A new campaign promoting the celebrations for Krakow?s 750th anniversary was launched on May 4.As part of the campaign, the symbols of other cities — Warsaw’s Mermaid, Gdansk?s Neptune and Torun?s Copernicus — are being used to invite visitors to the celebrations. The heart of the festivities will take place from June 1-June 10.
Read moreCommuting to the city center from the suburbs sometimes seems like a real expedition — for those living in the city center, as well as those living in the outlying districts.
Read moreThe Civitas Caravel Program, the EU’s pilot program for realization in Krakow in 2005-2009, aims to increase the quality of living and the general standards and attractiveness of the city.
Read more?Worldwide trends, top European photographers, nearly 50 exhibitions?? — This is how Photomonth 2007 in Krakow is being promoted. The core of the program, though, revolves around the works of a dozen-or-so individual exhibitions displayed as part of the ?Distinguishing Marks? segment. These photographs deal with problems of identity and individuality and emphasize the danger of attempting to reach objectivity. The exhibitions include works by such outstanding European photographers as Martin Parr, Anders Petersen, Oliver Sieber, Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin.
Read moreWhen looking at the achievements of German photographers from the Düsseldorf School at the exhibition entitled, “Appearance/Disappearance — A German Album — Contemporary German Photography,” one cannot pass over the works of August Sander. Sander devoted 40 years of his life to fulfill his goal, creating classic portraits to draw an objective picture of German society.
Read more?Farma sztuki (Farm of Art)? is a virtual cooperative of artists and curators. During the ?Super Concept Market,? professional art was presented that is light and suitable for street markets. The major themes at the stall were SEX and POLITICS — two universal subjects. It was great fun. We sold all the portraits of the Kaczynski brothers; Roman Giertych, to our surprise, was much less popular. By presenting ?light art,? we want to promote artists connected with our gallery and propagate artistic production.?
Read moreRegarded today as one of the world’s greatest masters of photography, Jacques Henri Lartigue was practically unknown to his contemporaries.
Read moreWyspianski was for Krakow what Vermer was for Delft, Klimt for Vienna or Mucha for Prague.
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Krakow is participating in a European Union pilot program to improving its public transportation system.
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