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

Nicknamed ‘the tree of life’, branches on the mural have been embellished with foil leaves bearing the name of a newly-born child. Szpital Zdroje Szczecin

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.”

Letter revealing last known movements of WWII’s most important looted artwork uncovered

Said to be written by an SS officer in 1947, the letter is the first documentary evidence that Raphael’s Portrait of a Young Man was transported at the end of the war from Kraków to Germany.

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.

New Witkacy exhibition explores one of Poland’s most important and influential artists

Eclectic, mercurial and eccentric, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz  known to the world as Witkacy, was a versatile artist, philosopher, writer, photographer and penetrating critic of civilization whose vices included alcohol, drugs, and women. 

Auschwitz museum launches fascinating photo album to coincide with 75th anniversary

Opened on the initiative of former prisoners on 2 July, 1947, the history of the museum has now been documented in the new album divided into six sections and entitled  '75 years of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial'.

Man detained over EUR 3.9-mln art scam

Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) has detained a man for an alleged art scam in which he pocketed up to PLN 18 million (EUR 3.92 million) in commissions from people he had offered investment opportunities in artworks.

Rembrandt’s epic ‘Polish Rider’ returns to Warsaw after 200 years

On public view until the beginning of August, The Polish Rider is one of only two equestrian portraits to have been painted by the Dutch master and its fleeting return has been seen as a major coup by art fans in Poland.

Race on to save Ukraine’s cultural heritage from destruction as Poland reveals ‘special task force’ delivering essential aid

Posting  on Facebook on Wednesday, the ministry said that the transports include, 2,000 fire extinguishers, fire-proof curtains as well as ‘kilometers of assembly tapes, specialized fabrics and equipment and materials for securing and storing cultural goods.”

Long-lost looted art recovered by ‘Monuments Men’ returned to Poland

The works in question were sketched by Polish artist Adolf Kozarski who died in 1911 aged 75 and are two of a set of 21 works by Kozarski bought by the National Museum in Warsaw in 1925.

Record-breaker! Abakanowicz statues become most expensive artwork ever sold in Poland

Entitled "Crowd III” and depicting 50 hollowed out figures made out of burlap, the art installation went for a staggering PLN 11 million, which after the hammer fee was added rose to 13.2 million. 

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Tale of thwarted love which inspired Mickiewicz’s greatest works to be turned into epic new film

Titled Uncertainty, the ambitious mega-production promises an intimate portrayal of the young Mickiewicz during a turbulent love affair, which would sow seeds of inspiration, ultimately germinating in works that would go on to become the cornerstone of Poland's literary heritage.

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