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The Bauhaus was opened in 1919 in Weimar as a state school for artists and craftsmen. Until its seat in Berlin was closed in 1933 by the National Socialists, the school managed to become a symbol of progress and modernity. As the following decades have shown, its influence has gone far beyond the time limit of the first half of the 20th century and the borders of Germany.

The exhibition  Lviv, 24th June 1937.City, architecture, modernism  was presented at the ICC Gallery at the turn of 2017 and 2018. Its subject matter will be a pretext to discuss the transformations of the architectural landscape of Polish cities and to search for an answer to the question of how it changed along with the political and economic transformation after 1989, and later with Poland's accession to the European Union.

Some of the Nazi plans for architectural reconstruction in Poland were carried out during the war, others remained on paper. Some structures still bear their embarrassing stigma, but many have blended in with their surroundings.

The lecture will be devoted to the war fate of three architects: Szymon Syrkus, Helena Syrkus and Simon Wiesenthal – their wanderers, the projects they created at that time, the strength of friendship, and the hope that architecture gave them in the most difficult moments.

We don't know much about Lithuania, and we often use stereotypes when thinking about it. The issue of  "Herito" about Lithuania may help in overthrowing them, but it is only an introduction, a small guide to the culture and heritage of our neighbors, not exhaustive enough, but giving rise to a conversation.

Bloomsbury is not only one of the boroughs of London. This name also covers a group of artists, writers and intellectuals who opened English culture and art in the Victorian era to a new aesthetic and artistic fascination. A special role was played by Roger Fry, who, thanks to his close professional contacts with the French artistic bohemia, became an important link between the Bloomsbury community and the circle of post-impressionists active in France.

From February 2nd, 2021, the exhibition  Printmaking as a Pair. Jadwiga Kaim-Otręba and Ryszard Otręba , after many months of waiting, can be visited in the Gallery of the International Cultural Centre.

We invited you to a meeting with prof. Hanna Grzeszczuk-Brendel, prof. Jacek Purchla, prof. Robert Traba. Led by Michał Olszewski.

As part of the next virtual meeting in the  At a distance  series, the International Cultural Centre invited you to an interview with Jadwiga and Ryszard Otręba, to whom the exhibition  Printmaking as a Pair. Jadwiga Kaim-Otręba and Ryszard Otręba  is dedicated.

During the lecture inaugurating the series of  Decades with Art , selected projects from the area of ​​20th-century architecture and art will be presented, exemplifying the model of thinking about the relationship between a work and a place. It alludes to the exhibition  MAKOM. Dani Karavan. The Essence of Place  presented at the ICC Gallery from June 27 to September 20, 2015.

A meeting related to the exhibition  Printmaking as a Pair. Jadwiga Kaim-Otręba and Ryszard Otręba , concern the beginnings of education in the field of graphic design and visual communication at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

The first lecture in the new year will be an opportunity to learn about the artistic biography of this iconic pair of Krakow artists. Through art, we will also get closer to their everyday life - the realities of creative work, the artistic milieu they co-created, or ties with the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts.

The premiere of the film "Orient and Krakow. Walks around multicultural Krakow ”directed by Tomasz Mielnik. The script was prepared by Adam Balcer in cooperation with Jarosław Kociszewski. The screening was preceded by a conversation between Łukasz Galusk and Adam Balcer, the initiator of the film and its narrator.

On January 16 the International Cultural Centre will host a seminar for teachers and educators titled Heritage with class. Heritage education for school students.