Summer 2001
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02. 08 - 02. 09. Vlaho Bukovac
A retrospective exhibition of the works of Vlahe Bukovca, Bukovac is being held in the newly built Gallery of the Tobacco Factory of Rovinj, definitely one of the most beautiful and luxurious of its kind on the Adriatic. The exhibition, another in a series of exhibitions showcasing the works of great Croatian artists, takes place from 2 August until 2 September.....
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Widely known, Rovinian entertaining and gastronomic trilogy goes back for several decades. Rovinj, in tourist slang often known as Dubrovnik of the north always had an imperative in creating grand, exciting, middle-summer party, including all city institutions in its organization...
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14th of the August 2001. According to the waterfront tonight, we can see that tourist occupation has been a total success. At night, murmur of gentle voices in different foreign languages is unavoidable sound scenery to the ear of a silent promenader. Under the weight of numerous visitors the square could even sink...
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On 12th of August 2001 in the open air in Rovinj, 36th traditional »Grisia” was held in the street of the same name. This biggest street exhibition in this area was extremely well visited this year too. Artists, both children and academy vedettas of Istrian and Croatian art of painting have been presenting their works with same privilege since 1965...
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After an absence of exactly two decades from the Croatian art scene and his last exhibition, presented in the Zodiac Gallery of Osijek in 1981, Rovinj was given the opportunity to witness the comeback of one of the most influential and important contemporary Croatian artists of our time; Eugen Fellera...
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Travelling under the title "Supercontatto" - Super Contact - and due mainly to its exceptional animational concept, this spectacle presented an extremely successful variation of its radio broadcast by performing it live on a stage measuring 30 metres in length, by far the largest stage of its kind ever assembled in the city of Rovinj....
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On 3 August, 2001, we were at the opening of the traditional Rovinian art colony, whose works will be on display in the Town Museum of the city of Rovinj until 1 September. As with every year, the colony will be comprised of the various works of both young artists, many of whom are taking advantage of the colony to showcase their works for the first time, and established contemporary Croatian artists, such as Željko Hegedušića.
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The Rovinian folklore group "Batana", who have already been performing for ten years, deem it their responsibility to place the nurturing of their original "cantos" which, like many of the other Mediterranean songs of this nature (Dalmatian, Neapolitan, Greek), are sung in the native dialect of their region, in this case the Italian dialect spoken in Rovinj, first and foremost amongst their many obligations to this tradional style of songa...
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Located at the foot of the main city square is a smaller square, often the setting for various cultural-entertainment events in the city. One of the recent events to take place here occured on 27 July, when the Ri-theatre from Rijeka presented their ethno-cabaret act, "Lijepom ti ga našom" (Our Beautiful)....
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A veritable musical mass was held in the Church of St. Euphemia on 26 July, as connoisseurs of classical music gathered in the church to listen to the heavenly sounds of a quartet of musicans from Prague. With faith in the power of music, the devoted public sat mesmerized in the pews of the impressive cathedral, built at the beginning of the 18th century, taking pleasure in each note and watching every move of the masterful foursome from Prague...
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The society is comprised of a literary and art club, as well as a folklore ensemble, which includes a large orchestra of Isrian national musicians, singers (kantadura) and dancers. Dressed in traditional Istrian and Dalmatian national costumes, the dancers skillfully pirouetted for the curious public, who applauded their efforts after every number...
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Taking all of this into consideration, we came to the conclusion that this presentation - his eleventh individual exhibition - would be yet another successful creative project for this distinguished artist from Rovinj. We were able to elicit a few short comments from the artist on several subjects...
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On 19th of July 2001, in Rovinj, the instrumental ensemble called The Cremona Solists were guests in the animating sacral setting of the atrium of Franciscan monastery. Held together most of all with friendly feelings, the ensemble is formed of excellent musicians with worldwide reputation...
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On the 18th of July, under the sponsorship of Croatian Ministry of Culture, “Book carrier on Adriatic” sailed into Rovinian city port. The idea for this summer book tour came from “Mozaik knjiga”, renowned publisher from Zagreb. ...
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This year, the Days with the Italian film are presenting the Italian cinematography of the first half of 20th century. After extremely positive reactions that Rovinj showed in organization last year, the Italian Association of Cinema Guild have decided to hold the first real festival, strictly artistic, right in this town...
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Till 4th of August a retrospective exhibition of a great Croatian painter, Josip Seissel, is held in the Town Museum in Rovinj.
Josip Seissel began to paint as a secondary-school pupil. His earliest works have disappeared as well as many other works from the earliest expressionistic period, and his first watercolours and tempera paintings came about 1935...
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One-man exhibition of a contemporary Croatian painter Fulvio Juričić, opened till 28th of July, is a review of his last ten years of work. In 1973 he entered the Academy of Art in Zagreb from which he graduated in 1979. Since 1979 he has been working as a professor in the School of Applied Art and Design in Pula. He was awarded for painting and graphics 22 times. Fulvio Juričić lives and works in Pula...