GILDED LURE

Justyna Baśnik creates a para-religious iconography to examine the post-truth world, and offers an atheistic spirituality through art. Accept the Polish artist’s invitation to her alternative belief system and learn about her approach in today’s feature.

“Imperfection feels authentic, touching, and full of history.” Polish fashion designer Karolina Pieniążek toys with the semantics, definition, and perception of “ugliness”. Her garments are sometimes adorned with false teeth or locks of hair, and a replica of a two-headed lamb serves as an accessory. Far from anyhow gory and macabre, though, her looks carry an enchanted and ethereal air, rooted in memories and oneiromancy. Enjoy the interview with the designer below.

Jakub Ružinský bridges medieval iconography with contemporary expression, creating works where mysticism and neo-expressionism converse. Through a metamodern framing, he explores beauty as both a mask and portal, inviting viewers to a place where opposing truths can exist side by side. Join us on this journey today, and learn about Jakub’s creative approach, love for history, and the insight that infuses his brushstrokes.

Wincenty Czwartos’ battle paintings navigate between Baroque excess and avant-garde abstraction, creating a contemporary visual language of war. Learn how the rising Polish talent transforms violence into contemplative panoramas where competing aesthetics and opposing realities collide.

“Woman portrayed as something unreal and unnerving is still very common.” The moodboards of Zuzanna Kordiukiewicz, a Polish fashion designer and jewellery maker, are filled with uncanny and eerie textures and shapes. The collection to which they gave birth, Chimera, is inspired by the fever dreams and rapturous visions of surrealism, often portraying female figures severely distorted and hybridised with other lifeforms. We invite you into her creative process.

Louise Reynolds transforms media overload into intimate drawings on wood, creating stillness in today’s chaotic information landscape, combining anxiety and tragedy with humor and triviality into her very own take on magical realism. Read today’s interview to learn about Louise’s artworks, and how the balance she crafts comes into being.

The Epitelio collection by Lorenzo Seghezzi draws inspiration from the sensations of body and gender dysphoria—deeply impactful experiences that shape one’s relationship with their corporeal form. Through bold sartorial storytelling and intricate, haute couture corsetry, the garments explore the altered perception of self and the discomfort many transgender and queer individuals face daily, challenging both aesthetic and gender norms.

Gleam so bright you need shades. Is it just superficial or possibly from within? Sometimes, it feels nice to resign and get comfortably dazzled before the deception reveals itself. Without further ado, we are launching the second theme of 2025, GILDED LURE, to spoil you with a bit of opulence.