Courtyard shrines throughout Warsaw
There are hundreds of courtyard shrines with Virgin Mary throughout Warsaw, especially in the Praga Północ district. Most were created in 1943 by the Catholic residents of the buildings during severa...
Category Archives: Art & Culture
The RM58 chair by Roman Modzelewski
The RM58 chair was design by Roman Modzelewski in 1958. It’s probably the most valued and recognized chair designed during communism in Poland. Le Corbusier was so astonished he wanted produce ...
Hanna and Gabriel Rechowicz House
Behind this house during WWII, Irena Sendler hid glass jars with the names of Jewish children she rescued from the Warsaw Ghetto. After the war the house belonged to the artist couple Hanna and Gabri...
ZODIAK Warsaw Pavilion of Architecture
ZODIAK Warsaw Pavilion of Architecture was created to present architectural achievements of Warsaw. It’s located in a vibrant part of the city center at the Pasaż Wiecha. The pavilion, being it...
Shrine/Kapliczka by Low Bros
Mural “Shrine/Kapliczka” was painted by Low Bros – Berlin based brothers Christoph and Florin Schmidt. Artists examine the contradictions associated with identity in a digital age. ...
The “What we were unable to shout out to the world” exhibi...
The Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw has opened its permanent exhibition to the public. “What we were unable to shout out to the world” is dedicated to the Underground Archive of the...
The Bródno Sculpture Park (Park Rzeźby na Bródnie)
Bródno is known as one of Warsaw “bedrooms”, it`s full of block buildings from communist period. Paweł Althamer, one of the most famous Polish contemporary artist was born and still lives...
Museum on the Vistula – new exhibition space of the Museum of Mo...
The Museum on the Vistula is a new exhibition pavilion of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. It`s located at Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 22, next to the Copernicus Science Center and Vistula river. Thi...
The Warsaw`s Praga Museum
The Warsaw’s Praga Museum is an institution which preserves the heritage and the unique atmosphere of the Praga district. It`s located in several buildings on the right side of the Vistula river at T...
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
Zachęta is one of the oldest galleries in Poland. The beautiful building was constructed between 1898-1900 according to project of Stefan Szyller. Gallery presented all the most important Polish arti...