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Polish Culture Day 2025

On 3 May 2025, the Polish Culture NL Foundation, in cooperation with the Flower Art Museum in Aalsmeer, organised Polish Culture Day NL. The event took place at the museum’s premises, and its programme was this time primarily aimed at…

Magdalena Abakanowicz – Everything is made of fiber

The Largest Magdalena Abakanowicz exhibition in the Netherlands On Friday, 18 April 2025, a remarkable monographic exhibition of the Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) will open in the province of Noord Brabant. Unusual not only because of the creative heritage…

Is a Woman a Human Being? Exhibition in The Hague

Maria Pinińska-Bereś at the Kunstmuseum, Den Haag (8.03 – 17.08.2025) From 8 March 2025, the Kunstmuseum in The Hague is showing works by the Polish artist Maria Pinińska-Bereś (1931 – 1999). There could hardly be a better date for the…

Polish Passion. An Exhibition in Aalsmeer

Polish Passion is the title of an exhibition on show at the Flower Art Museum in Aalsmeer from 2 February. The exhibition presents the works of nine Polish artists living and working in the Netherlands. It includes not only paintings,…

Polish Culture Day @ Christmas 2024

The Polish Culture Day @Christmas, held on Sunday, December 15th at @Droog,  was a resounding success!The event showcased beautiful music, delicious traditional food and drinks, and a wide variety of unique items—perfect for holiday gifts. There were also fascinating presentations…

Cracow nativity scenes 

Cracow nativity scenes are finely constructed, multi-storeyed and richly decorated structures, made of light and disposable materials. They include, especially today, miniatures of Cracow monumental architecture, imaginatively interwoven and connected. The nativity scene is an element of the great mystery of…

Polish Christmas Carol

As the researcher of Polish Christmas carols, Stanisław Dobrzycki, notes, “Probably nowhere else in the world is Christmas carol such an element of national identity, wonderfully loved and cherished by the whole country, as it is in Poland” The word…

Christmas in Poland – traditions, customs and festive dishes

For many Poles, Christmas is the most important festivity of the year and for majority of people, a big family celebration. It is also a time to reflect on the events of the passing year, especially relationships with loved ones,…

The IDFA Award for Best Cinematography for ‘The Guest’

The documentary film The Guest directed by Zvika Gregory Portnoy and Zuzanna Solakiewicz has won the IDFA Award for Best Cinematography in the International Competition (Poland/Qatar). The jury statement: “The cinematography captured incremental subtle shifts in an intimate yet fragile relationship between two…