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Portrait by ‘megastar’ Polish artist sells for staggering $1.5mln at US auction

Comfortably surpassing its original valuation, the painting Portrait of a Lady (After Louis Leopold Boilly) by Ewa Juszkiewicz went under the hammer alongside works by such luminaries as Banksy, Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool and Gerhard Richter. Press materials

Comfortably surpassing its original valuation, the painting Portrait of a Lady (After Louis Leopold Boilly) by Ewa Juszkiewicz went under the hammer alongside works by such luminaries as Banksy, Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool and Gerhard Richter. The auction held by the New York branch of the globally renowned Christie’s has served to underline Juszkiewicz’s soaring stock.

Sasnal exhibition takes on Polish landscape

A new exhibition by acclaimed Polish contemporary artist Wilhelm Sasnal at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews aims to underscore the seen and unseen histories etched into the Polish landscape.

Stunning new museum to be built in memory of murdered priest Jerzy Popiełuszko

According to Mirosław Nizio, the principal architect and designer, the museum will follow “a timeless form” that will enable people to “nurture” the memory and spiritual heritage of the priest.”

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

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

The unsung heroines of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Having been ignored for decades, the extraordinary stories of the women who fought tooth and nail against their Nazi oppressors are finally receiving the attention they merit.

Poland must quickly formulate nuclear energy plans - deputy PM

Poland must make quick decisions on the construction of nuclear power stations, a deputy prime minister has said.

Polish Violin Sensation Maria Sławek

Maria Sławek first picked up a violin aged 4 and hasn't put one down ever since. Her remarkable love for music has seen her tour the world and in this film she plays pieces of music with cellist Marcin Zdunik from her album 'Rejoice' in the beautiful setting of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

Out of the ashes: new exhibition highlights Warsaw’s Muranów district, once the centre of Warsaw’s Jewish life, and once reduced to rubble

The exhibition explores the fascinating and tragic history of a city district that refused to die.

Polin Museum in Your Home

The Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews is one of the museums most visited by tourists in Warsaw.

Warsaw’s POLIN museum releases DIY daffodil video to mark anniversary of Ghetto Uprising

As the nation grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic, Warsaw’s POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews has organized a celebrity-backed digital campaign that will allow people to print and fold their own commemorative daffodil to wear at home during the lockdown.

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