Polish Cultural Institute

05/06/2026

Common Ground: Curated Connections installation is now on view until 30 June at Fletcher Priest Architects, 100 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1ES, in Fleet Street Quarter 📍

Part of the London Festival of Architecture 🤩

Featuring works by:

• OSKAR ZIĘTA (IG: )
• KATARZYNA KREJ (IG: )
• PANI JUREK (IG: )

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Common Ground: Curated Connections, curated by Creative Project Foundation and On & On Designs, continues throughout June, celebrating the connections between the Polish and UK creative industries.

The project is co-financed by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage under the Creative Industries Institute’s Development of Creative Sectors programme.

Photos by Krzysztof Dubicki • PCI London 📸

01/06/2026

✍ 📖 It was another fantastic literary evening at Ognisko Polskie - Polish Hearth for "An Evening with Krzysztof Siwczyk and Piotr Florczyk around the book: A Calligraphy of Days" on Friday 29th May.

📚 The intimate evening brought together poetry and literature lovers to hear Krzysztof Siwczyk talk about his recent poetry collection "A Calligraphy of Days" published by Seagull Books and translated by Piotr Florczyk, who was also present. The audience had the chance to listen to extracts of poetry in both English and Polish and ask plenty of questions to the author and translator.

The event was organised by the Polish Cultural Institute in London, Ognisko Polskie - Polish Hearth and the Polish Book Institute Instytut Książki

ℹ Find out more about "A Calligraphy of Days" here: https://seagullbooks.org/products/a-calligraphy-of-days

📸 Photos by Elzbieta Piekacz

31/05/2026

REMINDER: An Evening with Krzysztof Siwczyk and Piotr Florczyk around the book “A Calligraphy of Days”

We would like to remind you of an engaging evening with Polish literature in an event organised by the Polish Cultural Institute in London at Ognisko Polskie - Polish Hearth and supported by the Polish Book Institute, Instytut Książki.

"A Calligraphy of Days”, published by Seagull Books, contains verses that oscillate between the turmoil of post-communist Eastern Europe to understated reflections on grief and mortality. The sixty-four poems in “A Calligraphy of Days” reflect Krzysztof Siwczyk’s wide-ranging and variegated style.

More about the event and tickets can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3h4nezp9

Read more about and buy "A Calligraphy of Days" here: https://seagullbooks.org/products/a-calligraphy-of-days

Photo of Krzysztof Siwczyk by Lorenzo Castore

Photo of Piotr Florczyk by Miguel Rodriguez J

29/05/2026

✍📖 On May 19th, this year’s Found in Translation Literary Award was presented at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London.

The award has been presented since 2008 by the Polish Book Institute Instytut Książki in cooperation with the Polish Cultural Institute in London and the Polish Cultural Institute New York for the best translation of Polish literature into English.

🏆🥇 This year’s winner was Ursula Phillips, who received the award for the second time, this time for her translation of Jacek Dukaj’s “Ice.”

She had previously been honored for her translation of Zofia Nałkowska’s “Choucas.”

The award was presented by Jerzy Boczkowski, Chargé d’Affaires of the Republic of Poland in London, Anna Godlewska, Deputy Director of the Department of Cultural Diplomacy and Promotion of Poland at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Anna Tryc-Bromley, Director of the Polish Cultural Institute in London.

Head of Zeus Books, which published the book, was represented by Nicolas Cheetham, Managing Director.

ℹ️ Find out more about the Found in Translation Award and past winners here:
https://www.bookinstitute.pl/programy/found-in-translation/

ℹ️ Read more about "Ice" here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/articles/interviews/why-would-the-characters-in-ice-think-and-speak-like-shakespeares-characters/

Photos: Adam Fudala, Polish Embassy London

28/05/2026

„Eruption” is an intimate and frantic story about an encounter that changes everything, and at the same time a cinematic love letter to Poland. Director Pete Ohs portrays Warsaw as a city of creative energy and freedom. The role of Bethany is played by global star Charli xcx, who brings her distinctive sensibility and screen charisma to the film. She is partnered by Lena Gora - one of the most important actresses of the younger generation, co-creator of the project and the emotional heart of „Eruption” 🤩

More info below:

28/05/2026

REMINDER: Tomorrow, 29th May - An Evening with Krzysztof Siwczyk and Piotr Florczyk around the book “A Calligraphy of Days”

We would like to remind you of an engaging evening with Polish literature in an event organised by the Polish Cultural Institute in London and Ognisko Polskie - Polish Hearth and supported by the Polish Book Institute, Instytut Książki.

"A Calligraphy of Days”, published by Seagull Books, contains verses that oscillate between the turmoil of post-communist Eastern Europe to understated reflections on grief and mortality. The sixty-four poems in “A Calligraphy of Days” reflect Krzysztof Siwczyk’s wide-ranging and variegated style.

More about the event and tickets can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3h4nezp9

Read more about and buy "A Calligraphy of Days" here: https://seagullbooks.org/products/a-calligraphy-of-days

Photo of Krzysztof Siwczyk by Lorenzo Castore

Photo of Piotr Florczyk by Miguel Rodriguez J

28/05/2026

The European Poetry Festival returns for its 9th year with a summer festival of events celebrating collaboration, literary liveness and cross-linguistic inventiveness.

For the very first time the 2026 European Poetry Festival will feature a night celebrating one of the continent’s most considerable poetic nations, Poland. Featuring Polish poets both residing and writing in the UK and those visiting from Poland, and supported by the Polish Cultural Institute, this will be an unforgettable night of reading and performance. The poets will present brand new literary poetry and performance collaborations, all created for the night. Do join us this summer for what will undoubtedly be a remarkable event.

📣 Featuring
Weronika Lewandowska and Mischa Foster Poole
Agata Masłowska and Agnieszka Studzińska
Maria Jatrzębska and Jules Sprake
Anna Blasiak and Susie Campbell
Tomasz Mielcarek and Mikael Buck
Nasim Luczaj and Hannah Kaip
Landa wo and James Byrne
Magda Drozd and SJ Fowler

Curated by SJ Fowler with thanks to Karolina Gorazda and Anna Blasiak.

Date: June 27, 2026
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, London, E28JD
Tickets: Free

hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/poetry-european-poetry-festival-polish/ / instytutpolski.pl/london/

27/05/2026

How did 1960s Polish textile artists redefine craft into contemporary art and influence a generation of artists? Join Marta Kowalewska, Chief Curator of the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź (CMWŁ) Centralne Muzeum Włókiennictwa / Central Museum of Textiles , as she shares her story behind curating some of the most revolutionary Polish artists, featuring Magdalena Abakanowicz and Barbara Levittoux-Świderska. Learn how fibre, weaving, and fabric became powerful tools for immersive sculpture, avante-garde installation, and materially driven abstraction that launched textiles into international museums and galleries.

The afternoon will feature:

· Exclusive talk with Marta Kowalewska including a question and answer session

· Informal networking reception to meet the creatives in the gallery after the talk

📆 Date: June 28, 2026
🕐 Time: 12pm-2pm

Part of Artificial Kreativity's Kreative Talks series, supported by the Polish Cultural Institute in London

Venue: art’otel London Hoxton, 1-3 Rivington St, London, EC2A 3DT

🎫 Tickets: https://app.tickettailor.com/events/artificialkreativity/2201030
(This is a ticketed event only and tickets will not be available to purchase at the door).

This talk is preceded on 27th June, by a great chance to join Artificial Kreativity's Cross Pollinator Project at the London Festival of Architecture, where they will be holding a Portfolio Review Workshop featuring two Polish creatives, including Marta Kowalewska. Join the Cross Pollinator and belong to a creative ecosystem of students, early-year practitioners, and like-minded individuals to become the next generation of change.

Date: June 27, 2026
Time: 11am to 3pm

Venue: art’otel London Hoxton, 1-3 Rivington St, London, EC2A 3DT

🎫 Tickets:
Free event (Registration is essential and spaces are limited) Booking and information: https://artificialkreativity.com/LFA2026

27/05/2026

🎨🏛🖼 Fancy a European art break with fewer crowds? - Try Warsaw and Łódź in Poland, which feature in The Guardian's top 5 European art breaks for those who prefer it a little less busy!

In Warsaw, you can check out the recently opened Museum of Modern Art Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie / Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, the Zacheta National Gallery of Art Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki / Zachęta National Gallery of Art and the Centre for Contemporary Art at Ujazdow Castle Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski as well as the National Museum of Warsaw Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie and the gallery at the Warsaw Royal Castle Zamek Królewski w Warszawie

Whilst in Łódź, see the Herbst Palace Museum Muzeum Pałac Herbsta, MS1 and MS2 Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi and the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź Centralne Muzeum Włókiennictwa / Central Museum of Textiles

Read the full article below 👇

Forget queuing at the Louvre or the Uffizi. You’ll find a fresh perspective on everything from medieval to modern art in places like Lille, Verona and Zurich

27/05/2026

📣 Join us on the 1st June for an inspiring evening of conversation around architecture, design and cross-cultural collaboration and an event that marks the launch of an installation featuring Polish designers Zieta Studio, Pani Jurek and Katrzyna Krej as part of the London Festival of Architecture.

🗣 To mark the unveiling of the installations, Fletcher Priest Architects studio will be hosting an intimate panel discussion on 1 June, asking:

❓ ‘How can objects, buildings and installations create common ground in a city between strangers?’

📍 Moderated by Ellie Stathaki, Architecture and Environment Director at Wallpaper*, the panel brings together Ed Williams, Managing Partner at Fletcher Priest Architects, Oskar Zięta (Zieta Studio) and Michał Borecki (Pani Jurek). The conversation will explore the impact of design in public spaces, Polish craft and making, and the cross-cultural exchanges that have shaped this collaboration.

🎫 Register FREE here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/common-ground-curated-connections-panel-discussion-tickets-1988845398124?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Venue: Fletcher Priest Architects, 100 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1ES

ℹ The installation will be FREE to view between 1st-30th June, 9:30am – 6:30pm at Fletcher Priest Architects, 100 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1ES

Common Ground: Curated Connections is presented by the Creative Project Foundation together with On & On Designs, Fletcher Priest Architects and the Fleet Street Quarter BID (Business Improvement District).