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Long-forgotten piece of Polish art history resurfaces after 149 years

The sketch in oil was painted by Jan Matejko in around 1874 as a preliminary study for his iconic work Prussian Homage and offers a fascinating insight into the artist's creative process. Waweł Castle

The sketch in oil was painted by Jan Matejko in around 1874 as a preliminary study for his iconic work Prussian Homage and offers a fascinating insight into the artist's creative process.

Warsaw museum reveals ‘mystery’ behind painting in Oscar-nominated Everywhere All at Once

An image hanging on a door in a key scene in the seven-Oscar-winning film Everything Everywhere All at Once had Reddit users scratching their heads about what exactly it was.

Lempicka exhibition draws in record crowds as villa announces plans to keep a third on permanent show

Planned to last just three months, with 80,000 visitors descending on an exhibition of Tamara de Lempicka’s works, to meet popular demand the Villa La Fleur just outside Warsaw was forced to keep its doors open for an extra three months.

Gorgeous art-deco of Stefan Norblin enjoys international resurgence

Regarded as one of the earlier pioneers of Poland’s poster movement, the work of artist Stefan Norblin is enjoying a fleeting international resurgence after being highlighted by the cult portal Flashbak.

Hospital’s delightful ‘tree of life’ celebrates every new baby birth with a named leaf

Beata Szmidt, a midwife working at the hospital, said: “Each mother, after the birth of a child, receives a leaf with the name and date of birth of her child. Together with her partner, she can then place the leaf on a branch.”

Art historian and TV host Magdalena Ogórek to set up Museum of Stolen Art

The museum, due to open by the end of 2023, will feature a permanent exhibition on how the Germans stole an estimated USD 30 billion of Polish cultural goods.

Heritage artist gives new lease of life to abandoned countryside installations

Demanding a significant amount of application skill, Arkadiusz Andrejkow’s seasonal works have a gently haunting quality to them, featuring weathered faces and piercing eyes gazing forth from the frozen winter landscape.

Poznań student who paints with BACTERIA in finals of international microbe art competition

A student of veterinary medicine at the Poznań University of Life Sciences, Martyna Pietrzak has been classified as a ‘professional’ due to having access to a laboratory as well as possessing personal knowledge as to how to safely handle bacteria.

Matejko painting goes for whopping €1 million at auction

The staggering amount is one of the highest prices ever fetched at an art auction in Poland.

Warsaw artist’s delightful embroidery makes powerful comment about modern consumerism

All of Alicja Kozłowska’s works are made of embroidered textiles and look as if they had just been pulled off a shelf at the supermarket.

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Life of richest Pole to have ever lived after he won 774 kilos of gold in a casino is explored in riveting new book

A high-living bon vivant, Karol Jaroszyński’s youth was characterised by wild spending and long nights in Europe’s most glamorous casinos. And then he literally broke the bank of Monte Carlo by winning 774 kilos of gold at the roulette table.

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