Paintings

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

What author Eden Collinsworth discovered was a 530-year journey full of mystery and intrigue that was so remarkable that she decided to tell the story in a book published later this month. FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/Photoshot

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.

Architect uses classic works of art to highlight ‘blight of garish’ billboard advertising

Using the most recognizable works from the canon of Chełmoński, Gierymski and Kossak among others, Wojciech Januszczyk used 15 famous landscape paintings as the basis of his project before adding a plethora of billboards to these classics.

LEGO fans spend over 400 hours recreating iconic artworks with more than 150K blocks

Using 158,000 pieces of the coloured building bricks, 21 ‘LEGO Ambassadors’ from across Poland spent over 400 hours painstakingly recreating the masterpieces on a 1:1 scale which include Jan Matejko’s iconic Stańczyk.

The glory years: beautiful stamps celebrate the history of transatlantic travel

Striking in their intricacy, the stamps depict the Polonia, Kościuszko and Pułaski, three ships once known as ‘the Princess’s jewels’. With two also serving in the war, the hero boats were once the pride of Poland.

Toruń’s Copernicus takes centre stage at Dwurnik retrospective

Basking in the summer heat, the rooftops housing the Old Town of Toruń shine an envious eye on the glass-fronted entrance to the cool confines of the CSW Centre of Contemporary Art.

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.

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.

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