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State of the art: Polish art market defies covid to grow 30%

Jacek Malczewski’s Artysta i Chimera sold for PLN 3,658,000 at auction. Despite the pandemic, art sales have increased by almost 30 percent compared to H1 of 2019. Public domain

Despite the economic downturn, sales of art have continued to exceed all expectations according to a report by Artinfo.pl.

Polish watercolour painting lost during WWII is restored

'Buckwheat,' a watercolour painting by Stanislaw Maslowski lost during World War Two, has been restored and handed over to the National Museum in Warsaw by Deputy PM and Culture Minister Piotr Glinski on Tuesday.

Endearing depictions of OAPs recreated as famous works of art lift spirits after winning awards

The submitted works, inspired by similar initiatives that take place during the COVID-19 lockdown, were assessed by a specially selected competition commission comprised of the organizers as well as a panel of independent judges.

Hundreds of artwork missing since WWII recovered in police swoop

The works of art which went missing from the Municipal Museum in Bydgoszcz during and shortly after World War II included paintings and graphic works from Leon Wyczółkowski, one of the leading representatives of realistic painting of the Young Poland period.

Town-scape: artist turns head with amazing depictions of cities

Famed for his urban landscapes, Tytus Brzozowski is now working on a project to paint 13 cities with a Polish connection.

Hiding place for WWII treasure found in forests near crumbling mansion

Found close to the Schloss Cammerau estate in the Owl Mountains which once belonged to the von Keyserlingk family, the looted cache is thought to have contained priceless silver, jewellery, cold weapons, paintings, and china.

Haired about this? BBC’s Polish weatherman goes down a storm with his lockdown locks

The BBC’s 41-year-old meteorologist from Gdańsk who is a fave of the British public for his programmes about Polish food and stunning artwork, has now sent Twitter wild with his lockdown hair.

Art market sees boom during pandemic lockdown

Despite the continued lockdown in Poland due to the coronavirus, there is still an appetite for art, with turnover on the market increasing by 23 percent to reach an eye-watering 64.4 million PLN in the first three months of this year.

Take two: portrait painter snaps photographs of models to give work a striking twist

The pictures reveal the portrait artist’s skills at capturing the characteristics of his models.

Russia holding war-looted Polish artefacts - daily

Paintings and priceless documents, including items from the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi German concentration camp, are being kept in Russian storage facilities, Monday's Rzeczpospolita daily reported.

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They say love don't come easy - but it does in Bielsko-Biała!

I must apologise if this column is not the academic or historical discourse that this city so richly deserves, but it is the Bielsko-Biała that revealed itself to me – it’s also the Bielsko-Biała that I fell desperately in love with. I’m pretty sure, you will as well.

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