• Politics
  • Business
  • Culture
  • Science
  • Sport
  • History
  • Life
  • First Report
"I must have been inspired" Joseph Conrad
Painting

Still life by ‘femme fatale’ of art deco goes for cool half a million at auction

Thought to have been painted in 1925, Still Life With Tangerines became the first piece by Art Deco’s figurehead to be sold on the Polish market in six years. Ecole de Paris

One of the leading lights of the art deco movement, it is hoped that Tamara de Lempicka’s Still Life With Tangerines will remain in Poland, although the buyer remains anonymous.

Professor who went to Vienna to buy some old china returns with rare portrait of 18th century king

After receiving a tip off, the director of Warsaw’s Royal Castle ditched his plans to buy the china and instead tracked down the portrait of controversial king Augustus III before he had been crowned. The purchase fills an important gap in the castle’s collection as it is the only portrait for which the young Saxon aristocrat sat.

The painting on the left is worth around $90 million, the other was done by an ORANGUTAN and is now up for auction

Just two days after appearing on the auction site, bidding for the 47-year-old orange ape’s creation has already reached 2,550 zł.

Beautiful Christmas cards of yesteryear tell fascinating story of defiance to communist-era censorship

EXCLUSIVE: The simplistically beautiful cards were created by some of Poland’s leading illustrators who became known as the Polish School of Illustration.

The World Is Not Enough: The street artist who created his own country – and now everyone wants to live there

For Dawid Majgat, Warsaw was just the first step in a journey that has since taken his Republic ¥ across the planet. TFN’s Alex Webber caught up with the Renegade Street Art Ambassador for the country.

Record-breaker: Painting goes for staggering 1mln in first ever auction devoted to female artists

The auction titled Sisterhood: Feminism and the Art of Women raised a total of over 3 million PLN.

Stirring it up: Warsaw artist mixes words with images to get his message across

With his own unique and recognisable style Susid has carved himself a specific niche in the nation’s culture.

Getting plastered: Łodź tenement gets stunning makeover from fantasy inspired artist

High-tech techniques allow artist’s work to transform a crumbling piece of city landscape.

Marcin Maciejowski: Creator of 'second-hand' reality

Painter and creator of comic strip and press illustrations, Maciejowski’s art is best defined as ‘narrative realism’.

Polish artist’s retrospective opens in Paris

An exhibition of the works of Jaroslaw Kozlowski, who is called  a "pioneer of conceptual art in Poland," has opened at the RCM gallery in Paris.

  • <
  • 1
  • ...
  • 9
  • 10

Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Poland in COVID-19 LOCKDOWN! PM orders bars, restaurants, shopping centres and borders closed - and cancels ALL flights
History | Life

Life of richest Pole to have ever lived after he won 774 kilos of gold in a casino is explored in riveting new book

A high-living bon vivant, Karol Jaroszyński’s youth was characterised by wild spending and long nights in Europe’s most glamorous casinos. And then he literally broke the bank of Monte Carlo by winning 774 kilos of gold at the roulette table.

The first report:

  • Ruling United Right in comfortable lead over opposition
  • Further blockade of Belarusian trade to come if repression persists says PM
  • EU less willing to introduce more sanctions on Russia says PM
  • Czechs defeat Poles in Euro qualifier
  • Pole dies on Ukrainian front line

Exclusive

Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

The Debrief
Rising from Rubble. Warsaw rebuilds itself after the war
Webber's World
Revealed: Fascinating story behind Poland’s most iconic cinemas
  • Cookie policy
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy Policy

This site uses "cookies". By staying on it, you agree to the use of cookies.

Accept
Learn more