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Ivan Mestrovic Gallery

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The gallery, just outside Split, is housed in a villa originally designed by Mestrovic himself. It was built in 1931, and the artist lived and worked here until 1941. Ten years later he donated the property, together with 132 works of art, to the state, which now, through the Ivan Mestrovic Foundation, manages the gallery, [...]
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06. the Bozidar Jakac Art Museum

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The Bozidar Jakac Art Museum is housed in a former monastery, established in the 13th C, extensively rebuilt to its present form in the 18th C, but then dissolved in 1786, church furnishings auctioned off and church desacralized. The building was variously used afterwards, but fell in disrepair, until restoration began again in 1957. Now [...]
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a random walk in Beirut

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My Lebanese friend, with whom I stayed the last few days, had to attend a meeting on my last morning in Beirut, so I was all prepared to wander through this magnificent town – which I know from an earlier visit – on my own, for a few hours. But such is Middle Eastern hospitality, [...]
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31. Druskininkai

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Druskininkai is a small Lithuanian town in the far SE corner of the country, near the Belarus border. It is insignificant, except that it has somehow developed in the spa capital of Lithuania. “Druska” is Lithuanian for salt, and refers to salt springs that apparently form the basis for this development, although I have seen [...]
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30. the Museum of the Centre of Europe

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I am not sure that the claim of this museum, also known as Europos Parkas, to be the centre of Europe is geographically entirely correct – although, apparently, the French National Geographic Institute has, in 1989, determined so. But in any case, at about half an hour’s drive north of Vilnius this this is a [...]
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the Pedvāle Art Park

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The Pedvāle Art Park, near Sabile, warrants a separate entry to this blog, because there is a great variety of art works – sculptures, all made to be exhibited outside. There is quite a bit of stone, or stone and metal, no doubt influenced by Ojars Feldbergs, the sculpturer who is the brain behind the [...]
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24. Sabile

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Sabile is home to the Pedvāle Art Park. This sculpture garden was founded by Ojars Feldbergs, a Latvian sculptor, who not only sculpts, but also arranges symposiums and workshops where other sculpturers from all over the world sculpt – and their collective production is being exhibited in the garden. I suppose there are few individual [...]
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A Random Walk in Buenos Aires

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I like Buenos Aires. I have been coming here for more than 30 years, but the city never fails to amaze me. A building, a nice balcony, some stucco front decoration. A demonstration, a few business suits, or skimpily dressed women in summer, barely covering the essentials. The best way to enjoy it is by [...]
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34. the Memento Park

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The Memento Park is a must-see, when in Budapest. It contains a raft of discarded sculptures from the communist era. In the category ‘rareties’ the Memento Park, in the outskirts of Budapest, scores pretty high. Already at the entrance we are being treated by communist music meant to uplift the worker’s spirit. Is puts us [...]
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Boijmans in Ahoy

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A unique drive-thru exhibition in Rotterdam, and a great experience (August 2020) Museum Boijmans vand Beuningen, Rotterdam’s foremost arts museum, is closed for renovation until 2026. The large Rotterdam events hall Ahoy had to cancel all large scale events because of Corona. And then somebody came up with the bright idea to organise a drive-thru [...]
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