Opening of the Tomasz Tajak painting exhibition "God Sees Everything"

What if we stopped pretending and started speaking plainly, without beating around the bush? The era of threats involving all manner of divine retribution arrived surprisingly quickly. Punishment could befall a person for virtually anything: for drinking, for violence, for simply existing or failing to exist, for malicious glares and hexes. "God is slow to act, yet just"—words spoken calmly or shouted with an axe in hand. "Thus begins the story of the fear of inevitable punishment for everything," writes exhibition creator Tomasz Tajak, setting the scene. Join us for the opening!