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Warsaw’s new Modern Art Museum opens its doors

Warsaw’s 20-year wait for a modern art museum has come to an end with the opening of a shiny, white-faced facility in the heart of the city.

Image: Stanisław Bagieński’s illustration for Adam Mickiewicz’s play ‘Dziady,’ 1904, public domain, AI-colorized

A roller-ghoster ride through Poland’s most haunted hot spots

Spooky castles, abandoned asylums and secret tunnels... as Halloween creeps closer, TVP World reveals some of the country’s creepiest sights and most haunted locations.

The piece, entitled Gold Flag, blends Banksy’s characteristic wit with a social message. Photo via banksyexplained.com

Iconic piece by street artist Banksy up for auction in Prague

A work by the famous British street artist Banksy, renowned for his provocative and socially charged pieces, will shortly be up for auction in the Czech Republic, with a starting bid of €39,660.

Fragment of a poster for Ivan Tymchenko’s ‘Oxygen Station,’ one of the films featured at the festival. Photo: ukrainaff.com

Ukrainian film festival in Warsaw highlights experience of war

The ninth UKRAINA! film festival, focusing on Ukrainian cinematography, is underway in Warsaw, offering some 70 documentaries, feature films and shorts.

The Polish actress is now an executive producer for a film starring Al Pacino. Photo:

Dream come true: Polish actress lands new job in Hollywood alongside Al Pacino

Polish actress Weronika Rosati has made a giant leap in Hollywood, becoming an executive producer of Lear Rex, a Shakespearean adaptation starring the acting legend Al Pacino.

Warsaw celebrates Poland’s ‘Bob Dylan’ with stunning new mural

A new mural honoring the iconic musician Czesław Niemen has been unveiled in Warsaw’s Saska Kępa area to coincide with a triple anniversary.

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Netflix series brings 15th-century Poland to life with Japanese animation

Netflix’s new series offers viewers a unique blend of Polish history and Japanese animation, transporting them to fifteenth-century Poland, where a young scholar’s quest for knowledge challenged established beliefs.

The ‘Parajanov - I Want to Outrun My Shadow’ exhibition runs until January 12. Photo: Cinema foundation

Warsaw gallery explores work of subversive filmmaking icon

More than 500 people gathered at Warsaw’s Zachęta National Gallery of Art for the opening of an exhibition earlier this week on visionary queer filmmaker Sergei Parajanov, whose subversive works continue to captivate audiences 100 years after his birth.

With her stunning lacework found in 44 countries, NeSpoon has become one of Poland’s best-known cultural exports. Photo: Facebook/NeSpoon

Polish street artist wows with her stunning lacework murals

As increasingly common as it is to find Polish street artists featured on global platforms, no name associated with the genre has exported quite so successfully as NeSpoon.

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Influential culture festival returns to Ukraine to perform in bomb shelters

Put on hiatus following the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, one of Europe’s most influential cultural festivals is set to return – and perform in bomb shelters.

The perfume’s producer, BOHOBOCO, describes it as opening with earthy notes of beetroot, golden wheat, pine and leather. Photo:

Perfumer creates luxury scent evoking smell of Polish potatoes

Few, if any, perfumers have been inspired to create a scent inspired by distant memories of trips to Polish vegetable markets in the 1980s, but Michał Gilbert Lach is one of them—or, more probably, the only one.

The wallpaper designs depict landscapes, exotic birds, and elements from Asia, Europe, Africa, and America. Photo: fb/wilanow

Stunning 19th century wallpaper found hidden behind old fabric at palace in Polish capital

Gorgeous 19th century ‘El Dorado’ wallpapers, featuring vibrant depictions of four continents, have been found hidden behind old fabric coverings at Wilanów Palace in Warsaw, Poland.

Pieces of jewellery are part of more than 500 artefacts, known as the "Scythian gold" that Russia attempted to illegally appropriate but was returned to Ukraine after ten years of legal proceedings in the Netherlands, displayed at the 'Treasures of Crimea. Return' exhibition at the Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, Kyiv. (Photo credit should read Kaniuka Ruslan / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Ukraine says cultural artifacts stolen by Russians emerging on black market

Artifacts of cultural value stolen by Russian troops from Ukraine have surfaced on the international black market, according to a Telegram post by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO).

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Novel ideas: the design studio leading Poland’s library revolution

Often viewed as places of silence, contemplation and scholastic study, most would say libraries are more dusty than dynamic—one Polish design studio, however, has sought to break the mold by transforming stale library spaces into vibrant hubs of learning.

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‘Controversial’ Hollywood film Rust to receive global premiere at Polish film festival

The world premiere of a film by Hollywood A-lister Alec Baldwin who ended up in court after a Ukrainian cinematographer was killed by a prop gun he was handling, opens next month in the Polish city of Toruń.

The promotional video has won a slew of awards, including a Silver Dolphin at Cannes this weekend. Photo: screenshot/

Indiana Jones-style adventure vid throws Wrocław in the spotlight

A video released last year to attract tourists to the western city of Wrocław has garnered worldwide attention and earned a slew of international awards, among them a Silver Dolphin at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards over the weekend.

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Iconic Polish painting thrust back into the spotlight thanks to Lady Gaga

A painting of a Polish Renaissance-era court jester is enjoying a fresh wave of appreciation from an unlikely audience after being featured on the back cover of Lady Gaga’s forthcoming album.

Winning the title also improves Lublin’s chances of securing European funds for infrastructure and cultural projects. Photo:

Lublin wins European Capital of Culture 2029 title

Lublin has been chosen as the European Capital of Culture for 2029 after beating other Polish finalists Bielsko-Biała, Katowice, and Kołobrzeg.

Young piano virtuoso preparing for a performance at the Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw 2021. Photo by Telemark Production Company

Polish documentary on Chopin piano competition up for Emmy

A Polish film director has been nominated for an Emmy award for a documentary that follows the lives of five young participants in the most prestigious of all international piano competitions.

Wioleta Rzążewska presenting her artwork. Photo: Michał Woźniak

Old photos from a dusty handbag. Bygone country life in the paintings of Wioleta Rzążewska

Women sorting harvested potatoes. A man with a scythe in a field of wheat. A young couple on a motorcycle. A wedding. A funeral. Scenes from daily life in the countryside as it was 70 years ago.

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The title of the exhibition in Warsaw – The Cabinet of European Art – refers to the tradition of private art collections.

Video: Artwork saved from bombs in Ukraine goes on display in Warsaw

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