New York has the Museum of Modern Art, London has Tate Modern, and Paris has the Centre Georges Pompidou. On October 25, 2024, Warsaw opened its own Museum of Modern Art. It took the capital two ...

Zamość, often called the 'ideal city', is a remarkable Renaissance settlement founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski and designed by ...

Explore the profound connection between theatre and the sacred in Polish stage art, where performance transcends ...

Józef Czechowicz, a prominent Polish poet, was presumed killed in a 1939 Lublin air raid, yet questions linger about his ...

Mickiewicz’s efforts to influence the politics and outlook of the Catholic Church in his lifetime came to nothing. He himself ...

Why should a gambler remember their dreams? What does it mean to dream about blueberries or goose feathers? Here’s what old Polish dream books have to say. At the end of Book Eight of Pan Tadeusz, ...

In ‘Forefathers’ Eve’, Adam Mickiewicz drew on narratives and traditions of the past to articulate a vision of Polishness that spoke to the struggles of the stateless nation. He thus created a drama ...

The history of Polish design might be perceived as quite short in comparison to some other countries, in particular those dominating the history of the design field such as Great Britain. However, the ...

Decades before there were international streaming platforms, the majority of Poles enjoyed shows aired traditionally on TV in their millions. They followed characters like a superspy known as the ...

Influence. Adam Mickiewicz - collage #5. A work by M.E. Andriolli was used. Author: Matej Kaniewski for Culture.pl When Adam Mickiewicz visited Crimea in 1825, it had already been under the rule of ...

When released in Poland, English-language films usually receive a translated Polish title. But sometimes these ‘translations’ can barely be called as such, and turn out a little beyond understanding.

A patron of Silesian tradition and a rationalist which mocked national insecurities. An example of directorial precision and one of the greatest artists in the history of Polish Television’s theatre ...