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The Pygmalion Effect
Art + Stories
Experiences, Art

The Pygmalion Effect

According to the ancient myth, the king and sculptor Pygmalion fell in love with an ivory statue of his own creation. What do such legends tell us about the human psyche?
Anna Arno
The King of Krakowskie Przedmieście
Art + Stories
Experiences, Fiction

The King of Krakowskie Przedmieście

Andrzej Partum was an orphan and vagabond, a provocateur of the cultural establishment, and – to some people, at least – mentally ill. But he was above all an artist.
Zbigniew Libera
Not Just the Mona Lisa
Soul + Body
Good Mood

Not Just the Mona Lisa

The most famous smile in art belongs to Mona Lisa. Yet upturned lips have a much longer history in portraiture, indicating a wide range of emotions – mystery, bliss and even disgust.
Anna Arno
Goddess O’Keeffe
Art + Stories
Experiences

Goddess O’Keeffe

Georgia O’Keeffe – the first lady of the American avant-garde, the mother of American painting – deserves her place in the pantheon of women whose art made history.
Julia Fiedorczuk
A Prayer Without Words
Art + Stories

A Prayer Without Words

Caspar David Friedrich’s “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” is one of the most famous paintings in art history. But what exactly does this image of a lone man standing on a rock mean?
Anna Arno
In Saturn’s Embraces
Art + Stories
Experiences

In Saturn’s Embraces

Born in Upper Silesia to a family of coal-miners, Teofil Ociepka was one of Poland’s best-known naïve artists. He was particularly fascinated by occultism, too.
Zbigniew Libera
Painted Dogs
Art + Stories
Art

Painted Dogs

Man’s best friend has accompanied us through the ages, as we can see from their depiction in fine art. But what can these paintings tell us about the dog owners of yore?
Aleksandra Galewska
Lily Briscoe’s Painting
Art + Stories
Art

Lily Briscoe’s Painting

A writer channels the spirit of Virginia Woolf to reflect on the significance of a painting from her novel “To the Lighthouse”, both for the character who painted it and for the author herself.
Grzegorz Uzdański
Venus in Childbirth
Art + Stories
Art

Venus in Childbirth

The sight of a naked body is no longer scandalizing. But does it still inspire awe? We present art history’s most famous nudes.
Anna Arno
Conjunctiva-Teasing Art
Art + Stories
Experiences

Conjunctiva-Teasing Art

Maria Ewa Łunkiewicz-Rogoyska (or simply Mewa) was one of Poland’s great post-war avant-garde artists, establishing a tradition of the apartment as artistic space along with Henryk Stażewski.
Zbigniew Libera