Can Red Be Trusted

The exhibition “Can Red Be Trusted” at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art shows new paintings, spatial works and animations by Róża Litwa, made for this exhibition. Its leading theme is trust. It opened with a vernissage on 23 October 2026 and runs 23 October 2026 - 28 February 2027.

The Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art on the exhibition (our translation):

For the exhibition at Ujazdowski Castle, Róża Litwa has prepared new works that develop threads constantly present in her practice: reflections on the human condition and human feelings, on being with others and on a rapidly changing reality.

The leading theme is the trust of the title. What does it mean to place one’s trust - in systems, in other people, in oneself - when everything around seems ever more blurred, fragile and uncertain?

What to expect

The exhibition shows paintings, spatial works and animations by Róża Litwa, all of them new and made for the show at Ujazdowski Castle.

The artist names literature as one of her most important inspirations, the one that sets the whole creative process in motion. Hence the red of the title, which alludes to Anne Carson’s verse novel “Autobiography of Red”.

The exhibition is curated by Ewa Gorządek, with Katarzyna Kaczorowska as coordinator. The visual identity was designed by Zofka Kofta.

Context

Róża Litwa, born in 1982, is a painter, draughtswoman and visual artist. According to the museum’s note, in 2008 she graduated with distinction from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, in the studio of Jarosław Modzelewski in the Faculty of Painting. In 2011 she received the award of the Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation.

According to the English Wikipedia, “Autobiography of Red” is a verse novel by Anne Carson, published in 1998 by Alfred A. Knopf. The red in the exhibition’s title therefore points to a specific book, not only to a colour.

Tickets and time

• Where: at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art. Directions are on the museum profile.
• When: the exhibition runs 23 October 2026 - 28 February 2027.
• Who it’s for: people interested in painting and animation that speak about trust, feelings and being with others, and readers of Anne Carson.
• Combine with: the exhibition “HAEM” by Anna Baumgart, also at Ujazdowski Castle, which also turns around red, here the red of blood; both exhibitions can be seen in one visit.
• What first: the exhibition “Almost Everything” by Aneta Grzeszykowska in the same venue closes earlier, on 7 February 2027, so it is worth seeing first.
• Who can skip it: anyone looking for a survey of the artist’s earlier work, since the exhibition shows new works made for Ujazdowski Castle.

Events

• 12 November 2026 - a guided tour of the exhibition, “Oprowadzanie w działaniu” (a tour in action); check the time and how to take part on the exhibition page, in Polish.

See also

• HAEM - an exhibition by Anna Baumgart whose title names the component of haemoglobin responsible for the red colour of blood.
• Almost Everything - a retrospective of Aneta Grzeszykowska with photographs from twelve series made in 2006-2026 and the sculpture “Franciszka 2025” from the CSW Collection.

Museum profile: Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art.