The 2024 edition of the annual Polish culture feast at dusk will take place on May 18 with the exception of the city of Kraków, where visitors will be able to start celebrating the Night of Museums earlier – on May 17. Most museums, galleries and cultural institutions will open their doors for the public…
The new temporary exhibition at the National Museum in Warsaw gives a comprehensive insight into surrealist trends in Polish art of the 20th century, resigning from the general understanding of surrealism as a historical movement confined within a specific time frame, and expanding it to a global and diverse phenomenon instead. Viewers will be able…
The art collection of Princes Lubomirski has been extended for centuries and today, thanks to the collector’s passion of Prince Jan Lubomirski-Lanckoroński, it also includes an impressive set of modern pieces from the greatest artists after World War I. The exceptional collection of 52 works of art can be now seen in the Bureau of…
On the eve of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion on Ukraine, the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label released a recording of a moving interpretation of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 performed by the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra. The recording was made during the inaugural concert of the Orchestra’s tour in August 2023 at the Polish National…
Nataliia Zhuravska moved to Poland from Kyiv just a few months before the Russian invasion on Ukraine, searching for film education and career development opportunities in the creative industry. Today she studies in Warsaw and works as a production assistant in a Polish film production company. Why look for film schools in Poland? Kyiv has…
One of the most outstanding Polish contemporary directors, an inspired visionary often described as a Polish theater revelation – Krystian Lupa, continues to find meaningful means of expression in visual arts. As a graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, he creates among others digital drawings, some of which are now featured in…
The creator of “Under the Skin” and the legendary music videos of Massive Attack and Radiohead – British director Jonathan Glazer, studies domestic idyll in the times of Nazi Germany. Rudolf with his wife Hedwig, their four children and a dog, live in a spacious, meticulously clean house with a perfect garden and a greenhouse….
Aashruti Tripathy is a 27-year-old student from Nepal, who came to Poland for an Erasmus Mundus master’s scholarship at the University of Łódź. She has been living here for four months, but her international student’s adventure started a year and a half ago. Why did you choose Poland as one of your destinations for scholarship? …
The Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków announced that the exceptional work of the Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini – “Madonna and Child”, will join the permanent exhibition in the Wawel’s collection. It is one of the most outstanding Italian paintings of the period to be found in Poland, which premiered during the unique presentation of paintings…
Sean Durkin, an independent film director and producer known from the critically acclaimed “Martha Marcy May Marlene” and “The Nest”, comes back with a new story about great ambition, triumph and family curse. Based on true events, “The Iron Claw” is a saga of the Von Erich family, led by a strict and determined Texan…
Polish jazz singer Aga Zaryan will give an unusual performance at Szczecin Philharmonic, showing a completely new side of her artistic expression. The repertoire will include not only songs by her favorite Polish jazz composers, but also those unrelated to jazz, which are important to her for personal reasons. The audience will travel decades back…
Depeche Mode extended its Memento Mori international tour and after concerts in Europe, Mexico, Canada and the USA, announced 29 new performances in Europe including two concerts in Łódź in February 2024. With over two million tickets already sold, the 110-day Memento Mori tour is one of the largest in the history of the group….
