Zachęta gallery

Poland’s first democratically elected president shot dead 100 years ago today

With the newly reborn nation still basking in the glow of victory having safeguarded its independence the year previously after the Red Army finally ceded defeat in the Polish-Soviet War, news of the assassination shattered the nation’s innocence. Public domain

With the newly reborn nation still basking in the glow of victory having safeguarded its independence the year previously after the Red Army finally ceded defeat in the Polish-Soviet War, news of the assassination shattered the nation’s innocence and plunged it into crisis.

Extraordinary story of hiding places used by WWII Jews revealed in powerful new exhibition

Five of the nine hideouts featured in the exhibition ‘Hideouts. The Architecture of Survival’ are in today’s Ukraine, with Russia’s invasion of the country giving the exhibition an added poignancy.

New life for ‘Senster’ robotic sculpture

The ‘Senster’, one of the world’s first robotic sculptures to be controlled by a digital computer, has gone on display at Warsaw’s Zachęta art gallery.

World’s first robotic sculpture which gave the ‘impression of being alive’ goes on show

VIDEO: A portmanteau of 'sensual' and 'monster', the 4.5-metre-long Senster enthralled audiences in the early 1970s, at a time when space exploration and mechanical revolution made anything seem possible.

Art gallery assassination!

Just five days after being elected as Poland’s first president in the newly independent second republic, Gabriel Narutowicz was gunned down in cold blood during the opening of an art exhibition. TFN’s Nick Westerby looks back at the extraordinary events 98 years ago today. 

Read all about it! Small bookstores hit back at online giants with Independent Bookshop Weekend

Now in its 4th year, the annual weekend event sees small bookshops attracting customers by emphasising other perks to combat the rise of online bookshops and other selling platforms, some offering steep discounts,

Art Provocateur Piotr Uklański

He cleverly manages to blend seriousness with a wicked sense of humour, they are artworks which can annoy or irritate, which are confrontational yet thoughtful

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