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The collector and art dealer Beniamino Levi is considered to be a leading expert on the art of the eccentric surrealist Salvador Dalí. He has curated more than a hundred Dalí exhibitions worldwide and founded a spectacular Dalí museum on Montmartre in Paris. An interview on the 30th anniversary of Dalí’s death.

 

I t’s a great pleasure to feature an exclusive interview with Jim Tsinganos, 1st Place Winner at the International Competition, a collaboration of the Florence
Biennale, Art Market Magazine, and Lens Magazine.
Jim Tsinganos is a multi-awardwinning Sydney-based illustrator and art practitioner with over twenty-five years of experience. His illustrations have been featured in most international illustration awards publications. In addition, his work has been featured in countless exhibitions, both locally and internationally, as a solo exhibitor and as part of group shows. He has been commissioned by a varied selection of clients throughout his career.

In Mina Radović’s works, women are always almost abstract, but the figure is always strongly expressed in various forms, with sharp contours and energetic colors, inspired by her Mediterranean background: “My mother’s family comes from Boka Kotorska in Montenegro, so I spent most of my childhood on the seaside. To this data, Boka Kotorska remains my safe port. The combination of the sea, stone, wild nature, purple hills and the strong blue color of the Adriatic Sea, are part of my coloring and energy which I always try to connect.”

When it comes to discovering young, up-and-coming art, it’s hard to miss the Discovery Art Fairs. The popular German art fairs are held annually in Cologne and Frankfurt, two metropolises that are particularly known for a lively and traditional art scene and are home to many art collectors.

It’s a pleasure to announce Art Market’s new collaboration with the prestigious Discovery Art Fair and publish this exclusive interview with the man behind the one of the largest and most popular German art fairs, Jörgen Golz.

Auf meinen beiden Oberarmen sind noch Narben sichtbar. Sie stören mich nicht, sie sind auch nicht besonders auffällig, sie sind bloß die Zeugen einiger Impfungen, welche ich als Kind bekommen habe: gegen Tetanus, Keuchhusten, Polio, Röteln und vor allem gegen die gefährliche und damals gleichzeitig berüchtigte Infektionskrankheit – gegen die Variola vera, die Pocken. Sie war so bekannt, dass sogar ein gleichnamiger Film darüber gedreht und mit großem Erfolg in Ex-Jugoslawien im Jahr 1982 gezeigt wurde, zehn Jahre nach dem Ausbruch der Epidemie in Belgrad im März 1972. „Genauso wie sie plötzlich ausbricht, beginnt die Epidemie fast immer ohne Ankündigung oder Logik nachzulassen“, sagt der deutsche Gastschauspieler Peter Carsten im Film. Bevor das jedoch passiert, sind wir alle auf die Impfung, als einzigen sicheren Ausweg aus der Gefahr uns mit dem Coronavirus anzustecken, angewiesen. Das Problem ist bekannt: es gibt nicht genügend Impfungen. Das gilt aber nicht für ganz Europa. Auf dem Belgrader Messegelände herrschte am Wochenende reges Treiben, was auch auf Kritik stieß: es sind nicht nur die Serben, die sich impfen lassen, es kommen auch Menschen aus den Nachbarländern, vor allem aus Bosnien und Herzegowina, Nordmazedonien, Montenegro und sogar aus Albanien. Es ist nämlich möglich, sich als Ausländer für die Impfung anzumelden. Der Serbische Journalistenverband hat für etwa 100 mazedonische Kollegen Impfungen in Vranje, eine Stadt im Südosten Serbiens, organisiert. Darüber haben die mazedonischen Medien mit Lob und Begeisterung berichtet. Ob es sich beim serbischen Weg, für jeden einzelnen Bürger zügig Impfungen zu besorgen (Impfstoff frei wählbar), um Erfahrungen aus der Vergangenheit handelt oder die Motive andere waren, ist in dieser Situation zweitrangig. Es geht um Gesundheit und das Leben von Menschen und jeder einzelne ist einzigartig und unersetzbar. Es geht ausschließlich darum, möglichst viele zu retten, deswegen ist das ganze Chaos in der Bekämpfung der Pandemie in Europa schlicht und einfach unfassbar.

It is a pleasure to interview one of the rising stars in today’s contemporary art field, a surprising artist, full
of vision, with incredibly unique and sophisticated artworks!

Rémy Bond, born in Paris, dreamed of becoming an astronaut. As a child, he fantasized about soaring through the black vacuum of space, traveling to distant stars, bounding across the lunar soil, and contemplating the beauty of planet Earth in complete stillness.

Barbara Vandendriessche grew up in a small city Roeselare in Belgium, not far away from the French border. Her decision to study and practice theater directing and scenography brought her to Antwerp and finally to Brussels.

In an exclusive interview, she reveals the historical characters that are the inspiration for her work, her relation to photography, the Greek tragedy, and the people facing the uncertainty during the coronavirus pandemic.

It began 15 years ago as a spontaneous idea, during the Vienna Congress Com.sult organized by David Ungar-Klein. Over the years, some of the participants of the annual congress – very prominent, influential guests and Nobel prize laureates, people without artistic experiences, but with strong imaginations – were asked to paint what moved them deeply.

“THE EPHRUSSIS. TRAVEL IN TIME”

The Jewish Museum Vienna relays the saga of the Family Ephrussi based on the bestseller, “The Hare with Amber Eyes,” authored by Edmund de Waal, a descendent.

 

The Serbian Post has just issued a special edition of stamps to mark the ocassion of the 75th anniversary of the Filmske Novosti Newsreel.  The collection features a number of renowned personalities, among them is a stamp dedicated to the memory of my late father, Stevan Labudović, holding his treasured camera.  I cherish the memories of days when he took me along on assignment— the sensory elements surrounding the bulky, heavy machine he lugged.  With it he recorded millions of meters bearing witness to major political, cultural and social events of the former Yugoslavia that left their mark on history. He recorded proceedings of the Non-Aligned Movement, and most importantly the war for the liberation of Algeria.  Despite the great risk to himself, my father was the sole cameraman who remained and became known as a hero to the Algerian people.  To the end of his days, he held Algeria, its people, and its culture close to his heart. One final anecdote that can best tell the story:

One day, when President Houari Boumediene of Algeria was on a state visit to Belgrade he disappeared from his residence.  When his absence was noted, panic broke out as security searched high and low for him.  Finally, they found him in our small apartment asleep on our living room couch. When asked: “President, why are you sleeping here on a couch?” He replied: “I slept with my Godfather, Stevan, for years on the ground. The couch is much more comfortable.”