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essay Vasantha Yogananthan, from the "A Myth of Two Souls" project, ©Vasantha Yogananthan

What the Camera Cannot Capture: Five Artists Expanding Photography

Grażyna Siedlecka Jul 31, 2026
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Lucim 111 – The Polish Village That Became a Work of Art. Bogdan Chmielewski and the Overlooked Rural Avant-Garde of Social Art

Jędrzej Chmielewski Jul 31, 2026
essay Sumakshi Singh, Permanent Address, India Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, 2026. Image courtesy: photographer Andrea Avezzú

Soft Monuments: How Sumakshi Singh Reimagines Architecture Through Thread

Sana Krishna Jul 31, 2026
essay Cero a la Izquierda, event organised by Mugre, 4 April 2026, The Muddy Puddle, London. Photo by Ilya Semple

Staves and Notes on London’s LATINX Community: A Look into the Musical Heritage that Unites Half the World

Ilya Semple Jul 08, 2026
essay Angine de Poitrine. Live on KEXP from Trans Musicales. Photo by Carlos Cruz

A Cultural Heart Attack: How Angine de Poitrine Made Weirdness Go Viral

Ilya Semple Jun 17, 2026
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The Difficult Second Album: Why Great Art Refuses Repetition.

Ilya Semple May 27, 2026
essay Damien Hirst, End of an Era, 2009. Photo by Teresa Stanton

Limits of Public Patronage. Art Between Autonomy and Obligation.

Agnieszka Stopyra Mar 05, 2026
essay A large-format, immersive installation by digital artist Refik Anadol, Machine Hallucinations (2019). The work visualises vast data sets in the form of dynamic projections, creating an aesthetically evocative experience, albeit a sensory intense one for some viewers. Source: https://refikanadolstudio.com/projects/machine-hallucination/

Low-waste Practices in Digital Art. Material and Mental Footprint of “Non-existing” Images.

Sylwia Żółkiewska Feb 25, 2026
essay Barnabás Neogrády, Kiss, PAD, Segregated neighborhoud fieldwork, Tatabánya. Courtesy of the artist and PAD Foundation

The Weight of Industrial Nostalgia. What Remains of the Working Landscape.

Diána Berecz Jan 30, 2026
essay Still from "Missa Echologica" (2021), video, choral work, 13′. Text: Anna Zilahi, music: Laura Szári, camera: Gergely Ofner, sound: Ferenc Juhász, performers: Varsányi Szirének.

Activating Memory through Ecological Ruins. On the Work of Monika Gabriela Dorniak, Nona Inescu, Laura Szári, and Anna Zilahi.

Rebeka Erdélyi Jan 30, 2026
essay UKI, film science fiction przedstawiający alternatywną rzeczywistość, Shu Lea Cheang, 2023. Kadry z filmu. Produkcja: Shu Lea Cheang i Jürgen Brüning. Dzięki uprzejmości LAS Art Foundation.

To Inscribe in the Ruins. Mimicry and Malware in the Work of TJ Shin and Shu Lea Cheang.

Eunha Chang Jan 30, 2026
essay Eva Jospin, Exhibition view, Grottesco, 2025, Grand Palais, Paris. © Benoît Fougeirol. Courtesy of the artist and Grand Palais. © Adagp, Paris, 2025

Daydreaming and Sleepwalking Among the Cardboard Ruins. Eva Jospin's Grotesque Mindscapes.

Alicja Głuszek Jan 30, 2026
essay Prezentacja zestawu do herbaty Forbidden Vernaculars. Zdjęcie: Amadeja Smrekar. Dzięki uprzejmości Krater Collective.

Presence in Absence. Memory, Debris, and Radical Potential.

Paulina Mamot Jan 30, 2026
essay THE DELUSION, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, 2025. Na zlecenie i wyprodukowane przez Serpentine Arts Technologies. © Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, fotografia: Hugo Glendinning.

Pure Pleasure Seekers. Polymorphous Intimacies as Ecofeminist Praxis.

Maggie Kuzan Jan 30, 2026
essay Ozuma Patrick Chidiebube, Wired Differently, klawiatura komputerowa z recyklingu i części pokrewne, 40 x 40 x 12, 2024. Dzięki uprzejmości artysty.

When the Internet Starts to Rot. Art, Energy and the Slow Death Of The Web.

Favour Amoye Jan 30, 2026
essay Prospect Cottage, photo by Mark Wordy.

A Garden Without A Horizon. Derek Jarman's Modern Nature.

Aleksandra Pytel Jul 28, 2025
essay Prune Nourry, Mater Earth. Photo by Justin Weiler © Prune Nourry / ADAGP. Courtesy of the artist

A Mother, A Garden. She Rises from the Soil.

Klara Bender Jul 28, 2025
essay Kelly Akashi, Heirloom, 2022. Lost-wax cast and wire-brushed bronze, 101⁄4 x 45 x 1051⁄2. Courtesy of the artist and Lisson Gallery. Photo: Paul Salveson. Courtesy of The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Between Bloom and Decay. The Garden as a Radical Commons.

Joanna Pottle Jul 28, 2025
essay Frida Kahlo Museum, Sebastián Monsalve, 2019. Courtesy of Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli

Frida Kahlo´s Garden of Earthly Delights. A Living Canvas of the Artist´s Philosophy.

Alicja Głuszek Jul 28, 2025
essay Tuấn Mami, Vietnamese Immigrating Garden, Documenta 15th, Photo by Le Hoang Nam. Courtesy of the artist

Growing Home. How Diasporic Gardens Keep Culture Alive.

Sonia Witak Jul 28, 2025
essay Graham Bell Tornado: Ljubljana P.I.N.Q. Slavnostno odprtje parka, performans Povezovalne črte: spremljati skrb na presečišču feminizma in ekologije, mednarodna konferenca, Krater, Mesto žensk, 26. april 2024 https://mestozensk.org/sl/dogodek/terenski-obisk-kraterja

Rising From the Mud. Queer and Feminist Approaches to Ecological Emergency.

Maggie Kuzan Jul 28, 2025
essay "Strange Foreign Bodies" by Zufit Simon. Photo credit: “antistatic festival” in Sofia (left: Zufit Simon, right: Cary Shiu)

Careful, Lilith – Mammoths Kick When Startled. Reflections on art, power, and other species of cultural discomfort.

Rosana Lukauskaitė Jul 28, 2025
essay Stefano Cagol, Portrait with the humanoid robot, 2025, Brixen

Prometheus, Meet The Algorithm. An Artist’s Liturgy To Machines In The Age Of AI.

Dorian Batycka Jul 14, 2025
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Hysterical Women and Their Husbands’ Wives. On a Certain Type of Woman in the Art World.

Anna Tomczak Jan 29, 2025
essay Openverse. "Susan Sontag Book: 'After the event has ended, the picture will still exist, conferring on the event a kind of immortality (and importance) it would never otherwise have enjoyed' by Jikatu. Accessed September 22, 2024.

Exhibiting Care in Critical Times. The impact of war zones and conflicts on the arts community.

Joanna Pottle Jan 29, 2025
essay Holly Herndon, Mathew Dryhurst, I'm Here, 2022. Źródło: https://kadist.org/work/im-here-17-12-2022-544/

AI (versus?) artists: snapshot from the eye of the hurricane.

Sylwia Żółkiewska Dec 18, 2024
essay Laila Muraywid, The sacred time, 2022. Courtesy Laila Muraywid

What we talk about when we talk about women: Laila Muraywid’s work

Niccolò Lucarelli Mar 14, 2024
essay Chiachio & Giannone, Calaverita, Hand embroidery with cotton thread and jewerly effect on fabric, 1,10 x 1,40 m, 2014. Source: http://www.chiachiogiannone.com/Web/2014-12/

Stitching the world anew. Embroidery in the contemporary art from Latin America.

Alicja Głuszek Feb 19, 2024
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Filtered realities: How mobile technologies have changed visual culture and landscape.

Sylwia Żółkiewska Dec 04, 2023
essay M. K. Čiurlionis, Forest 1907.

Come with Čiurlionis to the World of Imagination Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Greta Katkevičienė Nov 13, 2023
essay Golden Frame - Atelier 030202

Artist-Run Spaces and Other Independent Initiatives in Post-Communist Romania. A Non-Existent History.

Gabriela Mateescu Oct 05, 2023
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Barbenheimer Advisors. Diaries of Art World Excess and Depravity

Contemporary Lynx Team Sep 14, 2023
essay Jason M Allen, Théâtre D’opéra Spatial, © 2022 Jason M Allen

Capturing the (r)evolution of art How does the industry respond to the technology in art?

Monika Juskowiak Aug 11, 2023
essay Diana Blok and Ruthi Helbitz Cohen, Drawing the Waves

re-reading mythology to cross cultures, gender and identity Diana Blok and Ruthi Helbitz Cohen’s collaboration Drawing The Waves

Maggie Kuzan Jul 24, 2023
essay Andy Warhol, Electric Chair, 1971, Screen Print, 90 x 122 cm, The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna, Donation: der Gesellschaft der Freunde der bildenden Künste, © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Bildrecht, Vienna 2023

Screen printing Beyond Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup”

Julia Łukasiak Jun 14, 2023
essay Stefan Wojnecki, 60's, photo by Janusz Nowacki, courtesy of the Magdalena Abakanowicz Uniwersity of the Arts in Poznań

Stefan Wojnecki - creator, animator and theoretician of photography Artist of experimental photography, considered to be a photographic neo-avant-garde

Contemporary Lynx Team Apr 05, 2023
essay Heft Huttenberg, courtesy by Gerhard Maurer

Günther Domenig From a Rebellious Dreamer to a Ruthless Implementer

Patrycja Głusiec Jul 13, 2022
essay El Lissitzky, Victory over the sun, Facsimile, Sprengel Museum Hannover

The future of museums. Living art

Dobromiła Błaszczyk Feb 02, 2022
essay Burberry NFT ‘Sharky B’ in Blankos Block Party. Credits: Burberry, Mythical Games

What is an NFT game? Luxury Fashion Houses entering the world of NFT and blockchain gaming.

Alicja Stąpór Jan 05, 2022
essay Wanda Czełkowska, photo: Szymon Roginski

Art is intelligence On the works by Wanda Czełkowska

Patrycja Głusiec Nov 29, 2021
essay Messenger By Karolina Komasa

Bipolar News Messenger by Karolina Komasa

Contemporary Lynx Team Nov 25, 2021
essay Zbigniew Łagocki, Fight, Jardin des Tuileries, Paryż, Francja, 1966

Zbigniew Łagocki. CERTAIN boundaries.

Contemporary Lynx Team Nov 12, 2021
essay the Dłużniewski family’s historic atelier

A visit to the Dłużniewski family’s historic atelier Emilia Dłużniewska and Kajetan Dłużniewski

Julia Gorlewska Sep 24, 2021
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‘What I want, what I am, what you force me to be, is what you are.’ How Protests, Subcultures and Creative Criticism of the Mainstream Disrupt Fashion

Mannika Mishra Sep 10, 2021
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The hell is the one who watches: Andrzej Żuławski’s "On the Silver Globe"

Eleftherios Makedonas Jul 21, 2021
essay Beeple (Mike Winkelmann), Everydays: the First 5000 Days, Auto-immune, One of the 5000 images that comprise the artwork

A Beginner’s Guide To NFTs. The Trendy Non-Fungible Tokens Explained.

Aleksandra Mainka-Pawłowska Jun 05, 2021
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Artificial Intelligence in Global Art Auctions Can works created by AI be considered works of art and who owns copyright?

Agota Bričkutė May 05, 2021
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Art & Law: Permanent or Temporary Export of Works of Art Outside Poland

Contemporary Lynx Team Apr 26, 2021
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Art & Law: Copyright or Licence? Important Differences

Oskar Roesler Mar 29, 2021
essay Iwo Zaniewski, Interesting Book I, 110 x 150 cm, oil on canvas, 2006

8 Publications That Encourage Connection, Couriosity and Adventure Book Bliss

Marek Wołyński Mar 27, 2021
essay Błażej Pindor, Modern Interiors, courtesy Studio Gallery

“Loosening the Palace” Collection of the Studio Gallery in Warsaw

Michalina Sablik Mar 11, 2021
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Art & Law: Types of Contracts and Jurisdiction, part 3

Oskar Roesler Feb 15, 2021
essay Keep Your Distance, Illustration by Nicolas Ménard for the Museum of Modern Art, New York

Art Is not Cancelled: 2020 Roundup

Wojciech Delikta Dec 23, 2020
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A Better Tomorrow A Roundup of Social Movements in 2020

Patrycja Rozwora Dec 22, 2020
essay teamLab, The Infinitive Crystal Universe, 2018, Interactive Installation of Light Sculpture, LED, Endless, Sound: teamLab, Copyright teamLab, Courtesy Pace Gallery

2020 in Art: The Year of Transformations

Marek Wołyński Dec 22, 2020
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Art & Law: Types of Contracts and Jurisdictions, part 2

Oskar Roesler Dec 10, 2020
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Art & Law: Entering Into Collaboration with a new art gallery

Oskar Roesler Nov 16, 2020
essay Pieter Bruegel, Hunters in the Snow, 1565

Defrosting Art the debate on the situation of culture and art in time of pandemic

Contemporary Lynx Team Nov 04, 2020
essay Werner Jerke wine etiquette

Art Labels on Fine Wine The Curious Link of Two Different Worlds

Dobromiła Błaszczyk Nov 02, 2020
essay Andrzej Wróblewski and Božena Plevnik (1933–99), later director of the City Gallery in Ljubljana, Slovenia, photo: Barbara Majewska, © Andrzej Wróblewski Foundation

Tragically Entangled. Andrzej Wróblewki

Contemporary Lynx Team Oct 13, 2020
essay Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Photo Stefano Sciuto, Courtesy Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.

Artists and Collectors: The Pattern of Kinship

Marek Wołyński Oct 01, 2020
essay Druga Ogólnopolska Wystawa Znaków Graficznych, photo by Aleksander Drożdżewski. Courtesy of the curatorial team.

7 Designers, Whose Logos Feature Prominently On The Cards Of Polish Design History

Contemporary Lynx Team Sep 14, 2020
essay „Art in the Time of Plague”, Instagram stories @polarhavet (private archives Wojciech Delikta)

Day By Day. The Visual Diaries From Quarantine

Wojciech Delikta Sep 02, 2020
essay Jeppe Hein, Don’t Expect Anything Be Open to Everything, a series of events at Koenig Galerie, Berlin 2017, Image Courtesy: Koenig Galerie

The Culture-making Role Galleries and Art Fairs

Marek Wołyński Aug 25, 2020
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Is Art Good in Bed? The New Form of Exhibitions. 

Contemporary Lynx Team Aug 24, 2020
essay step by step how to buy young art

5 Rules On How to Buy Polish Young Art

Aleksandra Mainka-Pawłowska Jul 28, 2020
essay Niki de Saint Phalle. Tarot Garden. 1991. Lithograph, 23.7 x 31.5″ (60.3 x 80 cm). © 2020 NIKI CHARITABLE ART FOUNDATION. Photo: Ed Kessler

Niki Who Tamed The Dragons exhibition of visionary feminist and activist artist Niki de Saint Phalle

Wojciech Delikta Jul 15, 2020
essay Antoine Watteau, The Shop Sign of Gersaint, oil on canvas, 1720

The Brief History of the Art Market From Patrons to Online Sales

Aleksandra Mainka-Pawłowska Jul 07, 2020
essay Triptych_ Global Arts Workshop, Kiev

Looking At The Heart Of The Ukrainian Art Market Review

Vera Zborovska May 27, 2020
essay Werewolf Orderlies, dir. Yevgeny Yufit, 1984

Scare Me Tender: Necrorealism As Demonstration Of Living Death

Vera Zborovska May 12, 2020
essay Masculinities Liberation through Photography, Installation View, ©Tristan Fewings,Getty Images

Masculinities: Liberation Through Photography The exhibition sparks conversations surrounding our understanding of masculinity.

Contemporary Lynx Team Mar 02, 2020
essay Escape Arles, mobile game

Less Is More. Artistic Mobile Games

Sylwia Żółkiewska Jan 07, 2020
essay Piotr Uklański: Ottomania

Piotr Uklański "Ottomania": Paintings Inspired By The Complex Orientalist Heritage Of Poland

Contemporary Lynx Team Nov 19, 2019
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Expert’s Pick: Treasures Revealed After Many Years In Hiding

Contemporary Lynx Team Oct 29, 2019
essay John Schnobrich, unsplash, stock

Step by Step: Do You Want to Buy Art Online? How to Do It and What to Look for?

Aleksandra Mainka-Pawłowska Oct 12, 2019
essay For Forest, Klagenfurt, Photo: Patrycja Głusiec

“For Forest” When the vision of an artist transforms into reality

Patrycja Głusiec Sep 30, 2019
essay Sinead Kennedy

The End Of Conventional Storytelling Sinead Kennedy and Piotr Wójcik on the transformation of documentary photography 

Agata Wieczorek Sep 19, 2019
essay Józef Robakowski, “Exercise for Two Hands,” filmed action, 1976 (operator: Zbigniew Warpechowski)

How It Was, How It Is And How It Could Be. Józef Robakowski

Contemporary Lynx Team Jul 31, 2019
essay Thomas Herbrich, The Truth about Moon Landing.

Nothing Is Impossible. On Authenticity Of An Image

Patrycja Głusiec Jul 20, 2019
essay Jessica Wolfelsperger, from the series “Saga”, 2017

The Revival Of Beliefs, Assumptions And Magical Powers Myths, as presented by contemporary photographers

Agata Wieczorek Mar 06, 2019
essay Paweł Żukowski, This Constant Happiness Kills Us, tapestry

"Trash of the Day" the series of work by Paweł Żukowski

Dobromiła Błaszczyk Jan 03, 2019
essay Burgerz performance

Are You Sitting Comfortably? The Disturbing Magic Of Live Art

Contemporary Lynx Team Nov 24, 2018
essay Włodzimierz Borowski

Włodzimierz Borowski: Resistance And Persistence [fragments]

Contemporary Lynx Team Nov 16, 2018
essay From the left: Kader Attia, “Culture, Another Nature Repaired”, sculpture/object, 2014; Wolfgang Tillmans, “The State We’re In”, A, inkjet print, 2015; photo: Wojciech Pacewicz

OPINION JOURNALISM IS NOT OUR FOCAL POINT

Contemporary Lynx Team Oct 22, 2018
essay Web art project created by 'DS' Team during the HackArt / Hackathon MNW

Will Ai Replace Curators? Artificial Intelligence in Museum and Galleries

Sylwia Żółkiewska Oct 13, 2018
essay Dawid Czajkowski poster detail

The Latest Polish Posters Addressing Politics New Polish designers

Contemporary Lynx Team Sep 29, 2018
essay ‘African Buffalo’ by Lubomir Tomaszewski. Courtesy of AS Ćmielów Porcelain Manufactory.

Iconic Figurines Hand-made In Ćmielów Perfect decoration for a modern home

Contemporary Lynx Team Sep 10, 2018
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Museums in your smartphone How the modern, mobile phone-driven society can access works of art

Sylwia Żółkiewska May 26, 2018
essay Józef Robakowski exhibition

The Art Of Józef Robakowski The Workshop Of The Film Form As A Catalyst For Socio-political Change

Dobrosława Nowak Apr 04, 2018
essay Paulina Olowska, installation view Jump into the Future - Art from the 90's and 2000's. The Borgmann Donation. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

Jump Into The Future A collection, generous donation and a scandal at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Contemporary Lynx Team Mar 10, 2018
essay Lady Vensredi,Photo by Thomas Hensher. Courtesy Arts Feminism Queer.

‘Queering’ Is The Alchemy Of Turning A White Cube Into A Disco Ball’ Exploring Queer Live Art With Cuntemporary And Deep Trash

Maggie Kuzan Dec 09, 2017
essay Wojciech Zamecznik

D-file #7: Wojciech Zamecznik In One Hundred Years We Will Laugh About It. Or Not?

Ania Diduch Sep 27, 2017
essay d-file rajmund hałas

Rajmund Hałas D-file #6

Ania Diduch Aug 30, 2017
essay Wiktoria Nowak, Ład

D-file #5: Wiktoria Nowak The ŁAD (Order) Cooperative

Ania Diduch Jul 26, 2017
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Highlander In The Lens The Podhale region

Contemporary Lynx Team Dec 25, 2016
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From Warburg To Tumblr The impacts of images will never cease.

Contemporary Lynx Team Nov 07, 2016
essay A disintegrating exhibition poster. Edward Krasiński’s studio apartment, Warsaw, Poland, 2016

Into The Studio: Edward Krasiński We visit the lovingly preserved former studio and home of Polish artist

Contemporary Lynx Team Oct 25, 2016
essay Marcin Ryczek, A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, © Marcin Ryczek

Marcin Ryczek: Seizing The Moment photography

Magdalena Zięba-Grodzka Aug 25, 2016
essay Izabela Bołoz, Intersections, Milan Design Week, 2015, courtesy of the designer

D-file #3 Programming Leisure By Izabela Bołoz

Ania Diduch Aug 20, 2016
essay Wojciech Gilewicz

Painter's Painting. Some Thoughts On The Recent Works Of Wojciech Gilewicz

Contemporary Lynx Team Jul 01, 2016
essay D-File Ania Diduch about Ende

D-file #2 Porcelain Xero The “Black Doll Head” cup by Ende Ceramics

Ania Diduch Jun 10, 2016
essay Kowalski's newly produced chair; source: nowymodel.org

D-file #1 Kowalski’s Chair the stories behind Polish designs and designers,

Ania Diduch Apr 27, 2016
essay Magdalena Abakanowicz, 1960s, photo artist's archive

A Different Language, A Different Object Abakans

Contemporary Lynx Team Apr 08, 2016
essay Bownik, Den, photography

Bownik. Things In Themselves His large-format photographs deal with youths, reconstruction of values and the impact of technology on everyday life.

Contemporary Lynx Team Jan 28, 2016
essay Jerzy Jurry Zielinski, painting

Xs On The Lips The World Goes Pop - exhibition

Contemporary Lynx Team Jan 02, 2016
essay Michal Luczak, Brutal, photography

Brutal By Michał Łuczak "Katowice Railway Station" cycle

Contemporary Lynx Team Dec 08, 2015
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Magdalena Abakanowicz: Bambini Human figures without heads are standing next to each other in the crowd

Dobromiła Błaszczyk May 22, 2015
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The Polish Photographic Work Exhibited At Format15

Magdalena Niedużak Apr 09, 2015
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Everything Happened In The Distance… Agata Madejska

Dobromiła Błaszczyk Jan 14, 2015
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Masks, Faces, Voices, Space Piotr Skiba

Dorota Czerner Jul 19, 2014
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In Crisis Between Past And Present. Angelika Markul At Palais De Tokyo

Anna Tomczak Mar 25, 2014
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Marek Piasecki An Eccentric And Visionary Artistic Phenomenon

Contemporary Lynx Team Mar 01, 2014
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Participation Not Necessary. Where The Beast Is Buried: Book Launch At The Showroom

Ania Ostrowska Jan 22, 2014
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The Body Of Art Natalia Lach-Lachowicz, the extraordinary persona widely known as Natalia LL

Dobromiła Błaszczyk Sep 21, 2013
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Twisted Entities – A Little Closer What is the current nature of the young Polish art?

Dobromiła Błaszczyk Apr 15, 2013
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Now Collage? More and more Polish artists have been applying collage and photomontage in their art.

Dobromiła Błaszczyk Mar 13, 2013
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„It makes me shudder when I think of my imperfections in drawing” Alina Szapocznikow (1929 – 1973)

Dobromiła Błaszczyk Feb 28, 2013