Old Philokleon was so addicted to attending court hearings that his son Bdelikleon locked him in the house and stretched a net around the house. He wants to ensure a quiet life for his father, but ...
A short story about an unhappy involuntary marriage. Family quarrels, like bad weather in the Russian wilderness: there is nothing worse than becoming an involuntary captive of a blizzard of someon...
The old farmer Strepsiad is in debt because of his son Fidippida, squandering money for equestrian sports. Strepsiad seeks help from a neighbor – the sage of Socrates; Having come to the &bdq...
The story of a boy Egor, who goes from his home to a gymnasium located in another city. This trip is the last event before the start of a new life away from mother and familiar places. Nothing unex...
Pisfeter manages to convince the birds that their mission is to rule the world. According to his idea, the bird city of Tucekukuyshchyna is being built between heaven and earth; birds give wings to...
The theme of the „little man”, which appeared in many of Chekhov’s short stories, was also touched on in the novel „My Life”. The main character, Misail Poloznev, a no...
Following an international conference organized at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw in 2013, „Oskar Hansen—Opening Modernism” analyzes diverse aspects of the architectural, theo...
Drawing on the work of prominent art historians, curators, critics, and collectors, this exhibition catalogue presents the most current research on the work of Alina Szapocznikow. Born ...
This volume coins the term „Team 10 East” as a conceptual tool to discuss the work of Team 10 members and fellow travelers from state-socialist countries―such as Oskar Hansen of Poland,...
W książce Art in a Disrupted World historyczka sztuki Agata Pietrasik przedstawia studium praktyk artystycznych z czasu drugiej wojny światowej. Omawia dzieła urodzonych w Polsce artystów, k...
The book presents the history of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition narrated from the anthropological-cultural perspective and based on extensive source material, which enabled the...
Known for her drawings and paintings, Swiss artist Miriam Cahn also experiments with photography, moving images, and sculptures. For over four decades the artist has been bearing witness to social ...
The International Art Exhibition for Palestine took place in Beirut in 1978 and mobilized international networks of artists in solidarity with anti-imperialist movements of the 1960s and ’70s...
By placing emerging artists in their political and social contexts, this collection attempts to confront the new activist scene that has arisen in the Russian art world during the past years. The r...
Autorka w sposób barwny i sugestywny opowiada o sztuce wizualnej utrzymując jednocześnie rygory opracowania naukowego. Przedstawia ponadczasowość sztuki identyfikując ją według najnowszych m...