The painting which introduces the visitors into the space of the exhibition titled From Japan to Europe. Beautiful and Useful Objects, displayed on the second floor of the Szołayski House, is the portrait of Feliks Jasieński holding a portfolio, painted by Jacek Malczewski.
Month: September 2015
What’s the time at Witkacy’s?
On Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz’ Still Life with a Clock. Still life constitutes one of the principal modern painting themes, often treated by the artists in a very particular way. In the 17th-century Dutch art, paintings depicting an arranged fragment of inanimate reality began to carry various symbolic […]
Ottomania Instameet. Pre-opening day unlike any other
24 June 2015 – the day preceding an important exhibition opening but somehow different than usual. The date was special thanks to Ottomaniainstameet, which we decided to hold for the first – though now we know that definitely not the last – time.