The Artist's Task Is To Be Critical

Filmmaker Goran Paskaljević has been awarded the Order of Arts and Literature, the highest recognition that France awards to artists of international stature. Paskaljević will be given this high recognition, as per his wish, at the opening of the Belgrade film festival, FEST, in February. (...)

Modigliani in Belgrade

The painting Portrait of a Man by Amedeo Modigliani, whose authenticity has been confirmed conclusively after 17 years, was exhibited in early December in Belgrade’s Progres Gallery (...)

Naïve Art of Kovačica and Accordions of Aradac

Many national and international celebrities used to come to Kovačica to view authentic naïve art and to meet the artists who painted them. Famous visitors have included, among others, François Mitterrand, the legendary football player Pele, Ursula Andres, Alain Delon, Juan Carlos, Mstislav Rostropovich and Franco Nero... (...)

Serbian Manuscript Books

Until the appearance of the first printed edition in 1493, books in Serbia were solely handwritten, either on parchment or papyrus, and were written for the most part in the Serbian rendition of Old Church Slavonic, intended for monasteries and church services. (...)

Specific Weight of Paintings

Painter Ljubica Mrkalj glorifies life in her still life paintings on display at the Belgrade Ethnographic Museum. (...)

The Whole World in Soul

Sonja Lapatanov has been in more than 100 countries on four continents and has found her own paradise islands that she feels rare bliss on earth. (...)