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Song and dance group revives unique traditions of Poland’s Lemko culture

The group called ‘Kyczera’ came together to keep the Lemko culture of their parents and grandparents alive in Poland. Małopolskie Centrum Kultury SOKÓŁ

Historically from the Beskid and Pieniny highlands around Beskid Sądecki, Beskid Niski and parts of the Pienin mountains, the Lemkos were displaced from their native lands in 1947 and resettled in Western Poland as part of ‘Operation Vistula’, the Communist authority’s forced resettlement of several Polish minorities from the south-east of post-war Poland to the reclaimed territories in the west of the country.

Pandemic hits Poland's culture and entertainment sector hard

The level of debt held by the culture and entertainment sector soared to PLN 35 million (EUR 7.8 million) last year as it struggled to cope with the effects of the pandemic lockdown.

Campaign launched to add Polonaise dance to UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

The campaign was initiated by Polish dancer and choreographer Romana Agnel, founder of the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet in Kraków, the only professional court and historical dance ensemble in Poland.

Missing artwork thought looted during WWII returned to Kraków after being found in Warsaw

The watercolour painting ‘Montmartre Cemetery in Paris’ by Julian Fałat from 1893, one of over 63,000 WWII artworks listed as missing, was found hiding in plain sight in the collection of the gallery’s sister institution, the National Museum in Warsaw.

Art Picnic Ukrainian culture festival starts Monday in Krakow

Ukrainian art, literature, music and fashion will be on show during the Art Picnic event starting on Monday at the cultural institute in Krakow, southern Poland.

Hundreds of artwork missing since WWII recovered in police swoop

The works of art which went missing from the Municipal Museum in Bydgoszcz during and shortly after World War II included paintings and graphic works from Leon Wyczółkowski, one of the leading representatives of realistic painting of the Young Poland period.

Saint Dominic’s Fair is 760 years old!

Dating back to 1260, the 23-day-long event is one of the largest open-air cultural and trade events in Poland.

Town-scape: artist turns head with amazing depictions of cities

Famed for his urban landscapes, Tytus Brzozowski is now working on a project to paint 13 cities with a Polish connection.

Culture minister responds to presidential candidate's negligence charges

Culture Minister Piotr Gliński on Tuesday responded to opposition presidential candidate Rafał Trzaskowski's accusations that his ministry was not offering sufficient aid to artists under the coronavirus epidemic.

Looted art regained after WWII showcased in Instagram gallery

The gallery under the hashtag #poznajdziełaodzyskane invites social media users to see and learn about how Poland managed to regain formerly lost works of art.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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