The exhibition brings together almost 120 paintings – dating from between 1840 and 1918 – by the leading representatives of Polish painting, including Jan Matejko, Józef Brandt, Jacek Malczewski, Józef Chełmoński and Olga Boznańska.

Echoing the Poland exhibition, the Louvre-Lens is presenting an exhibition devoted to the photographer Kasimir Zgorecki (1904–1980) in the Glass Pavilion. Zgorecki set out to showcase the lives of Polish émigré workers in the mining region of northern France in the early 20th century.