The culture ministry has set up a security and crisis management department headed by a former military intelligence officer.
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Poland calls on German museum to return Polish royal ring looted in WWII
The diamond ring belonged to 16th-century Polish King Sigismund I.
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Artist on trial in Poland for offending religious feelings with abortion protest painting
It is the second time Krzysztof Soroka has faced trial over the image, with a court last year finding him guilty.
Poland condemns painting over of Battle of Warsaw fresco in Belarusian church
This is further “destruction of Polish cultural heritage in Belarus by the Lukashenko regime”, says Poland’s foreign ministry.
Poland hopes for return of 16th century document from Sweden
Łaski’s Statute of 1505 was the first codification of laws published in the Kingdom of Poland.
Poland investigating provenance of 16th-century “king’s sword” on auction in Germany
The German auction house says the sword belongs to Sigismund III Vasa, king of Poland from 1587-1632.
A tangled thread: Magdalena Abakanowicz at the Tate Modern
Aleksandra Janiszewska-Cardone
One of Poland’s most recognised artists is the subject of a new exhibition in London.
Poland seeks UNESCO help in returning art looted by Germany in WWII
“Today these items are in German homes, mansions, museums,” says Poland’s deputy foreign minister.
Malczewski painting becomes Poland’s most expensive art sale after going for 17 million zloty
The sale of the piece remains on hold after doubts were raised over the legal status of its ownership.
Poland protests sale in Berlin of Kandinsky allegedly stolen from Warsaw museum
The 1928 work was stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw, according to Poland’s culture ministry.
Questions in Poland after Macron hands pope book with Polish stamp
Some have wondered if the item was looted from Poland during the Nazi German and Soviet occupations of World War Two.
Łódź art museum epitomises failures of Polish government’s cultural policy
Piotr Kosiewski
An inexperienced political appointee as director threatened to undermine the Museum of Art’s global prestige.
Poland launches campaign to regain looted art from Russia
Hundreds of thousands of works of art and other cultural items remain missing after disappearing during the war.
Exhibition shows children’s drawings of Ukraine war alongside those from Poland after WWII
“The similarity between historical and contemporary works is striking,” said the exhibition’s curator.
