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Prague played a special role in the Nazi plans. In the eyes of German nationalists, the Czech capital remained one of the historical and spiritual centres of the Reich, which had to be recovered from the hands of the Slavs once and for all. Both the plans for monumental investments and the systematic Germanization of public space served this purpose.

The International Cultural Center invites you to the meeting "War in the Kitchen" on the occasion of the publication of the new issue of "HERITO: Europe in the Kitchen". The guests of the meeting, Olga Stawińska and Michał Wiśniewski, will talk about the characteristic features of Central European cuisine, about wartime culinary customs, and about how the complicated history of the region can be seen on our plates.

On July 19, 1937, the exhibition "Entartete Kunst" (Degenerate Art). The exhibition was an effect of the fateful cultural policy of National Socialism, which divided art into those considered useful for political purposes and those that could prove inconsistent with the official message or dangerous for propaganda.

The International Cultural Centre invites you to the final show of Dobiesław Gała's exhibition "Poles of Inaccessibility". On this occasion, the artist himself will show you around the exhibition.

In Poland, the German occupation from 1939 to 1945 is unequivocally associated with the Nazi policy of genocide, and Krakow became part of this atrocious plan. At the same time, the city was put to a specific sort of test. Designated by Hitler as the capital of the General Government, it was to be swiftly transformed into a model German city in the East. The aim of the Nazi officials was not only to rebuild large Polish urban centres in the spirit of the Third Reich. For them, architecture and urban planning were tools facilitating the process of depolonisation of Krakow.

Will cities need mega-events in the post-pandemic world? Will they be able to organize them? How to connect the issues of cultural heritage with the contemporary, socio-economic context of this type of event? What are the threats and opportunities of organizing a mega-event?

A cardboard box with old newspapers, letters, labels or photos bought at a flea market in it. This is a short description of the content of one of the many "time capsules" that Andy Warhol left behind. His project, Time Capsules (Time Capsules) , which started after 1974 and lasted until 1987, is a unique collector's endeavor, the result of which is a collection of over 600 cardboard boxes tightly filled with scraps of everyday life and Warhol's artistic activities.

The ICC cordially invites the audience to the meeting The Cossack gets off the horse – Ukraine today , which will be held as part of the 7th Zygmunt Haupt Festival in Gorlice. The meeting with the participation of Iwona Boruszkowska, Katarzyna Kotyńska, Paweł Smoleński and Ziemowit Szczerek will be hosted by Paulina Małochleb.

During the next At a distance meeting, join us for an encounter with Ukraine, discussed by our guests Dr. Olena Babakova, Dr. Taras Lawruk and Dr. Kuba Snopek. The meeting is part of the programme accompanying the exhibition Ukraine. A different angle on neighbourhood , on show at the ICC Gallery from September 17 through to January 16, 2022.

Unexpected, multifaceted, surprising, brave ... what is Ukraine like? We invite you to a meeting with Dr. Oksana Barszynova from the National Museum of Art of Ukraine in Kiev (NAMU), curator of the exhibition Ukraine. Mutual gaze.

The lecture will address the way we imagine a modern man, his lifestyle and interaction with the environment – this perspective takes into account the new organisation of the human being in private and public spaces, e.g. in relation to architecture. The lecture will include topics such as W. Strzemiński and K. Kobro’s concept of “functionalised city”, the idea of Raumstadt by F. Kiesler, the project of new organisation of kitchen space proposed by B. and S. Brukalski, or discussions on new design and architecture conducted by representatives of the Czech avant-garde in “ReD” monthly.

In the first meeting after summer as part of the Catch Distance series, we invite you to a lecture about prof. Janie Pamule, an outstanding representative of the geometric trend of abstraction, a pioneer of Polish computer art. The lecture is the result of cooperation between the International Cultural Center and the Museum of Art in Olomouc (MUO), where a retrospective presentation of the artist's works takes place from June 2 to January 2, 2022.

Art workshops for children aged 4-8, during which, together with the participants, we will carefully look at the world around us. From photos, newspaper clippings and postcards, workshop participants will eliminate all that which is realistic – human figures, trees or flowers, this way creating abstract collages.

The Mature for Art. Photomontage - between image and text