Conversations with God

The National Gallery hosted a 2021 exhibition featuring Jan Matejko’s 1873 masterpiece, 'Astronomer Copernicus,' on loan from Jagiellonian University. This display marked the gallery's first presentation of a Polish artist, pairing the iconic painting with a rare 1543 edition of Copernicus’s seminal scientific work. The exhibition celebrated the intersection of Polish national identity and the revolutionary astronomical theories that redefined our understanding of the solar system.