You need to export the right environment variables, like so:
pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY xcalc
** Changed in: policykit (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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pkexec can't open GUI applications but gksu-polkit can
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