Archive for august, 2008

KRONSTADT JAZZ FESTIVAL – Romania

august 29, 2008

Another year has gone by and I am given, one more time, the privilege to invite, in the name of the organizers, the jazz fans of Brasov and not only, to take part in a new international jazz celebration, here, at the Tampa´s feet.

KRONSTADT JAZZ FESTIVAL IS GOING ON! What we started, last year, [...]

First Edition of the World Music Mamaia Festival

august 27, 2008

Dynamic Art Management and Constanta City Council invite you join them on the 27th, 28th and 29th of August, in Casino Plaza, from 20.30, at the First Edition of the World Music Mamaia Festival. Three nights of dazzling show, sound and dance in a colorful and animated melange, artists from four continents are bringing the [...]

The Legacy of Giotto: Art in Florence, 1340 – 1375

august 9, 2008

FLORENCE • Uffizi Gallery • 10 June – 2 November 2008

At the beginning of the XIV century, Florence was one of the great metropolises of Europe, perhaps the greatest. Densely populated and beautiful, it was as rich as Paris and much more than London. A manufacturing centre of the first magnitude, capital [...]

SZIGET FESTIVAL 2008 – Hungary

august 9, 2008

Since 1993 the Sziget festival is a symbol of diverse entertainment, an unforgettable cultural excursion. Today Sziget is also a strong cultural brand gaining an admirable position on the international festival market. This year our favourite festival offers an Iron Maiden concert on day zero on the 12th of August and the customary variety of [...]

Engravings by Toyohara Chikanobu at MNAR Bucharest

august 9, 2008

The exhibited engravings works events, ceremonies and activities from the Shogun’s Court in the capital city of Edo (Tokyo today), from a period preceding the Meiji epoch.
An exhibition which includes a selection of works belonging to the Japanese engraver Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912) was opened at the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR), the [...]

Joseph Szabo: Jones Beach

august 9, 2008

LONDON • Michael Hoppen Gallery • 25 July – 19 September 2008

For the past 30 years against the backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean, Joseph Szabo has captured the melting pot of humanity on one of the America’s busiest beaches.
Amongst the sea of bodies on Jones Beach, Szabo’s camera isolates both rare moments of [...]

Eu, la feminin (7)

august 1, 2008

Iubirea vinovată

Iubirea adulteră dintre Ares şi Afrodita, descrisă de Homer în „Odiseea”, este unul din marile „scandaluri” ale mitologiei greceşti. Povestea este binecunoscută: Hefaistos, soţul Afroditei, bănuindu-şi nevasta de adulter cu aprigul zeu al războiului, confecţionează o plasă din fire nevăzute pentru a-i prinde şi imobiliza pe vinovaţi în pat. Prefăcându-se că pleacă [...]