Szymon Jocek

Assistant Editor

Architecture nerd, PhD candidate in art history, museum professional, fascinated by pre- and post-WWII modernism in Central/Eastern Europe.

Articles by Szymon

Museum Stories

Discover Kraków’s Hidden Gems: National Museum in Kraków Staff Picks

Established in 1879, the National Museum in Kraków is the largest museum in Poland. Its vast collection, presented within 12 separate branches of...

Szymon Jocek 23 January 2025

Quiz

QUIZ: Do You Know These Famous Sculptures?

Szymon Jocek 18 January 2025

Quiz

QUIZ: Guess the Biblical Scene

Szymon Jocek 6 January 2025

Quiz

QUIZ: Guess the Famous Masterpieces Remade by Fernando Botero

Szymon Jocek 4 January 2025

Quiz

QUIZ: When Was This Made? Guess the Century! Part 2

Szymon Jocek 7 December 2024

Museum Stories

Beautiful Landscapes and Indigenous Art: The McMichael Canadian Art Collection Staff Picks

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, located in Kleinburg, Ontario, is the largest public art collection in Canada that focuses exclusively on...

Szymon Jocek 17 November 2024

Quiz

QUIZ: What Is Missing from These Paintings? Part 2

Szymon Jocek 16 November 2024

Architecture

QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Modern Architecture?

Szymon Jocek 9 November 2024

Quiz

QUIZ to Test Your Memory! What Is Missing from These Paintings?

Szymon Jocek 2 November 2024

Review

Splendor and Misery: New Objectivity at the Leopold Museum in Vienna

Within a plethora of avant-garde movements in the Western art of the 20th century, New Objectivity stands unique as one of the few using realist...

Szymon Jocek 26 July 2024