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From Dada to Surrealism – The Catalog

Posted on October 8, 2011 by admin

The turn of events made that I first received the catalog of the the exhibition From Dada to Surrealism dedicated to the Jewish Avant-Garde Artists from Romania organized at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam. I visited Amsterdam in May, … Continue reading →

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Themerson & Themerson

Posted on October 4, 2011 by admin

I knew nothing about Stefan and Franciszka Themerson before seeing the documentary directed by Wiktoria Szymanska on ARTE TV. The film starts by filming the couple of artists – he was a writer, a composer and a film maker, she … Continue reading →

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Zora Palova at Litvak

Posted on September 22, 2011 by admin

Zora Palova, born in 1947 and wife of Stepan Pala has spent much of the last 15 years in England, as a research professor at the University of Sunderland, on the shore of the North Sea. She works in melted … Continue reading →

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Yakov Agor, Photographer at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Posted on September 21, 2011 by admin

Let me cross the street (over the bridge) for this posting and remember one of the exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art that Liliana and me visited last Friday morning. I will be back with impressions about other … Continue reading →

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Štěpán Pala at Litvak

Posted on September 20, 2011 by admin

The Slovak artist Štěpán Pala belongs visibly to the school of Vaclav Cigler. He uses the optical glass as well although his preferred technique of melting and molding the glass is different. The three works exposed at the Freedom to … Continue reading →

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Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová at Litvak

Posted on September 18, 2011 by admin

Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova are two of the most influential names in the development of glass art in the second half of the 20th century. They were married for almost four decades and during this period they created together … Continue reading →

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Documentary: Waste Land (2010)

Posted on September 11, 2011 by admin

In one of the several memorable sequences in ‘Waste Land’ world famous artist Vik Muniz teaches his audiences about looking at art in a museum. People tend, he tells them, to get closer to the painting, then farther, then closer, … Continue reading →

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‘Picasso in Paris’ at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam

Posted on May 7, 2011 by admin

May 1st was a beautiful day in Amsterdam this year. I had a few free hours at the beginning of a short but busy business trip and as in many cases I looked for opportunities to visit art museums and … Continue reading →

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The Ruins of Detroit

Posted on May 5, 2011 by admin

One of the places where I hope to get in June, when Liliana and me will celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary in Paris is a an exhibition open at from April 28th (date of the vernissage) to September 15th at … Continue reading →

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Muzee si expozitii in Bucuresti

Posted on April 25, 2011 by admin

Din recentul nostru periplu bucurestean nu puteau sa lipseasca vizitele in muzee si salile de expozitii. Din pacate am ratat la milimetru doua expozitii care s-au inchis exact in ziua sosirii noastre. Si totusi am reusit sa vedem cateva lucruri … Continue reading →

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