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German auctioneer halts sale of painting stolen from Polish museum

The picture was stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw on June 14, 1984. It had been bought by the museum in 1982. Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

A German auction house has suspended the sale of a painting stolen from a Warsaw museum following protests from Poland.

Stolen painting should never have been sold says foreign minister

Poland’s foreign minister has said that the sale in Germany of a painting stolen from Warsaw’s National Museum should never have taken place.

Stolen Polish artwork sold in Germany

A Polish painting stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw has been sold at a Berlin auction house despite Polish requests that be withdrawn from the sale.

Armed cops raid Warsaw auction house to seize ‘controversial’ painting – but leave empty-handed

Expected to fetch between PLN 14 and PLN 22 million, which would have made it the most expensive artwork sold in Poland, the painting by Jacek Malczewski was being prepared for auction at the DESA Unicum auction house when police and staff from the National Museum arrived.

‘Priceless’ Stradivarius violin looted from Poland during WWII found in Paris

Handmade in 1719 by Antonio Stradivari, the instrument is one of only 650 Stradivarius violins that have survived to this day.

Witkacy’s world

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

Ancient Egyptian mummy was NOT pregnant, says new research

Researchers at the National Museum in Warsaw said that despite X-ray scans and CT images last year revealing what appeared to be a foetus, this was the result of ‘a computer illusion and misinterpretation.’

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. 

Spotlight on Polish architecture in new permanent exhibition

In this episode of The Debrief, we take a look at ‘Przekroje’, a new permanent exhibition in Kraków on the history of Polish architecture.

National Museum of Warsaw puts Chagall acquisitions on public display

The National Museum in Warsaw has unveiled to the public for the first time a collection of works by renowned artist Marc Chagall.

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Considered one of the rarest royal coins in the world, the legendary 50-ducat coin of Zygmunt III Vaza minted at the Crown Mint in Bydgoszcz went for a staggering PLN 3.24 million in the lightning-fast audition at the Raffles Hotel in Warsaw.

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