Stories
Against All Odds
“When life throws you a lemon, throw it back” – a slogan written by American writer and lecturer Dale Carnegie
Brothers with arms
Imperial War Museum (IWM) London, 2018. The preparation for a large exhibition with a title “Lest We Forget” to commemorate
Wunderwald
Berlin 24 June 1945. There have been 53 days since the end of The Battle of Berlin. The Russian red
Camels in Skopje
It is May 14, 2019. I woke up with a new message from my “Macedonian art” internet search queries. The Hungarian auction house BÁV Zrt
The Degenerated
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (German: Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) was founded in 1692 as an Austrian response to Rome (Accademia di San
The Miss Stone Affair
1958 – A historic year for Macedonian cinematography“Miss Stone” – the first Macedonian and Yugoslavian color film, shot in then-advanced “Totalscope” optical technology started to
The teacher from Ohrid
The project “Lexicon” started one December night in 2004. The family was sleeping, and I was doing my favorite evening hobby – searching for interesting
Lost in the firestorm of Dresden
At the begin of the 20th century the German city of Dresden was called “the Florence of the Elbe” and considered as one of the
A good item for your own Macedonian collection
Here is one tip for everyone who wants to start his own collection of Macedonia-related art and photographs from the period 1850-1950: a German book
Where is the grave of Gerard Chowne?
For some painters, Macedonia was their final destination. Gerard Henry Tilson Chowne (1875 India – 1917 Macedonia) was a British painter that was educated at
A Secret code in Macedonian embroidery?
The geometry, colors, and aesthetics of traditional Macedonian embroidery has mesmerized all war painters that traveled through Macedonia or fought with their armies on Macedonian
Konstantin Miladinov?
The Mystery of an old photograph from Ohrid
While searching for “Macedonian art” I run in June 2015 to a Romanian antique photos dealer, Mrs. Margarit Sorin from Bucharest Romania. From her vast
