Tag: art

The Man Who Tames the Elements
Soul + Body
The Four Elements

The Man Who Tames the Elements

Olafur Eliasson talks about recreating the sun, light in art, and engaging with the world beyond the gallery.
Jan Pelczar
Shall We Meet at Half Past Lust, or a Quarter to Folly?
Art + Stories
Experiences

Shall We Meet at Half Past Lust, or a Quarter to Folly?

A Polish artist and graphic designer reflects on Raymond Peynet’s illustrated ‘lovers’.
Maurycy Gomulicki
Swimmers
Art + Stories
Experiences

Swimmers

Larry Sultan's candid and staged photos are windows into the psychological and physical landscape of suburban family life.
Larry Sultan
Carl and Karin Larsson’s Arcadia
Art + Stories
Art

Carl and Karin Larsson’s Arcadia

The home of Swedish artists Carl and Karin Larsson, called Lilla Hyttnäs, was an inspiration not only to the Larsson family, but to national design aesthetics in Sweden.
Agnieszka Drotkiewicz
Slow Art in Susch
Art + Stories
Experiences

Slow Art in Susch

Polish art collector Grażyna Kulczyk’s project is a modern art museum nestled in a sleepy Swiss village in the Alps. Our art writer explores the extraordinary Muzeum Susch.
Stach Szabłowski
The Studio Was Her Entire World
Art + Stories
Art

The Studio Was Her Entire World

Geta Brătescu is a Romanian artist who made a great impression on us during the 2017 Venice Biennale. We tell the story of an exceptional figure, who became an international star only in her eighties.
Stach Szabłowski
Partying with Bosch
Art + Stories
Art

Partying with Bosch

Upon closer examination, the meaning of the painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights” is quite simple: it is a 16th-century guide to the annual countdown celebrations.
Matthew Coachinger
The Beating of the Horned Heart
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Beating of the Horned Heart

On the centenary of Poland’s independence, we take a closer look at the odd relationship Poles have with freedom. Here, we observe the artist Stanisław Szukalski as he goes searching for traces of ancient Poles on Easter Island.
Mikołaj Gliński
I Held in My Hand Something Living
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Experiences

I Held in My Hand Something Living

The sculptor Maria Papa Rostkowska led a happy life. Maybe that’s why so few people remember who she was.
Zbigniew Libera
Colourful Caterpillars
Art + Stories
Art

Colourful Caterpillars

In 1700, the German naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian travelled to Suriname, where she studied and illustrated tropical insects. Her pioneering work continues to inspire entomologists.
Agnieszka Drotkiewicz