Image: Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature, Warsaw
The Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature in Warsaw is accepting nominations for the fourth edition of the Ha-Gi Award, a national distinction supporting and promoting Polish women artists working with illustration, satire and drawing. Submissions are open until 20 September 2026, with artists able to nominate themselves or propose another candidate.
The award will proceed through an open-entry selection process. Five finalists will be chosen from the submitted candidates, and the eventual laureate will be selected by Zuzanna Lipińska, identified by the museum as Ha-Gi’s daughter. The museum has not announced a separate date for the award decision or provided further details about the form of the prize in the published call.
According to the museum, the award’s purpose from the beginning has been to support and promote Polish women creators who use visual forms including illustration, satire and drawing in interesting and courageous ways. The call does not restrict nominations to a particular medium or technique beyond those broad areas of practice, leaving the opportunity open to artists whose work moves between cartooning, graphic storytelling and related forms.
Nominations must be submitted exclusively through the online form linked by the museum. The published appeal invites both artists and members of the public to participate, asking nominators to identify a creator they believe merits recognition. The deadline is 20 September 2026; no venue-based presentation or exhibition connected to the award is specified in the announcement.
The Ha-Gi Award is being promoted by the Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature, which is based at 11 Kozia Street in Warsaw. The institution is named after Eryk Lipiński and maintains a programme centred on caricature, drawing and related visual practices. Its current public activities include exhibitions, educational programmes and events at Lengrenówka, a museum project space at 6/8a Brzozowa Street, described on the museum’s website as the former studio of artist Zbigniew Lengren.
The award call appears as part of the museum’s September 2026 programme, which also includes the exhibition ‘Kseruj i rozdawaj! Ziny i prasa niezależna w Polsce w dobie transformacji’, presented at the museum from 4 September to 15 November. That exhibition examines independent publications and zines produced around Poland’s political and social transformation, while related programming includes a zine fair, a curatorial tour and adult workshops. These events are separate from the Ha-Gi Award nomination process, whose immediate deadline remains 20 September 2026.
