#ART
Polish your British
Late 1980s and 1990s saw the revival of modern art, both in Poland and Great Britsain. Artists from what was later called the group of Young British Artists and representatives of Polish critical art used controversy, provocation and mass media techniques to attract attention and start the discussion on such topics as death, violence, gender and role of the individual in society. Some of them , like Damien Hirst, gained huge popularity. Thus, contemporary art joined the mainstream got a comfortable spot in popular culture. Polish critical art explored groundbreaking (in the 1990s) topics like religion, national mythology as well as trauma and the gender issues. Some of the works caused protests and fuelled discussion not only in art circles (as was the case of the works of Katarzyna Kozyra) related to questions such as ‘what is art?’, ‘what are the boundaries of artistic expression?’ etc. Try to answer them yourself at Polish Polish British British exhibition.
Where: Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej (Center for Contemporary Art),
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When: till 15th November, Tuesday-Sunday 12pm-7pm, Friday till9pm
How much: 12/6reduced , free on Thursdays
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#FOOD
Best food in town!
Gazeta Wyborcza, the biggest Polish daily, just announced the winner of this year’s Best Restaurant competition. This year, the title went to Jung&Lecker, a wine bar serving delicious weekday lunches (for 21 PLN between 12 and 4 PM) with regular menu changing every week (!). Go see for yourself what the town is raving about and check their FB postings (through google translate) to know the lunch of the day. But hurry while the food lasts (lunches might run out by 3 PM). And if they do run out of lunch, be sure to try pear soup with saffron milkcaps instead!
Where: Jung&Lecker, ul.Emilii Plater 14
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When: from 12 to 10 PM
How much: 21 PLN for lunch consisting of soup and main course on weekdays between 12-4 PM, 29 with a glass of wine
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#CONCERT
The Stubs – 3 years of local budget rock’n’roll band
Head to Powiększenie to hear local rock’n’roll band The Stubs, celebrating their 3rd birthday and be treated to Elvis DeLuxe and Wild Books as supports. A rock’n’roll evening with half of the city’s rocksters in attendance – something for all of you interested in local indie culture 🙂
Where: Powiększenie
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When: from 7:30 PM on Thursday, October 31st
How much: 15 PLN
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#PARTY
Why borrow from Americans if you can borrow from Mexicans? Party with food and drink
It is Halloween, but instead of trick-or-treating, we prefer to have you drinking Mexican drinks, munching on Mexican snacks, screaming to the music and attempting to break the zombie pinata. Oh yeah, and if you invent a nice costume, you just might become the zombie king/queen of the evening! So, let the words dia de muertos / narco satanicos/ dead mafioso / chola girls inspire your dresscode and – come evening time – head for the eeriest building in Warsaw of them all!
Where: barStudio, to the right of the main entrance to Palace of Culture and Science
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When: 9 PM on Thursday, October 31st
How much: 5 PLN if you dress up, 10 if you don’t
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