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World Philatelic Exhibition EFIRO 2008

Between 20-27 June, Romania will host in Bucharest , at Romexpo "EFIRO 2008", the World Philatelic Exhibition, followed on the 28th June by the 70th FIP Congress. The exhibition will be organized by the Romanian Post Office together with the Romanian Philatelic Federation, under the patronage of...

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Night of the Cultural Institutes in Bucharest

On June 27 th 2008 Bucharest will be once again the host of the "Night of the Cultural Institutes", now at it's second edition. Like for the previous edition, 10 cultural institutes - among which the ICR - will be participating, organising a series of events for all those who love movies, art, music, dancing, photography, comics...

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Corina Suteu on Public Funding and the Performing Arts in Romania

Corina Suteu on Public Funding and the Performing Arts in Romania in Boekmanstudies' "State on Stage" The Boekmanstudies in Amsterdam has recently launched the book State on Stage. The impact of public policies on the performing arts in Europe . Edited by Ineke van...

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Anathema Unplugged in Bucharest

The famous British band Anathema will once again return to Bucharest , Romania on May 24 th 2008 for a special unplugged performance, at the "Grigore Preoteasa" Hall, famous for it's concerts, although the acoustics might not be the best. This is a special show, dedicated to the long-time Romanian fans, part of the Warm-Up Party...

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New Queen Album Out on September 1st

After 13 years, the legendary group Queen will launch a new studio album on September 1 st 2008 , recorded by Brian May, Roger Taylor and the new singer Paul Rodgers. Once again, John Deacon, the former bassist, has chosen not to be a part of the project. It is the first studio album since Made in Heaven, launched in 1995, featuring...

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UK band Paradise Lost returns to Romania

UK gothic metal band Paradise Lost , formed in 1987 in Halifax, returns to Romania on January 19. British rock band had concerts in Romania in 1994 and 2005. Concert : Romexpo, Bucharest. artline.ro January 2008

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Orbitor. Aripa dreapta - Book of the Year 2007 in Romania

The third and final part of Orbitor, the most ambitious project of Mircea Cartarescu, considered the best Romanian writer after 1989, has been chosen recently as the Book of the Year. Orbitor (Blinding) would certainly have been an impossible undertaking for most writers, even for it's sheer size, as the three volumes count over 1500...

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Grigorescu - Painter of Nature at the MNAR

The National Art Museum of Romania is hosting until the 30 th of March 2008 one of the biggest exhibitions dedicated to Nicolae Grigorescu, one of the best Romanian masters, marking the passing of 100 years since his death. As the museum has the largest collection of works made by Grigorescu, it wasn't an easy task to select 230 paintings and...

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Exotica at the Flatland Gallery in Utrecht

The Flatland Gallery in Utrecht has opened it's latest exhibition, "Exotica", until December 21 st 2007 , a chance for the public to discover the works of contemporary artists, such as Ruud van Empel, Erwin Olaf, Cornelie Tollens, Barbara Broekman, Giovanni Dalessi, Frans Franciscus, Janpeter Muilwijk, Carolein Smit. Their...

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Brasov Fortifications

Due to it's size and strategic position, Brasov has been since the Middle Ages an important military objective, so great care has been taken in defending it. As over the first decades the repeated attacks destroyed much of the settlement, soon began one of the most important and ambitious project : the building of a solid network of...

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Russian Cossacks - This Time in Brasov

The city of Brasov is lucky to host the next show of the now famous Russian Cossacks, titled "The Art of War", at the Sica Alexandrescu Theatre, on the 6 th of November 2007 . The show, part of a national tour, is one of the best of it's kind and has already been praised worldwide. The 45 artists and dancers that will take the...

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De Superman au Chat du Rabbin

The Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris in presenting at this time a new and unique exhibition, the first French show depicting fully the key-role that several artists and writers of Jewish origin played in the world of comic books art, by...

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Contemporary Art of the Middle East

Starting on November 10 2007, visitors of the State Hermitage Museum in Sankt Petersburg, Russia, have the chance of seeing a new exhibition, " The Dance of Quill and Ink" dedicated to contemporary art in the Middle East, more precisely on calligraphy as an art form. Over the centuries, calligraphy has played a major role in the Islamic...

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Delacroix and his contemporaries

The National Museum Eugene Delacroix will open at the end of next month a new exhibition dedicated to Eugene Delacroix, this time examining his early years, 1822 to 1830, placing a close focus on his relationships with other...

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Andreas Gursky

Andreas Gursky is considered one of the most important and talented of contemporary photographers. This surprinsingly original artist, born in 1955 in Leipzig , is now living and Dusseldorf and over past years has surprised art...

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From Goya to Benlliure

In the series of exhibition Paper Art, a cycle of monographic shows devoted exclusivelly to works on paper, the Bilbao Fine Arta Museum Paper Art presents "From Goya to Benlliure", a selection of rare works. It is a rare chance for art lovers to see a large part of the 19 th century collection of the museum, from drawings and...

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Gunvor Nelson

The artist and filmmaker Gunvor Nelson, born in 1931, is at this time one of the most important women filmmakers in the movement of "New American Cinema". For a long time the artist was a professor of film at the San Francisco Art Institute, her creations being characterized by by the mix of collage features and landscapes, sound and...

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Polish Paintings from Symbolism to Modern

The month of October is for the National Gallery of Ireland an occasion to present, for the first time, a fascinating retrospective of Polish art, from Symbolism to Modernism, from the 1880s to 1939, an impressive and comprehensive...

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Georg Baselitz Show

One of the most important and prolific living German artists, Georg Baselitz was born in 1938 in Saxony and is today a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. So far, his best known works have been the series of compositions, mostly paintings, in which the motifs are turned...

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English Watercolours of the 18th - 19th Century

"English Watercolours of the 18th - 19th Centuries" is an impressive and gorgeus exhibition which marks the 100 th anniversary of Paul Mellon, an important US collector and aficionado of English art. Mellon was also a generous sponsor of Yale Center for British Art ( New Haven , Connecticut ) and the Virginia Museum of...

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Babylon at the Louvre Museum

The Louvre Museum in Paris will present in the spring of 2008 a brand new exhibition, dedicated to the representations, myths and legends surrounding the ancient Babylon , as curators will try to reconcile the actual historical data and the stories in one, comprehensive...

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The Hunt. Myth and Reality

Until the end of October, the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein is the host of an interesting exhibition, dedicated to the hunt, both as a myth and a reality, and it's representantions in the history of art. Each year, this prestigious cultural institution is presenting a special exhibition of works drawn from the private collections of the...

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Monet to Picasso - The Batliner Collection

In May 2007 the Albertina Museum in Viena received, on permanent loan, one of the most impressive private collections ever assembled, that of Rita and Herbert Batliner, totalling over 500 works by some of the most important artists of the 19 th - 20 th century. The museum is at the time hosting a show which presents, until June...

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Rachel Harrison - Voyage of the Beagle

Rachel Harrison (b. 1966) is at this time one of the most original, controversial and appreciated contemporary US artists, yet she manages to defy any category and art movement or theory, at the same time being surprinsingly fresh and impressive. Creating both sculptures and paintings, in a new manner, she creates and universe of...

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Max Klinger Exhibit at the Hamburger Kunsthalle

The Hamburger Kunsthalle will open on the 12 th of October an exhibition dedicated to the life, works and influence of Max Klinger, thus marking the passing of 150 years since the birth of the artist. It is an unique occasion, for rarely the role played by Klinger in modern art, at...

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Seasons : Changing Landscapes at the Munch Museum

The Munch Museum in Oslo is hosting at the moment, among other shows, an impressive presentation of landscapes in the work of Edvard Munch, one of the most original, controversial and powerful European artists. The works, chosen from the museum's own collection, show that...

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Rembrandt van Rijn Work in Prague

The works are Rembrandt have always proven successful in exhibitions hosted by museums and galleries all around the world. The National Gallery in Prague , Czech Republic , has the chance of presenting until January 31 2008 one of the rarest paintings of the Dutch master, "A Bearded Man in a Cap". It was made at a time when artists...

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Drawings from the Rothschild Collection at the Wallace Collection

The Wallace Collection is already well-known by art lovers all over England - and further - as a smaller museum , but one which hosts impressive and special shows, hard to find elsewere. One of the regional partners of the Wallace Collection is the Waddesdon Manor, which, among others, has a huge collection of drawings, put together...

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The Art of Drinking at the V&A Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London , UK , is hosting at the moment a new and unusual exhibition, dedicated to the material culture of drinkings, built over a period of more than five centuries on the British land. The "art" of drinking, aside the simple pleasure and...

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MAD LOVE - Art from Private Collections

Over decades, a great number of very important artworks, some of them real materpieces, have found their way into prestigious private collections, many of them being thus locked away, far from the public's eye. Some of these eventually come once again in the spotlight at art...

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