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Spectacular immersive Warsaw experience takes viewers on journey into world of BBC Earth film crew

Projected onto a surface area of 800 sq/m using state-of-the-art equipment, it’s a striking work that takes guests past powerful volcanic eruptions, dancing bolts of lightning, gigantic six-storey waves and to the Northern Lights themselves. Kalbar/TFN

Projected onto a surface area of 800 sq/m using state-of-the-art equipment, it’s a striking work that takes guests past powerful volcanic eruptions, dancing bolts of lightning, gigantic six-storey waves and to the Northern Lights themselves.

Arrivederci Kraków! Italian artist says bye to the city with gift that recalls the city’s battle against Covid

After two decades in Kraków, artist Enrico Muscetra has expressed his gratitude to the city by gifting an ethereal sculpture titled Angel of Light.

A magical place such as Sandomierz deserves a magical place to stay – and it has it!

Alex Webber travels to the delightful  little town of Sandomierz where he finds Widnokrąg, a place of art, culture, grace and hospitality, the very essence of the town itself.

Hidden behind the opulence of Lublin’s former Zamoyski residence lies the largest collection of Communist art in Poland

Opened in 1994 as the first gallery in Poland and Europe to exclusively display art made under the Communist regime, a permanent display features around 300 paintings, sculptures, propaganda posters and sketches while its total depository includes around 2,600 works.

Down syndrome girl who sent painting to Queen Elizabeth is ‘over the moon’ after receiving an official reply

Wanessa Bąkowska, 12, had written a letter to the Queen and included one of her artworks entitled ‘Earth’. The Queen’s Lady-in-Waiting replied on her Majesty’s behalf saying the Queen was deeply ‘touched’.

‘Poland trip was best two weeks of my life:’ So, why exactly was Pablo Picasso in post-war Poland?

Originally intended as just a three-day visit, the Spanish artist instead embarked upon a mini tour of the country lasting two weeks.

‘Mind-bending’ art expected to bring in big bucks as it goes under the hammer at Warsaw auction

Of the works set for auction, the vast majority are defined by their arresting quirks and details. Samanta Belling from MAG Modern Art Gallery in Warsaw tells TFN: “The direction that Polish fantastic art has taken is thrilling and I think there’s potential for it to become known around the world.”

Delightful collection of artist’s ceramic tiles found hidden behind walls of old milk bar

Designed by one of the eminent ceramic artists of the PRL era, Bolesław Książek, the tiles were revealed while renovations were being conducted on Złota Kurka, a milk bar that first opened in 1952 in Warsaw’s MDM district.

Gdańsk statue to honour singing sensation Irena Jarocka

The internationally acclaimed singer spent her formative years in Gdańsk where she finished both secondary and high school before graduating from the city’s Faculty of Biology at the Teacher Training College and studying at the ‘Song Studio of Polish Radio and Television’.

Mysterious rock art depicting ‘alien-like figures’ uncovered by Kraków academic

The cave paintings dating back hundreds of years were found at a site called Amak'hee 4 in the Swaga Swaga Game Reserve in Tanzania.

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