Henrieta Gábrišová

Encountering an artist’s book is rather like encountering a painting. You can walk past hundreds upon hundreds of paintings before coming across one that speaks to you, makes you pause and affects you differently from all those you hurried past. The same can happen with an artist’s book. You notice it, and it often touches you the moment you pick it up. You have not even started reading, and it already has your attention. Then it draws you in whenever you return to it. Again and again.

Arendalsuka is an annual week-long event where representatives from politics, society, and business from all over the country meet to discuss and shape policies for the present and the future. It always takes place during the second week of August (this year from August 10th to 14th, 2026) and has run regularly since 2012 [1]. It is set in the administrative centre of the municipality - in the Arendal town, in the southern Norwegian region of Sørlandet. During the days of what is most...

The new book from ArtBook Garden, “Unfinished Tales 1”, published exactly forty years after Matej’s first surviving drawing of a child’s currency, is a fascinating exploration of his imagination. It opens up old diaries and sketches for us, which, after decades, are brought to life in today’s professional printed form.