Tag: art

Just Art It!
Art + Stories
Experiences

Just Art It!

An artwork is supposed to please, excite, and give respite. The outstanding critic Jerry Saltz talks about the essence of art.
Ania Diduch
Waning Light
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

Waning Light

For thousands of years, humans have used our sole lunar body to understand health and nature, as well as the mystical and the creative.
Enis Yucekoralp
The Singing Revolution
World + People
Science

The Singing Revolution

From the pre-Christian era to today, the Baltic state has a proud—and revolutionary—history and tradition of song.
Ula Idzikowska
Paint the Way You Live
Art + Stories
Experiences

Paint the Way You Live

Vedic Art workshops can help unlock a person's creative potential—and also reveal insights about their emotions, needs, and desires.
Aleksandra Woźniak-Marchewka
A Consciously Planned Coincidence
Art + Stories
Opinions

A Consciously Planned Coincidence

The Polish photographer discusses the importance of memory and childhood in the visual arts.
Aleksander Hudzik
Splendor and Magic
World + People
Nature

Splendor and Magic

From glass balls to ancient skulls, the transparent variety of the mineral quartz was for centuries believed to be imbued with mystical powers.
Tomasz Wichrowski
With My Naked Eye
Art + Stories
Experiences

With My Naked Eye

He isn’t particularly interested in the past, but in how the future changes it. Ralph Gibson, one of the most acclaimed American art photographers, talks with Polish photographer, Wojtek Wieteska.
Wojtek Wieteska
Beware of Antiquity
Art + Stories
Experiences

Beware of Antiquity

The capital of North Macedonia was reconstructed as an ancient city in the twenty-first century—an expensive project that was backwards looking and ignored its inhabitants’ needs.
Stach Szabłowski
A Timeless Bond
Art + Stories
Experiences

A Timeless Bond

One sign of aging is that we stop seeing our future in the eyes of others: no one asks about future plans, society says that changes are no longer possible or even expected.
Wojciech Bonowicz
The Chemistry of Blue
World + People
Nature

The Chemistry of Blue

It may feel like a ubiquitous presence in the sky and sea, yet the cerulean shade is surprisingly rare—and difficult to produce—among living organisms.
Szymon Drobniak