Monument

Powerful Sasnal exhibition aims to create ‘dialogue and discussion’ that will draw people together

Visually stunning, the exhibition opens with a striking, large-scale work depicting barrack-style buildings surrounded by rich expanses of rolling green fields. Above, wispy clouds appear in a powder blue sky. Kalbar/TFN

Titled ‘Such A Landscape’, the exhibition features around 60 works between 1999 and 2021, and represent his first major exhibition in Poland since 2007.

Belarusian opposition leader to unveil Solidarity monument in Warsaw

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled Belarusian opposition leader, will unveil a monument in Warsaw honouring Poland's first partially-free elections of 1989, which paved the way to democracy.

Future of historic Konin synagogue safe after owner swaps it with city officials for investment plot

After a decade of negotiations, the city has now taken possession of the 19th century synagogue and has vowed to safeguard it as an important element of Jewish cultural heritage by restoring it to its former glory and transforming it into a Jewish Cultural Centre.

Warsaw pays tribute to Holocaust victims

The mayor of Warsaw has led a memorial service at the city's Warsaw Ghetto Uprising monument for the millions of people who died during the Holocaust.

“I stood on the edge of Germany’s historical abyss…” The day West German Chancellor Willy Brandt stunned the world as he atoned for his country’s past

Commonly cited as one of the most iconic reconciliatory moments ever captured on camera, on this day 50 years ago the West German Chancellor, Willy Brandt, sank to his knees in Warsaw in atonement of his nation’s wartime atrocities.

President Duda unveils monument to Solidarity icon Walentynowicz in Kiev

Polish President Andrzej Duda unveiled a statue of Solidarity trade union co-founder Anna Walentynowicz in Kiev on Monday.

Warsaw commemorates Polish victims of September 11 terrorist attacks

On Friday, the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the USA, in front of the monument to Polish victims in Warsaw's Skaryszewski Park, a ceremonial laying of wreaths and flowers took place.

Webber disguises himself as an alien to visit Poland’s Roswell

I assumed the alter ego of a creature called Alain the Alien before proceeding to startle train passengers, knock on random doors, emerge from bushes and hand out Martian masks to local kids. Rarely have I been the subject of such love and fear, and yes, I absolutely loved it.

Hey, big spender! Poland splashes out more on culture than most other EU countries, says new report

The report by Eurostat shows that Poland out-spent countries such as Italy, France, Spain and the UK, proportionally, on cultural services including supporting national monuments, funding for museums, theatres and art programmes.

Sensitive and ‘dialogue-provoking’ design for Cursed Soldiers’ monument unveiled

Seeking to arouse feelings of respect while giving a clear message to future generations, the team behind it chose to meet the challenge by designing “monumental glass casts” in which “silhouettes of soldiers on a 1:1 scale would be placed in cuboids”.

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