At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of people across the globe were forced to abandon their usual routines and were restricted to the confines of their homes. While some people favoured the transition to work from home with few distractions from the outside world, many suffered from an acute feeling of loneliness in the prolonged isolation period.
In reflection of these unprecedented times, the Pola Museum of Art has curated a series of works that depict different living spaces from the 19th century to the present day. There are simple, muted interiors like the one depicted in Vilhelm Hammershoi's 'Woman Reading in the Sunlight' (1899) to the vibrant still life paintings of Henri Matisse. And though the pandemic might have made you weary of the indoors for now, it’s impossible not to be intrigued by these curiously intimate snapshots of people's private lives captured in varying timelines.