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Over 200 works by 135 Polish artists, including Jerzy Nowosielski and Jan Cybis, made their way to Skopje after the tragic earthquake of 1963. Half a century later, this hitherto unknown collection of Polish contemporary art can be seen in one place for the first time thanks to an online exhibition mounted at the Google Cultural Institute by Poland’s Foreign Ministry and Embassy in Skopje.

Marking the 10th anniversary of the death of St. John Paul II, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tokyo published a comics about the Pope from Poland. Publication is a part of “The Great Poles” series which so far has depicted Jan Karski, Nicolaus Copernicus and Frederic Chopin.

Visitors to the Belgian Comic Strip Centre in Brussels now have a chance to see the works of Grzegorz Rosiński, a world-famous illustrator, the creator of the Thorgal series comics. The project was initiated in the cooperation with Polish Institute in Brussels.

The largest and most comprehensive exhibition of Polish art and craft ever shown in China was opend to the public at the National Museum in Beijing on the 6th of February. The show, which will run till the 10th of May, has been put together by Poland’s leading museums, supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Beijing.

Roads to 1989. East-Central Europe 1939-1989, a travelling outdoor exhibition, is on display in front of the European Parliament in Brussels. It has been organised as part of a social and educational campaign titled Freedom Express.