Berenika Balcer
Author
artist in focus
Mateusz Szczypiński. Exploring Collage, Cultural Memory, and the Uneasy Promises of Modernity.
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Transatlantic Stories. A Look Back at the Polonica Section at the American Film Festival 2025.
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11 emerging artists discovered at Art Vilnius 2024. Here are the artists that caught our attention.
Editor
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In Minor Keys: A Biennale Attuned to Memory, Ritual and Care. 12 Must-See Pavilions at the Venice Biennale 2026.
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The Architecture of the Interval. Phenomenological Ecologies in “The Space Between" at KodlContemporary.
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10 Lithuanian Artists To Watch in 2026. Testing the Edges of Lithuanian Contemporary Practice.
Interview
Maria Papa Rostkowska: The Haptic Power of Stone. In conversation with Nicolas Rostkowski, the artist’s son, with contributions from Joëlle Rostkowski, her daughter-in-law.
Interview
Sacred Salamanders, Regeneration, and Reconnection with our Monstrous Mother Nature. In Conversation with the Artist Monster Chetwynd.
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In the Memory of Home. Permanence and Fragility in the Works of Do Ho Suh and Daria Koltsova.
Interview
Filming Another Europe. In Conversation with Arjun Talwar, Director of “Letters from Wolf Street”.
Interview
Instagram and Portfolio: How to Attract Attention. Building Visibility in Social Media - in conversation with Dawid Lewandowski.
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Behind the Scenes: What Collectors Really Think. Expectations Towards Artists - in conversation with Eliza Łoś Strychowska.
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What are Artists Allowed to Do? Copyright Essentials for Authors and General Principles, Supported with the Legal Insights of Attorney Dawid Sierżant.
Interview
Ecology in Practice: How to Create Responsibly. On sustainable production methods in contemporary art.
Interview
Art Directors, People Behind Quiet Conversations that Lead to Big Changes. Kami Naglik on Encounters that Shape Careers and Collections.
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10 Voices from 1-54 African Art Fair in Marrakesh. Where Tradition Meets Contemporary Language.
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Capturing the Essence of Yushan. A Global Invitation to Participate in the E.SUN Arts Awards.
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Activating Memory through Ecological Ruins. On the Work of Monika Gabriela Dorniak, Nona Inescu, Laura Szári, and Anna Zilahi.
Interview
Collection KRUUS: (Re)discovering the Local in the Context of the Global. In conversation with Epp and Martin Kruus.
Interview
Maria Papa Rostkowska's Search for Form. In Conversation with the Curator of “Maria Papa Rostkowska & Wifredo Lam. Imaginaires Croisés - Albisola et au-delà” at the Galerie Diane de Polignac in Paris.
Interview
“Does the world still remember us?” In Conversation with Maciej Zdanowicz on Art as Shelter.
Interview
Hydrocene: The Age of Water Discourse. A Conversation with the Curators of the “Down Deep: Living Seas, Living Bodies”.
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Rewriting Art History. In Conversation with Alison Gingeras, Curator of “The Women Question 1550-2025”.
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Imagination and Sense of the Self at Artissima 2025. 9 Highlights from the Leading Italian Art Fair.
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Creating a Platform for Art and Responsibility. National Grant Programme Hestia Artistic Journey.
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The Quiet Politics of Togetherness. “Against(standing). Silence shattering through the body” exhibition in Turnus na Wolskiej.
![Manuel Alvarez Bravo, "La buena fama durmiendo", [Good reputation sleeping], 1939. Courtesy of Apertura Madrid Art Weekend](https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Manuel-Alvarez-Bravo-_La-buena-fama-durmiendo_-Good-reputation-sleeping-1939.-Courtesy-of-Apertura-Madrid-Art-Weekend-1024x783.jpg)
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A Museum Like A Home. In Conversation with Collectors and Patrons of the Arts: Ewa and Krzysztof Folta.
Interview
“Migrant Narratives are Central to Contemporary Creativity”: Tima Jam, founder of Echoes of Migration Summit and Art Voyage Biennale.
multimedia
Listen to the podcast: Kitchen Conversations with Daniel Rycharski, an interdisciplinary artist, queering the Polish countryside.
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Where Energies Meet. The Garden of Daniel Spoerri and The Tarot Garden by Niki de Saint Phalle.
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Living Fully: Design In The Service of Ageing Well. In Conversation with the Curators of “The Art of Ageing” Exhibition.
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Hockney's Unmitigated Joy. In Conversation with Magdalena Gemra, from the curatorial team behind “David Hockney 25”
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Careful, Lilith – Mammoths Kick When Startled. Reflections on art, power, and other species of cultural discomfort.
Interview
“I Don’t Have Any Complexes, Just Listen To Me” In Conversation with the Visual Artist Monika Misztal
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Listen to the podcast: Kitchen Conversations with Ilja Aviarjanaŭ, a Belarusian cultural entrepreneur and XianCha Tea founder.
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The 23rd SURVIVAL Art Review: Rethinking Time, Focus and Leisure. In Conversation with Małgorzata Miśniakiewicz and Michał Bieniek.
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Cosmogonies of the Lost Past and the Unwritten Future. In Conversation with Zuzanna Romańska.
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7 Artists to Know from RAD Art Fair 2025. A Journey Through Play, Poetry, and Bold Imagination.
Interview
Unbinding the Archive: Choreography of Sisterhood. In Conversation with the Artists Behind “The Sculptresses” Performance.
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Listen to the podcast: Kitchen Conversations with Alisi Telengut, an animation artist sharing nomadic, indigenous wisdom, frame by frame.
Interview
Timișoara Resonates: Curating the Unseen and Unheard. In Conversation with the Curators of the 2025 Art Encounters Biennial.
Interview
Escaping the Modern Illusion. In conversation with Bogna Lupińska, an artist unweaving the artificial.
![Devika Bilimoria, Offerings, 2024, As part of ‘CEREMONY [I]', Future Ritual, London, Photo: Fenia Kotsopoulou. Courtesy of Whitechapel Gallery](https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Devika-Bilimoria-Offerings-2024-As-part-of-‘CEREMONY-I_-Future-Ritual-London-Photo_-Fenia-Kotsopoulou.-Courtesy-of-Whitechapel-Gallery-1024x683.jpg)
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In the Middle of the Floral, Existential Substances. In Conversation with Irmina Staś about her “Chlorophyll and Blood” Series.
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10 Artists to Watch at the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial 2024-2025. Memory and Urbanscape in Artistic Practice.
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Listen to the podcast: Kitchen Conversations about Stanisław Wyspiański’s exhibition in London.
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Rhythm, Space, and Memory. 10 Artists to Discover at “The Subtle Charm of Obsessions” Exhibition.
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Naturoculture and the Clouded Mind. Ewa Bobrowska’s “The Philosopher's Room” at Galeria Foksal.
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Inside Art Paris 2025: Between the Canvas and the World. In Conversation with the Fair’s Director, Guillaume Piens.
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Art Dubai 2025. De-constructing Centres / Re-centering Peripheries. In conversation with the Fair’s Director Benedetta Ghione
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Listen to the podcast: Kitchen Conversations with Aziza Kadyri, an artist exploring the collective memory of Uzbek women.
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Weaving beyond borders. Tadek Beutlich’s “On and Off the Loom” at the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft.
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The Art of Romania. Redefining the Space Between Laughter and Tears. “One Eye Laughing, the Other Crying” at the International Culture Centre, Krakow.
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Artists discovered at the 1-54 Marrakech. One continent, 54 African countries, dozens of galleries.
Interview
Listen to the podcast: Kitchen Conversations with Elena Mikaberidze, a Georgian filmmaker exploring the complexity of Georgian life.
Interview
From stage to screen: How Drama Buddy curates the best of theatre. In conversation with the Drama Buddy Founder, Ania Kuvaeva .
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To regain the sense of self. Bioenergy and the artists’ way of processing emotions through the body.
Interview
To foster critical art discussions in the digital age. In conversation with Anna-Lena Panter on transmediale 2025.
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“All This May Become Real” at Manggha Museum in Kraków. The oeuvre and story of the lives of the Wajdas.
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12 emerging Eastern European artists to watch in 2025. A driving force in contemporary art discourse.
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A dream materialised. “Shadow Self”, Teresa Pągowska’s first UK solo exhibit at Thaddaeus Ropac.
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11 contemporary art exhibitions to visit in 2025. A global guide to the year's must-see art experiences.
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Listen to podcast: Kitchen Conversations with Artsiom Lobach, a Belarusian filmmaker in exile.
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Alcina exits the stage. Pola Dwurnik’s “New Choreographies of Alcina” at Krupa Gallery, Wrocław.
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Meanings that transcend language. Profiles of international artists addressing mental health through their work.
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Bringing forward stories of African womanhood in a patriarchal society. In conversation with Awanle Ayiboro Hawa Ali.
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Art Across Borders: 14 Unmissable Art Fairs in 2025. From Delhi, Dubai, and Marrakech to Romania and Vienna.
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A celebration of visual storytelling. Meet the 4 winners of the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024.
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Between the natural and digital worlds. Diriyah Art Futures, the MENA region’s first New Media Arts hub.
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Chronicles of art in times of resistance. Archives of the Future, a Łódź Art Museum and Budapest Artpool Research Center collaboration.
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There’s no guidebook for drag but many possibilities. In conversation with Jakub Kostewicz - a multimedia artist, working with film, animation, painting, and drag.
Interview
Collecting art with a socio-cultural commentary. An interview with Katarzyna Rij, the owner of the Van Rij Gallery.
![Jan PAMUŁA (1944-2022), Colour Collections [chromatic] 1976 / III, 1976, acrylic, canvas; 91 x 111 cm. Couretsy of the Wallspace Gallery.](https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/02-PAMULA-442-WALLSPACE-GALLERY-Edytuj-1024x842.jpg)
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Listen to the podcast: Kitchen Conversations about the work of Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation.
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In the Memory of Home. Permanence and Fragility in the Works of Do Ho Suh and Daria Koltsova.
Interview
Filming Another Europe. In Conversation with Arjun Talwar, Director of “Letters from Wolf Street”.
Interview
Instagram and Portfolio: How to Attract Attention. Building Visibility in Social Media - in conversation with Dawid Lewandowski.
Interview
Ecology in Practice: How to Create Responsibly. On sustainable production methods in contemporary art.
Interview
Art Directors, People Behind Quiet Conversations that Lead to Big Changes. Kami Naglik on Encounters that Shape Careers and Collections.
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