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Simona Kossak dedicated her life to the protection and preservation of natural diversity.
Culture
Polish film Pianoforte wins international Emmy
It is the first Polish documentary to win the award.
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Polish house named best private residence at international architecture awards
The modern house was inspired by the region’s traditional wooden architecture.
Netflix thriller set amid anti-gay operation in communist Poland
Operation Hyacinth saw the security services gather information on thousands of gay men with the aim of blackmailing them.
UK’s first major exhibition of Young Poland art movement to open in London
The movement emerged at a time when Poland had been wiped off the map of Europe.
Beyond Geralt: The Witcher universe now faces its biggest challenge
Mateusz Perowicz
Can Poland take better advantage of The Witcher’s success?
Poland’s first comics museum planned in Kraków
An initial exhibition will open this Friday.
Jewish leaders protest Warsaw gallery’s anti-“cancel culture” exhibition featuring hate-speech artist
The government-funded exhibition features an artist linked to neo-Nazis.
How artists created Polish national styles at a time when Poland did not exist
Aleksandra Janiszewska
With Poland partitioned between three imperial powers, art bound Poles together and preserved identity.
Polish city auctions remains of 18th century palace that served as Nazi HQ
Hatzfeld Palace in Wrocław was mostly destroyed in WWII.
Polish government turns communist-era hotel into museum instead of planned shopping centre
Hotel Cracovia operated from 1965-2011.
Inventing authenticity: how the rebuilding of Warsaw’s Old Town became a model for other cities
Andrew Demshuk
Warsaw’s Old Town was recreated after wartime destruction.
Poland buys former Soviet HQ to create museum of communist crimes
The site will commemorate the Augustów roundup, during which thousands of Poles were detained and at least hundreds killed.
Anna Bilińska: the groundbreaking 19th-century artist who defied adversity to inspire others
Aleksandra Janiszewska
A new exhibition introduces a wider audience to her work and history.
