Artwork

Wyspiański masterpiece one of 150 artworks to go on show at London gallery to promote artist to ‘wider audience’

The work is one of the most iconic and most frequently reproduced designs by Wyspiański, and the only stained glass window by him to have been designed for a secular building. CC BY-SA 4.0

Piotr Ostrowski, director of the Workshop of Museum of Stained Glass said: “In his wildest dreams, the artist hoped to show himself to a wider public, but starting out from Kraków, he didn’t have a chance, he was limited by the provincialism of the town and lack of support from Poland, which didn’t exist on the map. For us, this showing is an incredibly exciting moment.”

Over 500 works of art lost during WWII recovered by Poland over six years

Since 2015, Poland has recovered over 500 works of art lost during World War on the territory of today's Poland, a Culture and National Heritage Museum official has stated.

LEGO fans spend over 400 hours recreating iconic artworks with more than 150K blocks

Using 158,000 pieces of the coloured building bricks, 21 ‘LEGO Ambassadors’ from across Poland spent over 400 hours painstakingly recreating the masterpieces on a 1:1 scale which include Jan Matejko’s iconic Stańczyk.

Lost artworks returned to collection of Polish museum

Several works of art by Michal Elwiro Andriolli and a painting by Teodor Axentowicz, lost during WWII, have made their way to the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw.

Poland’s first ever Banksy exhibition opens in Warsaw

Titled “The Art of Banksy. Without Limits”, the exhibition inside the post-industrial confines of the former Koneser vodka factory manages to capture the world according to Banksy in enthralling fashion.

The boy who drew Auschwitz: Harrowing artwork depicting horrors of deathcamp emerge 76 years after Holocaust

To deal with the trauma he had endured, Thomas Geve recorded his memories by putting them on paper. Now for the first time, more than 80 of his sketches are presented alongside his narrative of events in The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz, written with journalist Charlie Inglefield.

Fangor ‘Holy Trio’ could ‘smash auction records’ say art experts

According to auction house DESA Unicum, the ‘sky’s the limit’ concerning the sale of the three works of art set to go under the hammer tomorrow (Thursday).

Rural Murals: Artists transform rusty old bus stops into stunning works of art

The brainchild of artist Barbara Gortat from Fundacja Tu Brzoza, the ‘Folk Stops’ project transforms village bus stops into colourful galleries of art with reproductions of famous paintings from the Young Poland art movement.

How about TAT! Women make up 70 percent of all tattoos in Poland

Of the 900,000 tattoos done every year in Poland, 70 percent of those going under the needle are women. TFN finds out more…

Off the wall: new mega mural celebrates Poland’s road to freedom

Rumoured to be the tallest mural in the country, the artwork will eventually be joined by eight others in Poznań.

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