRIDE, 2017, Full HD video, 5'47"; film still

17/06/2025

We are thrilled to participate in Art Basel's Swiss edition for the first time with a solo presentation by Sana Shahmuradova Tanska in the Statements sector. Art Basel is open to the public from June 19-22, with VIP previews on June 17 and 18. Our presentation is now on view — visit us in Hall 2.1, Booth M12!

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Sana Shahmuradova Tanska
𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹
Statements Sector
Booth M12, Hall 2.1
Messeplatz 10
4058 Basel, Switzerland
Private Days (by invitation only)
June 17–18
11 am – 8 pm
First Choice, Preview, VIP guests
Public Days
June 19–22
11 am – 7 pm

Gunia Nowik Gallery is pleased to present a solo booth by emerging Ukrainian artist Sana Shahmuradova Tanska (b. 1996, Odesa) in the Art Basel Statements sector. Titled The Rapture, the presentation features a newly created painterly installation, consisting of 10 individual works, that explores the fluidity of identity, the deep bonds between people and the land, and the resilience of the human spirit. Shahmuradova Tanska’s gender-fluid figures exist in a state of constant transformation, reaching across time and space to reflect a collective experience shaped by vulnerability and strength. Her immersive, panoramic frieze at Art Basel invites viewers into a world where memory, myth, and lived experience intertwine, offering a poetic meditation on belonging and survival.

Shahmuradova Tanska’s distinctive visual language, characterized by flowing organic lines and luminous oil paint, evokes dreamlike, mythical landscapes where figures dissolve into their surroundings. Drawing from personal history and the current realities of Ukraine, her works function as repositories of both personal and collective trauma, offering a nuanced reflection on displacement, endurance, and the role of dreams as a refuge from adversity. Currently based in Kyiv, the artist has exhibited at the Biennale of Sydney (2024), EVA International Biennial in Ireland (2023), and DHAKA Art Summit (2023). Her Art Basel debut marks a pivotal moment, introducing her deeply resonant practice to a global audience.