Michal Boncza


MICHAL BONCZA recommends a compact volume that charts the art of propagating ideas across the 20th century

MICHAL BONCZA reviews Cairokee gig at the London Barbican

MICHAL BONCZA rounds up a series of images designed to inspire women

If 17th-century Dutch art is your thing this must be your book, believes MICHAL BONCZA

MICHAL BONCZA recommends an exquisitely illustrated publication which charts the origins, rise and fall of the seminal Russian dacha

New releases from Sam Eastmond, Angharad Jenkins and Patrick Rimes, Gabriel Moreno

Henry Moore is one of the most frequently exhibited sculptors in the world. MICHAL BONCZA looks at a revelatory collection of posters that advertised these shows

In the 1960s Feliks Topolski revitalised the ancient art of chronicle with panache and gusto. MICHAL BONCZA looks at the work

In an exclusive interview CRISTIAN DEL CANTO speaks to Michal Boncza about his design for the Tobalaba Aerodrome Memorial, its political significance and the struggle to have it erected

New releases from The Dassins, Sylvette and Spear of Destiny

MICHAL BONCZA recommends a superb collection of BoJo cartoons by the Morning Star contributor

Epigram succeeds where epic fails – this Persian proverb best describes Marta Jakobovits's thoughtful ceramic assemblages, writes MICHAL BONCZA

The graphics of Soviet film posters uttered the new revolutionary visual grammar and it dazzled the world. MICHAL BONCZA recommends a superb book dedicated to it

New releases by Los Hermanos Ballumbrosio, Avalanche Kaito and The Shipbuilders

German Nazis indulged in an orgy of book-burning that had no parallels in the 20th century. This monument is a pertinent and timely reminder of how destructive intolerance is

Neurodiverse painter THOMPSON HALL speaks to Michal Boncza about what inspires him, how he works and what his hopes for the future are

New release from Trupa Trupa, Gabriel Moreno and Gilmore Trail

By his own admission, RICARDO BOFILL LEVI was a ‘nomad’ of the profession but his Marxist convictions helped him become an unprecedented innovator of social housing design

The Nelson Mandela statue in Pretoria epitomises the early, but yet to be fulfilled, promise of an all-embracing prosperous ‘Rainbow Nation’

Photographer STEPHEN GILL speaks to the Morning Star about the world he sees through the lens of his camera

In Theaster Gates’s work the spiritual and the utilitarian are inescapably conjoined to offer comfort and hope, believes MICHAL BONCZA

The 2021 RIBA Neave Brown award for housing went to the most innovative architect working in Britain today

Paul Cezanne redefined modern painting and his influence rippled for over a century

Massive emotional tribute to anti-Nazi heroes

Innovatory tributes to leaders of popular rebellions

Damning indictment of Britain's role in evicting islanders from their homeland

Latest releases from BSI, Dal:um and Davie Furey

Class-conscious canvases from the artist who introduced scientific principles to painting

The activities of Vkhutemas — the pioneering art and technical studios in the Moscow of the 1920s — are brought thrillingly to life in a new book, says MICHAL BONCZA

Drawing on elements such as seeds, pods and fruit stones, VERONICA RYAN'S works subtly reflect environmental and sociopolitical concerns, says Michal Boncza

Social comment, allotment architecture and humour stand out in engaging show

Monument to brutal 1985 murder of communist militants in Quilicura, Santiago de Chile

Landmark paintings and drawings of human impact on the natural landscape by staunch political activist

Concrete reminder of nazi atrocities against Jews during WWII

Latest releases from Davie Furey, Pet Needs and BLK JKS

Unique inter-faith place of learning, worship and reflection to be built in Berlin

MICHAL BONCZA recommends some striking work by contemporary female potters and ceramicists

The latest from Crazy Arm, Highlife artists and Bradford

MICHAL BONCZA recommends a photographic record of an architectural movement which is often wrongly denigrated

ART IN THE OPEN
LATIN AMERICA MEMORIAL ‘MAO GRANDE’ (BIG HAND)
SAO PAULO, BRASI

Michal Boncza on Impressionism, one of the most enduring instantly recognisable periods in art

An impressive recreation of a climactic period in black history

Latest releases from Lucidvox, The Rheingans Sisters and Lizabett Russo

Painting which announced the advent of realism in European art
Latest releses from The Slow Painters, Lisa Lambe and Stealing the Fire

Paintings which changed the way in which we look at the world on show in Edinburgh

Revelatory account of how Islamic architecture shaped Europe

Anti-war painting that heralded a revolution in style and content

Master musician sketches out compelling visual landscapes

What made Roy Oxlade excel as a painter, says MICHAL BONCZA, was his ability to transform the everyday into objects of wonder
Latest releases from Thomas Bartlett, Layla Kaylif and Keith Relf
Subversive show from 'the transvestite potter'
Latest releases from Dutty Moonshine Big Band and Ma Polaine's Great Decline

Canvas which challenged feudal stereotypes of women

Poignant reminders of an optimistic Soviet past in Google-derived images

Profound humanism shines through online retrospective of major sculptor's work

Stirring images of radical poster art

The Morning Star's pages are enlivened by some sharp political cartoonists. One of them talks to Michal Boncza about his work

The Italian artist developed the technique which changed painting forever

Prints leave their mark on outstanding representations of the extraordinary in the ordinary
That's what Polish avant-garde rocker GRZEGORZ KWIATKOWSKI hopes but, says Michal Boncza, he isn't holding his breath

MICHAL BONCZA recommends an exhibition of George Him's designs, revealing his pioneering use of colour and modernist techniques in visual communication

Striking images in eclectic exhibition

Poignant memorial to Jews murdered in 1945 by Hungarian fascists in Budapest

Despite its title, this free exhibition is anything but colourless

Past struggles of Iranian women linked with present in striking series of images

Forest Green Rovers' proposed new all-wood stadium is both elegant and a groundbreaking initiative in sustainability, says MICHAL BONCZA

The history of Iraq’s Jews gets a revelatory graphic treatment

Poet EDUARDO EMBRY talks to Michal Boncza about the influences on his work — exile in Britain after the murderous Pinochet coup, the satire in his new anthology Dead Flies and the current rebellion in his native Chile

Vitality, modernity and humanity on show in small but beautifully formed exhibition

Potent visions of unity in diversity from Cypriot capital

Evaluation of the life and thought of influential Latin-American activist

Capital journeys around London's building sights
Ugly but entertaining truths about architectural controversies over the last three centuries

Latest releases from Jesse Dayton, Velvet & Stone and Una Quinn
The Morning Star's pages are enlivened by some of the country's best political cartoonists. One of them is Bristolian STELLA PERRETT

MICHAL BONCZA recommends a striking collection of images on the state of the Arab world
An excellent book on the Bauhaus movement rightly highlights the significance of Hannes Meyer, one of its most revolutionary but neglected figures, says MICHAL BONCZA

Fascinating account of the Soviet dogs who conquered space
Dangers of the global democratic deficit investigated

MICHAL BONCZA tracks down some of the more radical events from the many listed in Boundaries, the theme of this month's London Festival of Architecture

MICHAL BONCZA recommends a new graphic history of class struggle in Britain

Insightful exploration of an iconic building
MICHAL BONCZA recommends a salutary new book on the Palestinians whose skills built the zionist state

MICHAL BONCZA sees a musical based on the music of Fats Waller that's about as good as it gets

Obscenity of the US hell camp exposed in graphic story of a child's imprisonment

Revelatory images of a maligned architectural movement, whose democratic intent has transformed the public space

There are some luminous treasures in an exhibition of work by the leading Spanish impressionist

OTTO MUNZENBERG pays tribute to the movement whose influence on architecture and interior design is all around us

MICHAL BONZCA reviews the latest releases from Rusty Shackle, Ifriqiyya Electrique, and Ruth Notman and Sam Kelly

MICHAL BONCZA is intrigued by Daria Martin’s video exploration of her family past trauma coded in dreams

MICHAL BONCZA reviews an exhibition exploring the function of memorials and how we respond to them
New releases from Teesside to Mali via Stour Water