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Rising from Rubble. Warsaw rebuilds itself after the war

Image courtesy of Museum of Warsaw

The Museum of Warsaw is taking a look at the rebuilding of the Polish capital after World War II. After the city was decimated by the German occupiers, all that was left was rubble and a population of under 20,000, down from 1.3 million before the war.

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.

Warsaw Ghetto Rising exhibition opens in Madrid

An exhibition devoted to the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Rising, in which Warsaw's Jewish population rose up against the Nazis, opened on Friday in the government-run Centro Sefarad Israel institute.

Spotlight on Gdańsk shipyard at the ECS

An exhibition which highlights the history of the Gdańsk shipyard from its early days in the 19th century is on at the European Solidarity Centre.

Extraordinary story of Kraków woman who wrote down every detail of her life for over 55 years in 745 notebooks retold in fascinating exhibition

According to Kraków’s MOCAK art museum which is running the exhibition: “The notebooks are both a document of Poland's recent history and an apotheosis of everyday life. They constitute a kind of minimalist literature.”

Now that’s an arresting sight! Cop wows with her stunning artwork

VIDEO: Giving a new meaning to the phrase ‘a brush with the law’, Kinga Mikołajska from the Wałbrzych police force uses acrylic on canvas to create her beautiful images.

Artist whose paintings helped resurrect Warsaw goes on display in stunning new exhibition

The beautiful works by 18th century artist Bernardo Bellotto include 22 views of Warsaw: Castle Square, Krasińskich Square, Żelazna Brama, Nowy Świat, Krakowskie Przedmieście, Miodowa and Długa.

Award-winning photographer's powerful images of ordinary lives in war torn Ukraine go on show in Kraków

Rather than focusing on soldiers and their equipment, the 90-plus photos by award-winning photographer Justyna Mielnikiewicz show mainly civilians: women, children, refugees, volunteers.

Witkacy’s world

A new exhibition on Witkacy at the National Museum in Warsaw provides a new perspective on the artist and his work.

Children’s ‘war drawings’ reveal harrowing similarities between experiences in today’s Ukraine and in WWII Poland

The joint Polish-Ukrainian exhibition entitled ‘Mummy, I don't want there to be a war’, shows drawings by today’s young Ukrainians and their experiences of Russia’s war alongside works by Polish children that were created in 1946.

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