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She’s the face behind some of the biggest brand campaigns going, but who is Olka Osadzińska?

With a client-base that reads like a who’s who of contemporary brands, Olka Osadzińska is one of Poland’s leading creative exports. Olka Osadzińska/Facebook

TFN’s Alex Webber caught up with Olka to find out how she went from medical school dropout to becoming one of Poland’s leading creative exports with a client-base that reads like a who’s who of contemporary brands.

Kudos for Kurant as she scoops prestigious Frontier Art Prize

The Łódź-born artist whose work encompasses installations, sculpture and film took first place for contemporary art in the annual competition - and picked up a cool $100,000 too.

Fantasy Warsaw full of dinosaurs and mythical creatures is new design for Hermès scarves – and they cost 15,000 PLN

The design by Warsaw graduate Jan Bajtlik and named ‘Animalpolis’ is like a story book. Warsaw skyscrapers stand in an apocalyptic overgrown state as mythical and sci-fi creatures run amock through the deserted streets.

From a dark grey Stalinist childhood to a colourful realm of unbridled imagination, the voyage of ‘Grateful Dead’ illustrator Jan Sawka

“On one hand, my father was a passionate and dedicated artist with great self-discipline, with a vision which he needed to communicate to the world. On the other hand he was a very warm family person, who also cared about his friends. He was very generous to other artists, he wrote about them and tried to help their careers.” Considered one of Poland’s most psychedelic visual artists, on the 72nd anniversary of Jan Sawka’s birth TFN’s Jacek Borowski talks exclusively to the artist’s daughter Hanna Maria Sawka.

Visual artist and choreographer pushes the boundaries to scoop international art prize

Polish-British artist Baczyński-Jenkins explores desire and sexuality in award-winning work.

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New documentary to investigate UFO activity in ‘alien hotspot’ village

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Forgotten composer who played for Polish king and co-founded Edinburgh Festival rediscovered after distant relative finds online ad for his rare piano

Josie Dixon had little idea that her great-great-great-great grandfather Felix Yaniewicz was one of the 19th century’s most notable composers until a chance conversation about a Stradivarius violin led her on a path of discovery.

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