Ha-Ga. Social life in cartoons
25 October 2025 – 29 March 2026
24 October | 6.00pm – opening night
Museum of Caricature, Kozia 11
The exhibition Ha-Ga. Social Life in Cartoons presents the work of Anna Gosławska-Lipińska, pseudonym Ha-Ga, one of the most talented illustrators of the 20th century, whose works, published for almost forty years in the weekly magazine Szpilki, entertained successive generations of readers.
The exhibition consists of two parts. The first is aimed at adult audiences and focuses on the complex relationships between women and men, which the artist often depicted in her humorous drawings, commonly known as "haga". The second part, which bridges the world of adults and children, is family-oriented and devoted to Ha-Ga as an illustrator of children's literature.
The exhibition will feature over 200 works from the private collection of Ha-Ga's daughter, Zuzanna Lipińska, and from the collection of the Museum of Caricature.
The curators of the exhibition are Agata Napiórska and Piotr Kułak. The accompanying catalogue is being prepared by Zuzanna Lipińska.
An artistic intervention is planned at the end of the exhibition. The exhibition space will be rearranged, and Ha-Ga's drawings will be juxtaposed with works by young artists nominated in the two previous editions of the Ha-Ga competition, including Martyna Bolanowska, Zosia Dzierżawska, paplaLala and Potato Face. The intervention will be curated by Eliza Kącka.
Anna Gosławska-Lipińska (1915–1975), pseudonym Ha-Ga – Polish cartoonist, illustrator and poster designer. Between 1935 and 1939, she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
She made her debut as an illustrator in Szpilki satirical magazine in 1936. From then on, for almost forty years, she published two drawings every week in this magazine, depicting a dialogue between two people dressed according to the latest fashion trends. The drawings published in Szpilki brought her enormous popularity among readers, as evidenced by her victories in polls for the weekly favourite cartoonists. She collaborated with many Polish and foreign magazines, including Przekrój, "Świat, Stolica, L’Humanité Dimanche, Eulenspiegel and Krokodil. She illustrated books for children and adults. She was the author of illustrations for, among others, Świerszczyk, Julian Tuwim’s poetry collection Zosia Samosia (1947), Cuda i dziwy (1949), Jan Brzechwa’s Opowiedział dzięcioł sowie (together with her husband Eryk Lipiński in 1946, and independently in 1968), Janina Porazińska’s Smyku-smyku na patyku (1953), La Fontaine’s Fables (1959), Stefania Grodzieńska’s Rozmówki (1949), Władysław Boruński’s Nie umiem grać na gitarze (1969). She was also the author of film posters, postcards, album covers and packaging, as well as advertising campaigns in the daily press. She also worked with ceramics. She participated in numerous collective exhibitions of caricatures and satirical and humorous drawings in Poland and abroad. She received, among others, the third prize at the 2nd International Caricature Salon in Montreal (1965) and the Golden Pin with Laurel for her lifetime achievement (1971). In 1966, she was honoured with the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 2008, her first solo exhibition entitled Uwaga! Ha-Ga (Watch out! Ha-Ga) was held at the Museum of Caricature in Warsaw. In 2025, her colourful drawings were presented at a solo exhibition entitled Ha-Ga w kolorze (Ha-Ga in Colour) at the Legnica Culture Centre.
EXHIBITION
curators: Piotr Kułak, Agata Napiórska
collaboration and graphic design: Zuzanna Lipińska
title of the exhibition idea: Szymon Holcman
display elements: Elipsy – Kamila Schinwelska, Marcin Gwiazdowski; Artmontage – Alena Trafimava
production: Paulina Brzezińska
technical help: Leszek Mozolewski
english translation: Zuzanna Lipińska
ukrainian translation: Iuliia Bystrycka
MUSEUM OF CARICATURE
director: Paweł Płoski
deputy director: Monika Portka
accountant: Małgorzata Krupa
administration: Katarzyna Kowalczyk, Maria Osowska, Alina Zatorska
promotion: Mikołaj Dołhun, Katarzyna Miękus, Julia Pietrzak-Szczudło
exhibitions: Paulina Brzezińska, Michał Rzecznik
education: Zuzanna Berus, Karolina Pardej, Joanna Rzepecka
collection and documentation: Piotr Kułak, Maria Muszkowska, Paulina Pilcicka, Magdalena Wrzosek
kasa: Danuta Porowska, Jolanta Warpas
legal services: Hipsz Magdziak Kancelaria Radców Prawnych Sp.p.
The works by Ha-Ga presented at the exhibition come from the archives of Zuzanna Lipińska and the collection of the Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature.
February 2026
curator: Eliza Kącka
curator from the Museum of Caricature: Michał Rzecznik graphic design: Marta Tomiak
An artistic intervention is planned for the end of the exhibition. The exhibition space will be rearranged, and Ha-Ga's drawings will be juxtaposed with works by young artists nominated in the two previous editions of the Ha-Gi competition: Martyna Bolanowska, Zosia Dzierżawska, Ala Flora, Joanna Grochocka, Anna Krztoń, Julia Płoch, Klaudia Robat, Renata Gąsiorowska, KTH, paplaLali, Potato Face, Beata Pytko and Marta Tomiak.
The exhibition will become a space for dialogue between generations of female artists. Ha-Gi's works will be reinterpreted from a feminist perspective by reflecting them in the mirror of current comments by young female artists.
The curator who will select the works of young artists is Eliza Kącka – writer, literary scholar and critic. She is the author of prose books, including Strefa zgniotu (Crumple Zone, 2022) and Wczoraj byłaś zła na zielono (Yesterday You Were Angry in Green, 2024), as well as academic books. She is also an editor of poetry anthologies (not only contemporary poetry) and winner of the 2025 Nike Literary Award.
EXPOSITION
THE OPENING NIGHT
