Art + Stories

Chasing the Cold

A Psychoanalytic Reading of “The Snow Queen”

Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen” is full of wintry metaphors. But do today’s younger generations still have the icy cold reference points to understand such symbolism?

Renata Lis

World + People

Nature

The Saw/Sand Redemption

Woodworking is not only a profession – it is also a hobby for those interested in the creative possibilities of wood. It can also have a positive impact on its practitioners’ mental health and wellbeing.

Enis Yucekoralp

World + People

The Other School

More Than a Thousand Words

Isotype – the set of pictorial symbols developed by Otto and Marie Neurath – was an egalitarian project, aimed at developing a universal language for communicating social-scientific data.

Andrzej Kula

World + People

Nature

The Polar Bear and the Penguin

Penguins and polar bears, in spite of their shared tolerance for cold climates, couldn’t live further apart. In fact, there are many differences between the fauna of the Arctic and Antarctic.

Mikołaj Golachowski

AudioVisual

Photo

A Feminine Appetite

A look at the ethereal paintings of Warsaw artist Julia Kowalska.

Julia Kowalska

Art + Stories

Art

Birds of a Feather

The Eurasian art collective reimagines symbols of power through forgotten myths. As their last Simurgh Self-Help exhibition at Warsaw’s Raster Gallery demonstrates, Slavs and Tatars are intent on translating not only languages but entire cultural narratives—from Persian epics to Soviet-altered alphabets—into tools for critique, humor, and healing.

Steph Kretowicz

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Mindfulness Exercises for a Cold Day

In the cold of rainy spring days or blistering winter nights, turn inward to find what you’re missing.

Magdalena Róża Skoczewska

Art + Stories

Opinions

Are We Ceding Humanity to Machines?

With artificial intelligence surpassing human capabilities in benchmark after benchmark of higher cognition, our old hierarchy is fracturing. What happens when machines no longer fit comfortably at the bottom? Can we still retain our place in this order, or are we being displaced by what we’ve created?

Natalie Monbiot

AudioVisual

Photo

A fictional autobiography

Belgian artist Rinus Van Der Velde is known for his large-scale whimsical drawings. See a selection of work from his recent shows in Paris and Rome.

Rinus Van de Velde

World + People

Nature

Seeing Green

Human eyes like to gaze into other eyes—so it is easy for us to overlook creatures that do not have eyes. Even when these creatures are countless, even when they’re all around, and even when they are invaluable to human life—if they are not similar to us, we are blind to them.

Klaudia Khan

Art + Stories

Experiences

Art Basel 2024 through a Polish Lens

Three focused historic presentations of Polish women artists—Ewa Partum, Erna Rosenstein, and Maria Pinińska-Bereś—encouraged slow looking amidst the hustle and bustle of the famous Swiss art fair.

Aga Sablińska

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