Bright, bold wood-block prints from Polish character designer Roman Klonek
2012
Oliwia Bober's illustrations combine Polish folklore and her personal feelings
2019
Agnieszka Sejud reflects on fake news in Poland in her frenzied collages
2020
Ilona Karwinska: Polish Cold War Neon
2011
Viacheslav Poliakov shoots the “folk-baroque-industrial mess” of Ukraine and Poland
2019
Vers l'Orient, Constantinople la résignée
1915
Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
Miquelet Gun of Ali Pasha
1798
Gold Belt Buckle and Strap End
595
Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873: Ouvrage publié sous le patronage de la Commission impériale ottomane pour l'Exposition universelle de Vienne
1873
Gilded silver cup with two handles
-2300
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with cylinder seal in Anatolian style
-2000
Silver phiale (libation bowl)
-2300
Electrum vase with lid
-2300
Dirham of Ghiyath al-Din Kai Khusrau II (r. 1237–46)
1242
Scimitar with Scabbard
1550
Sword (Kilij) and Scabbard with Baldric
1826
Pair of Stirrups and Ring Bit
1801
Shirt of Mail and Plate
1451
Shaffron (Head Defense) for a Camel
1575
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Assyrian and Anatolian styles, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.17a: loan of silver
-2000
Saber (Kilij) with Scabbard
1750
Tray of Jeweled Daggers
1851
Side Piece of a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1401
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1401
Sword (Yatagan) with Scabbard
1701
Tray of Jeweled Daggers
1825
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1601
Portions of a Cuirass
1550
Standard (<i>Alem</i>)
1650
Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1801
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1501
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1501
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1575
Armor for Man and Horse
1425
Composite Bow with Forty Arrows
1719
Short Sword (Yatagan) from the Court of Süleyman the Magnificent (reigned 1520–66)
1500
Defense for the Lower Right Leg (Greave)
1425
Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1801
Shirt of Mail and Plate
1450
Pair of Leg Defenses (Greaves)
1450
Left Leg Defense (Greave)
1450
Right Leg Defense (Greave)
1451
Transylvanian prayer rug
1700
Dabbous (zarf or darb)
1850
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Anatolian and Old Assyrian style, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.16a: quittance for a loan in silver
-2000
Neck Chain with Badge
1787
Dagger (Jambiya) with Sheath
1701
Knife (Yatagan) with Sheath
1701
Knife (Kard) with Sheath
1701
Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1801
Knife (Kard) with Sheath
1701
Manuscript pages showing battle scenes
1600
Hammer of a Janissary
1601
Head of a Janissary Hammer
1501
Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1801
Sword (Yatagan) with Scabbard
1801
Combination Flintlock and Knife Carrier
1801
Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1701
Armor for Man and Horse
1425
Stamp seal (ovoid) with animals
-1200
Stamp seal (ovoid) with three-figure contest scene
-900
Stamp seal (bifacial scaraboid) with animals
-1200
Stamp seal (rounded triangular base with loop handle) with anthropomorphic figure and animals
-900
Stamp seal (scaraboid) with animals
-900
Stamp seal (ovoid) with animals
-900
Stamp seal (scaraboid) with animal
-900
Stamp seal (pyramid) with monster
-900
Stamp seal (scarab) with two-figure contest scene (?)
-800
Stamp seal (conoid knob) with plant
-900
Pair of Thigh and Knee Defenses
1401
Dagger (Kard) with Shealth
1738
Shirt of Mail and Plate
1401
Stamp seal (scarab) with animal
-900
Stamp seal (lion-shaped) with animal
-900
Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
Pocket watch in display case, Collegium Maius Krakow
2015
Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
Pocket watch, Collegium Maius Krakow (01)
2015
Photographer Ina Niehoff's beautiful analogue Istanbul travelogue
2016
Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Photographer Zuza Krajewska's fragile portraits of Polish young offenders
2017
A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Istanbul’s impossibly colourful minimalist architecture, shot by Yener Torun
2015
Polish graphic designer Natalia Pawlak on bad taste and reinterpreting Polish kitsch
2019
Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
Rafal Milach has caught our eye with stunning images of Poland and beyond
2012
Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Check out Polish creative Formallina's knitted heroes calendar!
2013
Polish illustrator Gosia Herba interprets myths and legends in pastel tones
2016
Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
Polish creative Lukasz Pachalko’s graphic design project addresses the issues surrounding dyslexia
2015
Polish born, Barcelona-based photographer Asia Chmielewska is a real talent
2013
Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
Cute and scary and great work from Polish artist Paweł Mildner
2015
Alp Peker’s photography captures the intersection of Turkish culture and the queer community
2021
The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Solene Gün examines men in Turkish banlieue communities in Berlin and Paris
2020
“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
Warsaw creative Peter Tarka creates tidy CGI illustrations
2016
A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
Stunning Polish Op-art works created in isolation finally celebrated
2014
Selma Alaçam embroiders song lyrics on to Turkish rugs
2014
Turkish photographer Olgaç Bozalp recreates family photo albums
2018
A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
The Polish studio creating a stir on Warsaw’s art scene
2015