Art
I have visited Landesmuseum in Zurich to see the exhibition on Battle of Marignano from 1515. Its poster is pretty intriguiging as the exhibition itself, where I learnt about significance of this event. Not only that it was a battle for the power of Milan, but also an important stone
Design
Recently in Tokyo, I saw beatifully decorated inside windows by various designers. This one caught my attention: for intricate miniature jewelery pieces, for reference to Japanese sakura, for reminding on digital world that we are operating in with a - sharp yet poetic - video... chimaski.jp ...and where clothes
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The exhibition Kendell Geers 1988 - 2012 can be seen in Haus der Kunst in Munich until 12.05.2013
architecture
I spent several days in December in Oslo. You may not believe but first thing that comes to my mind is - light! And then color! And then some more light! The color was more indoors. Somewhat lazy and unwillingly I went to City Hall, only to discover that it
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When in Oslo, don't miss two things: Oslo Opera House and Astrup Fearnely Museum. Here are some messages and impressions from the second one. This museum has been built between 2006 and 2012 and designed by designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The complex is itself very nordic:
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International art fair "Highlights" in Munich is klein aber fein. It is also very young: established only in 2009 as a joint initiative from several galleries, it still managed to position itself as an important meeting point for true experts in fine and contemporary art. Here one can
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... and this beautiful folio comes from the present-day Uzbekistan, Samarkand. It is attributable to the calligrapher 'Umar Aqta', who made this to the ruler Timur. It represents a beautiful calligraphy from Timurid period, written in muhaqqaq style and depicting Sura al-Qisas (28: 82-84). This belongs to the one
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I spent recently a beautiful week in Sarajevo. The city was pretty as always (or maybe even prettier): warm, sunny and full of good-mood people. Its artistic articulation took my attention in another area and I have seen rather the opposite. I have seen the "Spiked" exhibition by
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Before going to dOCUMENTA, I had a privilege (with time) to make a stop in Frankfurt and visit a must-see exhibition of Jeff Koons. Enfant terrible of several decades already and highly disputed and discussed about mega-artist has some amazing shows in Frankfurt and Basel. I had a chance to
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First day at dOCUMENTA(13) has been spent in visits to exhibition spaces in Fridericianum and Karlsaue. Second day has started off by visit to documenta-Halle. Built in 1992 by Jan Hoet and with its large walls and spacious halls, it has been a known challenge to most exhibition curators
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Last weekend I was at dOCUMENTA(13), a large-scale exhibition that takes place every five years in Kassel. It all started in 1955, in order to bring Germany back from the cultural darkness from Nazi regime into the contemporary art evolution of the actual time. Therefore, dOCUMENTA differs from some
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Few months ago I have visited Barcelona. It was a perfectly chaotic weekend with both good and not-so-good experiences, but with some great people (and that is what counts). On a hot touristy Saturday I had no choice but to hit MACBA and I can't say I regretted