On this podcast, Polish artist Patrycja Rozwora, speaks to fellow artists, curators and activists about their visual or socially engaged work related to the diverse region of so-called ‘Eastern Europe’. Easy going conversations, conducted in various accents about art, politics and food. Episodes are published every four weeks, on Monday.
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On this podcast, Polish artist Patrycja Rozwora, speaks to fellow artists, curators and activists about their visual or socially engaged work related to the diverse region of so-called ‘Eastern Europe’. Easy going conversations, conducted in various accents about art, politics and food. Episodes are published every four weeks, on Monday.
# 65 - about the exhibition Stanisław Wyspiański: Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in London
In conversations with Alison Smith - curator of the display, previously Chief Curator of the National Portrait Gallery, London and currently Director of Collections and Research at the Wallace Collection.
Stanisław Wyspiański (1869-1907) was a Polish painter, designer, poet and originator of modern Polish Theater. He was also a key figure of the Młoda Polska (Young Poland) art movement that helped keep national identity alive during Poland's partitions.
This podcast episode offers a glimpse into the unique pastel works of Wyspiański, featuring stories of his sitters—including members of the Cracovian intelligentsia—his family, and the artist himself, as well as his decade-long struggle with an illness that profoundly shaped his life and creative output.
The one-room display, showing 16 of Wyspainski's pastel portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in London is free and open to all till the 13th of July 2025.
References:
About the Exhibition: https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/display/2025/stanislaw-wyspianski-portraits
Exhibition Catalogue: https://npgshop.org.uk/collections/books/products/stanislaw-wyspianski-portraits-hardcover-catalogue
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This episode was created for Contemporary LYNX and with support of the Polish Cultural Institute London.
Podcast thumbnail: Józio Feldman by Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905. National Museum in Kraków. Photo: Bartosz Cygan/NMK Digitization Studio.
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
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Kitchen Conversations
On this podcast, Polish artist Patrycja Rozwora, speaks to fellow artists, curators and activists about their visual or socially engaged work related to the diverse region of so-called ‘Eastern Europe’. Easy going conversations, conducted in various accents about art, politics and food. Episodes are published every four weeks, on Monday.
