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Poland repatriates two paintings looted during WWII

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Poland has successfully repatriated two Flemish paintings looted from a Polish collection by Nazi Germans during World War Two.

Barnstorming: the artist who brings the past back to life on the side of barns in stunning murals

Arkadiusz Andrejkow pays homage to the people who once worked the land in a series of breath-taking paintings on the side of old farm buildings.

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.

Dancer-turned-designer wows with his stunning eco-friendly ‘art clothes’ made from recycled materials

The unique cloth paintings, composed of recycled materials from car factories, sewing workshops, upholstery warehouses and second hand clothes shops, include depictions of Vermeer’s ‘Girl with the Pearl Earring’, Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’, a self-portrait of Frida Kahlo, and Da Vinci’s ‘Lady with an Ermine’.

‘Unique villa’ looking to popularize Poland’s long-forgotten artists

Set in beautiful forest surroundings in Konstancin near Warsaw, the villa is home to the country’s most important private art collection and perhaps the largest collection of paintings in private hands worldwide by artists from the famous Paris School.

New books reveals incredible story of how da Vinci portrait was gifted to a Polish Princess and hidden from the Nazis by a palace housekeeper

Released tomorrow (May 24), What the Ermine Saw: The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo da Vinci’s Most Mysterious Portrait by Eden Collinsworth reveals the astonishing history behind one of Poland’s most beloved national treasures and a painting that many rank as better that even Da Vinci’s best-know work the Mona Lisa.

Polish paintings from 1939 New York Fair to return to Poland

Historical paintings commissioned for the Polish Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair will come back to Poland after 83 years.

That’s a Good Friday! Missing for 30-years, stolen 16th century icon returns home to Olsztyn

Unveiled on Friday, the priceless painting disappeared in 1990 after being stolen in a daring castle robbery. Surfacing in Germany late last year, ‘Trzy Marie I grobu’ has now been returned to its spiritual home.

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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The Polish-English book “Auschwitz Bauleitung. Designing a Death Camp” sets out in shocking detail how the full potential of German technology and industry took part in building the death apparatus that claimed the lives of 1.3 million victims.

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