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BRAFA 2023

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Through our membership of the Vereniging Vrienden Etnografica, a Dutch group linked by their interest in ethnographic art, we are every year invited to the BRAFA, the Brussels Art Fair, usually held at the beginning of the year.  This year’s version had its opening on January 29th, 2023. Officially, our main interest are the four [...]
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28. Ughtasar

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It takes a bit of effort, but ultimately getting to the petroglyph site of Ughtasar is greatly rewarding. High up in the mountains opposite Sisian, 45 minutes’ drive from Goris, is Armenia’s best known and richest petroglyph site. Inside the crater of a dormant volcano are hundreds, if not thousands of rock boulders decorated with [...]
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the Cafesjian Centre of the Arts and the Tamanyan Sculpture Park

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One of the most characteristic elements of Yerevan is the Cascade, 500 steps of limestone, leading to the Monument commemorating 50 years of Soviet rule. With the collapse of the Soviet Union this project was never finished, and the Cascade deteriorated afterwards, until, in 2002, the Cafesjian Family Foundation, from a rich Armenian diaspora family, [...]
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Svaneti Museum of History and Ethnography

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One of the benefits of the touristic development of Mestia is the upgrade of the Svaneti Museum of History and Ethnography, which since 2013 is housed in a modern, purpose-built construction. Six exhibition halls on the first floor provide room for the excellent collection of the museum, from archeological finds going back to the Bronze [...]
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Kutaisi State Historical Museum

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The historical museum in Kutaisi was closed for refurbishment during our visit, but they have installed a temporary display, with the most important pieces of the collection. There are lots of items from a long history, Bronze age to 19th Century, but my interest was predominantly the Medieval metal collection. In the 10th to 12th [...]
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Church of the Saint Nicholas, Nikortsminda

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On the way to Svaneti, and well north of the Motsameta and Gelati monasteries, near Kutaisi in Georgia and popular with visitors, is the less well known Church of the Saint Nicholas in the village of Nikortsminda. This church was built earlier, by King Bagrat III between 1010-1014. Both its outside decorations and inside frescoes [...]
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Church of Saint George, Gelati Monastery

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Next to the main church of the Gelati Monastery, north of Kutaisi in Georgia (and on our way to Svaneti), the 10th C Church of the Blessed Virgin, is the Church of Saint George, which was probably built in the 13th C. Like the main church, this one, too, is richly decorated with frescoes, of [...]
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Church of the Blessed Virgin, Gelati Monastery

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The main church of the Gelati Monastery, north of Kutaisi in Georgia (on our way to Svaneti), is the Church of the Blessed Virgin, started in 1106 by David the Builder, who is also buried here. The church is richly decorated with frescoes, dating from the 16th-17th Century. The cathedral was being refurbished when we [...]
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Antony Gormley in Voorlinden

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one of the Critical Mass characters in the garden of Museum Voorlinden British artist Antony Gormley, creator of sculptures and installations, and a whole lot more, has exposed work before in The Netherlands. There was an exhibition in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam in 2008, and in Lelystad stands one of his landart works, Exposure. The [...]
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Museum Voorlinden

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Richard Serra’s “Open Ended”, a signature work in the Voorlinden The Museum Voorlinden opened in 2016, as a private museum supported by donations and ticket sales only. It helps, though, that estate was initially bought by a rich Dutch industrialist who also happened to have a fabulous collection of modern and contemporary art. And on [...]
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