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The Eichmann Trial: World’s first large-scale opera about Holocaust to premiere in Bucharest

The museum has played a key role in preserving Poland’s post-war neon heritage. (PAP/Mateusz Marek)

Bright times ahead for the cult Polish museum that revived the magic of neon

Conservators have voiced alarm after the roadside chapel was subjected to a botched restoration. Photo: Konserwator Zabytków/Facebook

Bungled restoration of Polish wayside shrine leaves conservator bemused

Conservators in Silesia have voiced alarm after a 19th-century wayside shrine was subjected to a botched restoration.

Poster-makers in Soviet times had "unusual" freedom of expression. (Facebook/PolishFilmFestivalKinoteka)

Kinoteka Festival showcases Polish films across UK

Contemporary and classic Polish cinema will be showcased in the annual Kinoteka Polish Film Festival in the U.K., running until April 25.

Photos: Sonia Szeląd, Silesian Museum

‘Mystic’ labyrinth immerses Polish viewers in Arthurian legends

The world of Arthurian legends and Celtic myths comes to life at a ‘Return to Avalon’ art exhibition that has opened in the southern Polish city of Katowice.

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Art Deco portrait by Lempicka sells for £6.6 mln in London

A sleek Art Deco portrait by Warsaw-born artist Tamara de Lempicka sold for £6.6 million (€7.9 mln) at the Christie’s auction house in London on Wednesday.

The artist is regarded as the very embodiment of the Jazz Age. Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

Rare piece by Tamara de Lempicka expected to fetch record price—but who was the Polish artist?

Resurfacing after 40 years, a painting by Warsaw-born Tamara de Lempicka is projected to fetch up to £8 million (€9.63 million) when it goes under the hammer this evening at Christie’s auction house in London.

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Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg officially granted Polish citizenship at New York ceremony

Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg has officially become a Polish citizen after receiving an Act of Citizenship from Poland’s President Andrzej Duda at a ceremony in New York.

The "Woman Carrying the Embers," a painting by Flemish Rennaissance artist Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Photo: X/brand_arthur

Art sleuth finds 17th century painting stolen from Polish museum 51 years ago in Holland

A 17th century painting listed on Poland’s ‘most wanted’ list after it was stolen from a Polish museum in 1974 has resurfaced in the Netherlands.

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Pulse of Culture: the Polish impact on the Oscars

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Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman, winners of the Best Animated Feature Film award for “Flow”, pose in the press room during the 97th Annual Oscars at Ovation Hollywood on March 02, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Images)

Latvia wins first Oscar as CEE celebrates small victories at prestigious gala

The independent film “Flow” won the Best Animated Feature Oscar on Sunday, securing the first Academy Award for Latvia and its Latvian director, Gints Zilbalodis.

Two Polish teenagers are celebrating after their music and art were successfully delivered to the Moon. Photo: Marcin Koniak

Touchdown! Polish teenage siblings’ music and art lands on the Moon

Two Polish teenagers are celebrating after their music and art were successfully delivered to the Moon following a commercial robotic landing on Sunday morning.

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Freedom Orchestra fighting for preservation of Ukraine’s ‘cultural legacy’

TVP World spoke to orchestra members to better understand the initiative.

Now the critics stand to be silenced as the museum unveils its opening exhibition. Photo: PAP/ Tomasz Gzell

Bridging the divide: Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art set to win over critics with debut exhibition

With no shortage of delays, distractions and detractors, few Polish cultural institutes have sparked more controversy than Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art (MSN)—now, however, the critics stand to be silenced as the museum unveils its opening exhibition.

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Win Tickets to the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Concert: Contest Terms and Conditions

Below are the detailed rules of the competition in which you can win two tickets to the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Concert.

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World’s first theater in a metro station set to open in Warsaw

A groundbreaking new theater venue is set to open in Warsaw next month at the final station of the city’s M2 metro line.

Brutalism now finds itself back in the spotlight and being reassessed.

Deep dive into the stark beauty of Poland’s brutalist architecture

Few architectural fads have been as widely vilified as brutalism; however, with The Brutalist sweeping cinemas and award ceremonies, not least Sunday’s BAFTAs, the style finds itself back in the spotlight and being reassessed.

The film’s director and actor portraying the main protagonist, Jesse Eisenberg (left), won in the Best Original Screenplay category, while his co-star Kieran Culkin scooped up the award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Photos: Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA; Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images

Polish co-produced film ‘A Real Pain’ wins two BAFTA awards

Polish co-produced ‘A Real Pain’ scooped prizes in two categories at the 78th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) on Sunday.

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Katarzyna Herbert, translator and wife of lauded poet, dies aged 95

Katarzyna Herbert, a literary translator and the wife of one of Poland’s greatest poets, died on Saturday aged 95.

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