The Masters of Swiss Art World: Kunsthaus Zurich Collection
When you're down in Zurich, there is a few fascinating places you should visit. Among them – Kunsthaus Zurich, housing an impressive...
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- Oct 1, 2019
- 3 min
Queer Demons and Saints at William Blake's Exhibition
"Jesus Christ! Move along people", I yell in my head whilst standing in the crowd of visitors, irritatingly crawling from painting to...
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Živilė
- Jul 11, 2019
- 4 min
Lessons from the Women Who Made It
In spite of the fears and obstacles, their passion for art burned strong enough to keep them determined to rise. Last Monday Christie’s...
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Živilė
- Jul 7, 2019
- 2 min
What Was He Thinking? A Chance to Step into Leonardo da Vinci's Mind
The Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci cut quite a few hearts open during his lifetime. Such a heartbreaker! Literally. His craving for...
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Živilė
- Jun 14, 2019
- 2 min
It's All Too Human: the Deepest Corners of Munch's Heart in Prints at the British Museum
I just got off the phone with the police officer and could sort of imagine how the sky turned blood red for my friends and family when...
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Živilė
- May 10, 2019
- 3 min
Van Gogh and Britain: More Than a Walk in a Sunflower Field
“This is magnificent" – a woman whispers to her other half whilst staring at the “Trunk of an Old Yew Tree” (1888), painted with pastel...
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Živilė
- Mar 15, 2019
- 4 min
Lessons of Buddhism: Transforming Life's Difficulties
When I moved to London eight years ago, for various reasons my vision of the future had shattered and picking bits and pieces of my...
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Živilė
- Feb 9, 2019
- 22 min
The Quest for Harmonious Life: Discovering Joy in Being
"It's just the tip of the iceberg," said Alvydas Petruškevičius, a specialist in holistic medicine, when my sister asked if the diffuser...
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Živilė
- Feb 1, 2019
- 2 min
Discover Bali: Balinese Painting at Five Art Studio in Ubud
I was looking for an authentic space around Bali's most cultural neighbourhood Ubud, where I could learn some Balinese art. "Five Art...
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Živilė
- Dec 23, 2018
- 3 min
Oskar Kokoschka's Retrospective: the Remarkable Life of a Restless Migrant, Expressionist, Lover
"I used to be too subjective, and I was always tempted to find my inner self in the exterior and dissipate my imagination on other people...
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Živilė
- Dec 4, 2018
- 5 min
IT'S GETTING HOT ON EARTH! HOW CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS DRAW ATTENTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
On a gloomy, rainy, November-ish Sunday morning, all wrapped up in a raincoat I'm making my way through the Christmas market to the...
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Živilė
- Nov 14, 2018
- 3 min
GOING DOWN GETTING HIGH – AND THE HELPLESS SPECTATOR
Walking down the red carpet is kind of an extraordinary experience, one might think. Well, walking down the red carpet and being met by a...
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Živilė
- Oct 26, 2018
- 3 min
THE SPACE OF CROOKED MIRRORS AND ILLUSION
When you’re offered to look at yourself in the mirror, do it with fun at the Hayward Gallery, which has opened the exhibition “Space...
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Živilė
- Oct 4, 2018
- 5 min
WHEN LIFE DRIVES YOU CRAZY, DRIVE SOUTH
When Monday blues kicked in a couple of weeks ago, I pointed at the first Airbnb link offering accommodation near the Lake Lugano and...
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Živilė
- Aug 29, 2018
- 2 min
THE BIRTHDAY KING – MICHAEL JACKSON
Happy Birthday, Mr. Jackson! Let's reminisce... I just thought I could share a few moments from the exhibition "Michael Jackson: On the...
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Živilė
- Jun 27, 2018
- 5 min
GERDA STEINER AND JÖRG LENZLINGER: TOO EARLY TO PANIC
When I discovered that somewhere in Basel, there was a labyrinth with the doors that led to the past, the present or the future, there...
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Živilė
- Jun 13, 2018
- 6 min
ZÜRICH ART WEEKEND: ART TALK WITH KENNY SCHACHTER AND SIMON DE PURY
Should an artist be in the room, where the members of the art community talk business? I might have risked being unromantically rational...
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Živilė
- Jun 4, 2018
- 4 min
HELL YEAH! FACE THE DEMONS AT THE RIETBERG MUSEUM
Up on the hill, in the peaceful Rieterpark of Zürich, where one can indulge in the surroundings of almost heavenly 19th century garden, a...
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Živilė
- May 23, 2018
- 2 min
ART ZÜRICH: UPCOMING EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Leaving London behind might be sort of a sad end of an era but there is no time for heartache when Zürich, my new home, is thriving with...
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Živilė
- Apr 19, 2018
- 4 min
COLLAGE ARTIST DANY KLOTZ: I AM ALREADY WHERE I WANT TO BE
When I start a conversation with Dany Klotz, a German artist from Munich, who's exhibiting at Roy's People Art Fair 2018, I quickly learn...
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