Cultural Season 2026!

During the 2026 cultural season, the Pearl is also open on Sundays from 11:00 to 18:00*.

May

  • 1-3.05.2026 – Thinloth‘s solo exhibition “Ithil Taur” – paintings, drawings, photography, and other small works.

  • 9.05.2026 – Charity photography meeting “Pearl Tales” run by Thinloth – registration required!

  • 16.05.2026 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. – “Pearl by Night” – Night of Museums 2026

June

  • 4-7.06.2026, every day from 11:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m. – “Spring Meetings II“, i.e. coffee or tea with representatives of Twoje Dziedzictwo Foundation (Your Heritage), and an exhibition consisting Thinloth‘s works entitled “Ithil Taur” and other works from the Pearl Gallery.

  • 27/28.06.2026, 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 a.m. – “Holidays with Ghosts” – details

July

  • 4.07.2026 – open day of Thinloth‘s exhibition entitled “Ithil Taur” and other works from the Pearl Gallery at the request of the Bolesławiec Rural Commune Office – an accompanying event for the “The world beneath Kyczera” festival.

August

  • 31.07-2.08.2026 – PixelMania is a closed, international cosplay event. Please note: The Pearl will be closed to visitors on Sunday, August 2nd.

  • 7.08.2026 – opening of the Devinez painting exhibition.

  • 8.08.2026 6:00 p.m. – Final concert of the Master Class for Opera Singers Organizer: Ars Augusta e.V., free admission.Scenes and arias from the operas: “The Marriage of Figaro” and “Don Giovanni” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; “La Traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi; “Orlando” by George Frideric Handel. Singers: Mikołaj Bonkowski, bass; Jan Bukowski, baritone; Anna Grycan, mezzo-soprano.

September

  • 5.09.2026 14:00 – opening of the exhibition “Guardians of the Border” Erinthul.

    Opening of the exhibition of self-portrait photography inspired by Slavic beliefs by Erinthul entitled “Guardians of the Borderland”.

  • 5.09.2026 14:00 – exhibition of “Kraboszki”.

    An exhibition of ritual masks related to holidays dedicated to the dead, the so-called “kraboszki”, made by Slovisha Musical Instruments

  • 5.09.2026 17:00 – National Reading – “Forefathers’ Eve part 2”.

    A performative, shared reading of Adam Mickiewicz’s “Forefathers’ Eve.” An event under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland.

  • 5.09.2026 20:00 – Night tour of the Pearl.

    Join us for another nighttime tour of the Pearl! The event will feature live music performed by Slovisha Musical Instruments.

  • 11.09.2026 5:00 p.m. – concert “Hans Frenzel – the Rich”.

    Old songs from Germany and Poland are performed alongside new lyrics. Texts by Husam Maarouf, Sofokles, and others; music by Wacław z Szamotuł, Arnold von Bruck, Johann Crüger, and others. Soprano: Clarissa Renner; Lute/Zither: Simon Linné; Rebec/Viola da Gamba: Uwe Ulbrich; Drums: Hannes Malkowski; Recorder & Dulcian: Margot Simon; Renaissance Trombone: Sebastian Krause; Tenor: Fridolin Wissemann; Acting and Direction: Maria Anne Müller.

*unless another open or closed event is taking place there. The Pearl’s availability can be confirmed by calling +48 690 690 550

And what was it like in 2025?

May

  • 2-3.05.2025 – Group exhibition titled “Feminine Energy”. Painting: Catarina Félix Machado (Portugal), Joanna Sztyrak, Thinloth Korwin-Szymanowska. Photography: female portrait – Agnieszka Gonczarek, self-portrait – Thinloth Korwin-Szymanowska, Joanna Sztyrak. The C.F. Machado exhibition will be combined with a screening and musical accompaniment. Free admission, donations welcome

June

  • 14.06.2025 11:00 – Sylwia Mazurek‘s exhibition.
  • 14.06.2025 17:00 – recital “Stories from near and far”. Jan-Henrik Witkowski (bass) and Doriana Tchakarova (pianoforte). The program includes arias and songs by composers such as: Loewe, Schubert, Jensen, Mozart, Bellini and Moniuszko.

July

  • 26.07.2025 11:00 – Devinez‘s painting exhibition.
  • 26.07.2025 18:00 – “Witches, Gothic, Possession” – Gaia Anna fashion show, combined with live music and a jazz improvisation concert.

August

  • 1-3.08.2025 – closed, international cosplay event PixelMania.
  • 22.08.2025 18:00 – concert of the Polish National Youth Choir (run by the National Forum of Music in Wrocław). The program includes, among others: Pūt, Vējiņi (arr. Imants Ramiņš), Vindo (Raimonds Sejans), Rivers of Light (Eriks Ēsenvalds), Atsalums (Jēkabs Jancevskis), Father Thunder (Laura Jēkabsone), Nunc Dimittis (Arvo Pärt), Chciałbym zaśpiewać Ci.. (Marek Raczyński), …Dotknięciem chwili… (Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk), Sonnet VIII (Szymon Godziemba-Trytek). The entire performance will be led by the following conductors: Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny and Maris Sirmais (Latvian conductor, invited to collaborate on this project). Tickets: standard PLN 20, concessions PLN 15. We encourage donations to support the development of cultural life at the Pearl.

September

  • 7.09.2025 16:00 – piano recital “Longing for Love” performed by Cornelius Lewenberg and Markus Zugehör, prepared in cooperation with the “Ars Augusta” association.
  • 20.09.2025 17:00 – “Chopin en Vacances” piano recital.
And what was it like in 2024?

June

  • 21.06.2024 11:00 – 16:00 – Open doors with guided tour. Free admission.

September

  • 10.09.2024 9:00-18:00 – “Cleaning the Pearl Cemetery” – we invite volunteers to join us in cleaning up the cemetery. Thanks to the support of the National Heritage Institute, we provide full board.

October

  • 12.10.2024 11:00 – “Romantic Autumn” – painting exhibition of Justyna Koziczak, Thinloth Korwin-Szymanowska and Krzysztof Polaczenko. Free admission.
  • 12.10.2024 17:00 – “Romantic Autumn” – piano concert performed by Zofia Dynak-Chwałko and Simonas Poška. The most beautiful pieces by Chopin, Liszt, Schubert, Debussy, Scriabin will be performed. Free admission.
And what was it like in 2023?
The 2023 cultural season in our Temple of Art and Light: the Pearl, started with the comic opera “Serva Padrona” by Giovanni Pergolesi, was closed yesterday with the excellent performance “Action Medea”.
It was an active season at the Pearl. Painting and photography exhibitions where you could not only admire the works, but also talk to their authors. The following artists presented their works: Thinloth, Justyna Koziczak, Monika Cichoszewska, Mariusz Mykicki.
The season began with the excellent comic opera by Giovanni Pergolesi “Serva Padrona”, directed by our Eleni Ioannidou from Ars Augusta e.V. The main roles were played by outstanding soloists: Elvire Beekhuizen as Serpina and Mikołaj Bońkowski as Uberto, and they were accompanied silently but expressively by the famous mime Bogdan Nowak as Vespone. The instrumental layer was provided by the excellent baroque band “Das Lausitzer Barockensemble” composed of: Szczepan Dembiński, Adam Piotr Rorat, Dominika Garncarz, Kacper Szpot, Klaudyna Żołnierek, Mateusz Janus, Marcin Bajon, supported by the talented flutist Susan Joseph.
Shortly afterwards, thanks to cooperation with the Municipal Center of Culture and Sports in Bolesławiec, the ecumenical choir of the Vang temple from Karpacz visited the Pearl.
Like every year, the Pearl hosted the PixelMania cosplay event, gathering photographers and participants from all over the world within the walls of the Temple of Art and Light.
The oratorio “Il Davide” by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, directed by the talented opera director Rocc, turned out to be a real feast for the eyes and ears. The event was created in cooperation with the Ars Augusta association and the Kulturní Morava association.
Five outstanding soloists: David: Doubravka Součková (soprano), Saul, king of Israel: Aco Bišćević (tenor), Jonatan, son of Saul: Helena Hozová (soprano), Abner, leader: Jiří Miroslav Procházka (bass), Eliab, David’s brother: Aneta Petrasová (alto), accompanied by the choir and orchestra “Volantes Orchestra”, under the baton of Marek Čermák, provided an unforgettable musical and aesthetic experience.
During the “National Reading”, organized in cooperation with the Public Library in Żeliszów and GOKiS Bolesławiec, our guests read together “Nad Niemnem” by Eliza Orzeszkowa.
Twice, including at the end of the season, the space of the Pearl was filled with the torn soul of Euripides’ Medea, illustrated by the play of three amazing actresses: Marie Walker, Joanna Kurzyńska and Marta Horyza. Their voices were hypnotizing, resounding with depth in the souls of the gathered audience in the performance “Action Medea” from the repertoire of Studio Kokyu, directed by Przemysław Błaszczak.
Thank you, wonderful audience! Thank you to our artists and partners!