World + People

The St. Nicholas Code

It’s easy enough to recognize who Santa Claus is, but his namesake’s story is not quite so simple. In fact, it’s possible that St. Nicholas never even existed…

Adam Węgłowski

Art + Stories

Fiction

Medulla

A short story involving a hip café, heartache, and large lush plants, written by one of our regular contributors.

Julia Fiedorczuk

Art + Stories

Fiction

Upiory Are People of Flesh and Blood

Mediaevalist Łukasz Kozak talks about the myths and realities behind upiory – prototype vampires from Slavic folklore.

Stasia Budzisz

Art + Stories

Experiences

Brackish Tears

In his work, Santanu Dey deals with the topic of the Marichjhapi massacre. In an effort to trace the entire structure of violence related to migration and displacement, the artist goes back to the “Mahabharata”, an ancient Hindu epic.

Santanu Dey

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

Art + Stories

Opinions

Migrating at the End of the World

“We are facing a huge upheaval this century, there’s no escaping it,” Environmental journalist Gaia Vince discusses climate change’s effect on migration as parts of the world become unlivable.

Natalia Domagała

World + People

Dreams and Visions

Let Baby You Lift Your Spirits

Our belief is that even that which seems impossible, is possible. And this is how, one June evening, a giant baby appeared sleeping peacefully over Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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