Holidays/ volume 118

Holidays are moments when the rhythm of everyday life changes. They invite us to pause, travel, gather, remember, discover, and experience the world with a renewed sense of curiosity. They can be defined by a destination, a tradition, a celebration, or simply by the feeling of stepping outside our familiar routines.

This special edition, brings together an international selection of artists whose works explore the many meanings and emotions associated with Holidays. Through painting, photography, digital art, contemporary objects, and mixed media, this edition presents diverse interpretations of escape, celebration, travel, leisure, memory, and discovery.

For some, holidays are associated with distant landscapes, unfamiliar cities, and journeys into new environments. For others, they are found in intimate moments—a familiar place revisited, a family gathering, a quiet afternoon, or a memory preserved long after the journey has ended. Art can capture these experiences not simply as images of places or events, but as atmospheres, emotions, and personal stories.

The works featured in this edition move between reality and imagination. Some invite us into vibrant worlds of colour and celebration, while others offer quieter reflections on solitude, nostalgia, nature, or the passage of time. Contemporary objects and mixed media works introduce another dimension, reminding us that our experiences of holidays are often connected to the things we collect, carry, encounter, and remember.

Perhaps the true essence of a holiday is not simply where we go, but how we see. A change of surroundings can make the familiar appear new; a brief encounter can become a lasting memory; an ordinary moment can acquire extraordinary meaning.

Through the individual perspectives of the artists featured in Volume 118, we invite our readers to embark on a visual journey across different places, cultures, memories, and imagined worlds.

This edition is a celebration of movement and stillness, discovery and reflection, familiar traditions and new experiences—and of the unique ways in which artists transform the spirit of a holiday into art.

We invite you to pause, explore, and journey through the world of Holidays.