Curator: Bogusław Deptuła Dogs are an extremely frequent and eagerly taken up artistic theme by artists. They appear with the greatest masters in the history of Polish and international art, both in the works of self-taught artists or in anonymous paintings. The exhibition “We and Dogs, Dogs and Us”, organized by the State Art Gallery in Sopot, aims to raise awareness of the ubiquity of “man's best friend” — that is, a dog, in our environment, and therefore in the world of fine arts. The exhibition is planned as a broad panorama of Polish art, presenting various artistic fields — paintings, sculptures, drawings — from the 18th century, through the art of the 19th century and the interwar twenties, to the present day. It will be realized on the basis of public collections (National Museum in Warsaw, Regional Museum in Toruń) and private (collectors, artists and private individuals). The exhibition aims to reveal the ubiquity of the dog motif in art over the centuries. The variety of styles and aesthetics will reveal a wealth of possible searches and solutions. It is not about classifying canine images, but rather about the pleasure of meeting them, both aesthetic and mental, because the role and importance of dogs in the human environment, even though it is constantly changing, still remains extremely important. During the exhibition we will be able to see the works of such artists as: Mirosław Bałka, Olga Boznańska, Bolesław Cybis, Ignacy Czwartos, Oskar Dawidzki, Edward Dwurnik, Maksymilian Gierymski, Grzegorz Kozera, Łukasz Huculak, Maria Jarema, Filip Kalkowski, Łukasz Korolkiewicz, Paweł Kowalewski, Tadeusz Makowski, Kazimierz, Mikulski, Jarosław Modzelewski, Karol Palczak, Teresa Pągowska, Sławomir Ratajski, Joanna Rusinek, Agnieszka Sandomierz, Marek Sieńczyk, Marek Sobczyk, Paweł Susid, Ryszard Woźniak, Stanislaw Wyspiański. An exhibition from the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw, the Regional Museum in Torun, the Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz, the Academy of Fine Arts Museum in Warsaw, ZACHĘTA — the National Gallery of Art, the National Theatre in Warsaw, the DESA Auction House, private collections and loans from artists.