Tag: art

Beauty and Utility
Art + Stories
Experiences, Fiction

Beauty and Utility

William Morris was a man of many talents – among which he revived traditional British textile arts and popularized socialist ideas in Victorian society.
Agnieszka Drotkiewicz
Art Is Explosion!
Art + Stories
Experiences

Art Is Explosion!

Some reject the art of Tarō Okamoto—including the Tower of the Sun—as primitive, yet he was perhaps one of the only truly avant-garde artists of Japan.
Karol Sienkiewicz
A Painter in Turbulent Times
Art + Stories
Experiences, Fiction

A Painter in Turbulent Times

The Jewish painter Mela Muter was born to a socialite family in Warsaw and died alone in France. Along the way, she created a remarkable variety of art.
Zbigniew Libera
The Lady of Life and Death
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Lady of Life and Death

To some, she was known as Magna Mater; to many others, she was known as Cybele. She is, of course, the Mother Goddess of the ancient world.
Anna Arno
Furry Caps and Neon Stems
Art + Stories
Opinions

Furry Caps and Neon Stems

Maurycy Gomulicki, an artist and mushroom foraging enthusiast, talks about mushrooms, Mexico and his furry pink storeroom.
Tomasz Wichrowski
A Colourful Character
Art + Stories
Experiences

A Colourful Character

Daniel Mróz was the artist responsible for creating “Przekrój”’s iconic visual style. His daughter and two of his colleagues remember him.
Łucja Mróz-Raynoch, Adam Macedoński, Mieczysław Czuma
An Archivist of Nature
Art + Stories
Fiction, Art

An Archivist of Nature

Anna Atkins was the author of the first photographic album in history, yet her achievement was largely unknown until the 1970s.
Maciej Świetlik
Double Axell
Art + Stories
Opinions

Double Axell

The exhibition “Evelyne Axell: Body Double” at Muzeum Susch in Switzerland returns the eponymous artist to her rightful place in the pop art canon.
Ewa Borysiewicz
A Utopia in Pieces
Art + Stories
Experiences

A Utopia in Pieces

If you travel around Ukraine today, you might come across some remnants of the one-time Soviet dream: elaborate mosaic art depicting idealized citizens of the USSR.
Tetiana Shataieva
The Wild Wisła We Love!
World + People
Dreams and Visions

The Wild Wisła We Love!

The artists Ewa Ciepielewska and Agnieszka Brzeżańska talk about their annual art residency FLOW, which is held on a boat that traverses the length of the Vistula River.
Karol Radziszewski