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Beautiful Christmas cards of yesteryear tell fascinating story of defiance to communist-era censorship

This Christmas scene by Hanna Balicka-Fribes shows the Star of Bethlehem, a religious symbol overlooked by the communist authorities. Gdynia City Museum

The beautiful cards depict what today we would consider fairly traditional seasonal scenes. But within the context of their times, depicting religious themes and symbols was revolutionary.

City reborn: new exhibition on the forgotten role played by Poles in rebuilding a flattened city

After the city of Skopje was left ruined by an earthquake, a team of Poles rose to the challenge of rebuilding it.

Kraków Welcomes the World for 21st EtnoKraków/Rozstaje 2019 Festival

More than 100 artists from over a dozen countries will meet in Kraków on July 2-7 for the 21st EtnoKraków/Rozstaje 2019 festival, billed as one of the most important festivals in Europe presenting traditional, folk, ethno and world music as well as dance and theatre.

Taking art to the wall: the amazing work of Michał Wręga

From grey faces, to bold colours, and from massive murals to paintings you can hang on a wall: Wręga’s art has few boundaries.

"Une avant-garde Polonaise" exhibition at the Pompidou Center in Paris

The exhibition of works by Katarzyna Kobro and Władysław Strzemiński, co-organized by the Museum of Art in Łódź and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, was opened at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. 

Exhibition "Young Poland. Polish Fin de Siecle Art "

In the art museum in Gothenburg, in cooperation with the National Museum in Warsaw and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, an exhibition devoted to Polish art from the 19th and 20th century was opened.

Olaf Brzeski – master of sculpting

One of the most original sculptors of Poland’s young generation, Brzeski creates disturbing worlds through sculptural pieces.

Katarzyna Kozyra: sculptor, installation and video artist in Poland’s ‘critical art’ movement

Controversial and shocking , Polish artist Katarzyna Kozyra has never shied away from breaking taboos.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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