People are calling it a revolution. Since October 22nd, hundreds of thousands across Poland have been protesting—in five hundred and eighty cities and towns, by one organizer’s count. In some places, including the town of Kościerzyna, population twenty-four thousand, more than ten per cent of residents have taken to the
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Cultural life of the Warsaw, Poland and the Europe as seen by our editorial staff and the authors. Cultural development of the Eastern Europe and the World – from the Warsaw Point of View.
Pollutant-reducing paint brings environmental joy to the forest wall
A new mural that uses special paint to improve air quality by neutralising harmful chemicals has appeared in Bielsko-Biała. Located on the city’s Mickiewicza Street, the mural covers an area of over 100 square metres on the side of a building. The wall was paint with Airlite which uses natural technology to
New recording technology brings people to the heart of a classical music concert
A revolutionary virtual reality concert took place in Poznań where the viewer could move among the orchestra. Zylia, an audio recording company, and the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra recorded a concert with not only physical navigation but uniquely navigable audio. The concert was recorded by using ZM-1 microphones.Zylia In a streaming first, the feat was
“Art robbery of the century” the inspiration for the creation of a new film, but the facts are much more convincing than fiction.
Gallery attendants at Poznań’s National Museum are strictly forbidden from wearing high-heeled shoes. This unusual regulation has been in place ever since a quiet Sunday afternoon in 2000 when a young art student sat quietly sketching a painting alongside the gallery’s pride and joy, Monet’s Beach in Pourville. Each time Lucyna, the
A long forgotten document found by a former carpenter uncovers an unprecedented story of WWII heroism
The missing works of art, which were stolen during World War II, returned to Krakow after they were found in Warsaw.
A prized Polish painting stolen by Nazi Germany’s head of occupied Poland Hans Frank has been returned to the National Museum in Kraków after 80 years – after being found in Warsaw. The watercolour painting ‘Montmartre Cemetery in Paris’ by Julian Fałat from 1893, one of over 63,000 artworks that features
Polish writer wins Italian literary prize
Polish author and Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk has received the 'La storia in un romanzo 2020' award at the Italian Pordenonelegge Literary Festival, according to the Wroclaw.pl web portal. The portal said in the jury's opinion, Tokarczuk touches on important problems of the modern world, such as feminism, animal rights and
The price is right: the international auction house uses a Polish algorithm to track the prices of artworks
An international chain of auction houses has adopted an algorithm devised by a Polish family that helps price the work of young and lesser-known artists. Conceived in 2015 by the Imieliński family Articker lets people check how young artists, who aren’t prominent on the secondary art market, are trending. Articker is
In Great Britain, the memorial to Polish pilots was renewed for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
The Polish Air Force Memorial in London has been boosted to Grade II* status making it one of Britain's most valued heritage sites. The announcement by Historic England, an independent body that champions the UK’s historic sites, was made to coincide with Battle of Britain Day on September 15, which this year
Neanderthal remains thousands of years older than thought
New research shows that Neanderthal remains found in Poland are the oldest in Central Europe, dating back more than 100,000 years. Neanderthal remains have been found in various places in Europe, including in Poland. The first ones in Poland were found in 2008, in the Stajnia Cave in Silesia. Initially, it