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How do we talk about Ukraine to put it in the middle of the grand historical processes? How much influence did Columb had on Ukraine? How did the Ukrainian rebellion against the Soviets translate to the Great Famine in the 1930s? What role did Ukrainian grain play in world politics and economy?

The most famous Czech novel – “ The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk” – is celebrating its 100 th anniversary, while its author –– Jaroslav Hašek – is celebrating his 140th birthday. In these circumstances, a discussion about the phenomenal popularity of Czech literature and culture in Poland seems particularly vital and justified.

Former Stanyslaviv, now Ivano-Frankivsk, is a special place. The cross-border character of this Carpatian-adjacent land and its openness to the European urbanist style influence has changed the city's identity for good.

Krakow premiere of “Odrzania” – the newest book by Zbigniew Rokita, the Nike Award laureate. Rokita describes himself as a mongrel of the Recovered Territories but calls them “Odrzania” and always writes “Recovered Territories” in quotes.

The Habsburg Monarchy is a unique case: its nationalities had quite big liberty. The development of each national and religious group was a consequence of the country’s internal policies – this applied also to Galicia.

The lecture referred to the exhibition “Józef Czapski. Pictures and Drawings from Private Collections”, showcased at the ICC from April 4 to May 13, 1996. It addressed the work of members of the Paris Committee, their connections with French art, and in particular their fascination with the painting of such artists as Pierre Bonnard and Paul Cézanne.

Photographs evoke emotions, they affect us. They are what inspires us to think. Intellect and reflection always come after the image, right after the affect. What kind of experience, what  kind of memory are formed by photographs? What constitutes their narrative layer?

The defeat of the Polish state in September 1939 opened a tragic chapter in Krakow's history. The fate of the city was decided in Berlin – it was designated as the capital of the General Government and the power was handed over to Hans Frank. Krakow was to become a model German city, colonised and Germanised, which translated into the terror for the Polish population.

The  Mature for Art  cycle is an offer for those who have a free morning and want to broaden their knowledge of culture and art. The meeting program includes thematic lectures by an art historian followed by a discussion.

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.

Enthusiasm related to the development of modern visual culture: cinema, popular illustrated press and photographic experiments under the sign of "das neue Sehen" had already been critically complemented in the 1920s in comments about the increasing "photoinflation". A specific response to this situation was the collection and processing by artists of ready-made images, from a collection of "found materials" (Album Hannah Höch), using them in the mode of ironic and mocking paraphrases, to politically engaged photomontage (John Heartfield).

With the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy, the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria also disappeared from the maps of the world. The memory of the complex and multidimensional history of this almost mythical land has survived, despite the passage of time, and in later years also in spite of the efforts of the occupation authorities or, after World War II, the policies of the Polish People's Republic and the Soviet Union.

As every year, the International Cultural Centre opened its doors to Cracovians during the unique Night of Museums in Krakow. We invited you to the gallery for the newly opened exhibition  More than Bauhaus. German photography between the wars and Polish parallels . Virtual accompanying events complemented the traditional sightseeing.

No other land but today’s Poland was an area of a great spatial experiment in the creation of the German "Lebensraum " . The ICC brand new book provides—for the first time—the most complete overview of the architectural heritage left there behind by the Third Reich. Its complexity will be discussed among Professors Christian Fuhrmeister (ZI, Munich), Jacek Purchla (ICC, Kraków), and Dr. Magdalena Łanuszka (ICC, Kraków).