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” Museum – from Cabinet of Curiosities to Institutionalization. The Evolution of Legislative and Administrative Regulations in the Museum Field” – new publication

21.06.2025

Published in 2022, the volume ” Museum – from the Cabinet of Curiosities to Institutionalization. The Evolution of Legislative and Administrative Regulations in the Museum Field” by Alis Vasile is the only specialized work that offers an exhaustive retrospective of Romanian legislation regarding movable cultural heritage and museum organizations.

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VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2016

05.12.2016

Starting point: first time at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

With previous experience with the Arts Biennale in Venice, expectancies are huge, especially in the eyes and mouth wide opened section, but also in the areas of posing, cool and trendy topics, with a bit of intellectual snobbism, searching a little bit above our every day level and occupations. Continuă lectura „VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2016”

MANILLAS – The Money Bracelets

23.11.2016

Manillas were metal bracelets of a large variety of shapes and weights, preferably made in copper which was considered the most valuable metal by pre-colonial Western Africa population, also known as the “red gold”. The thing about these bracelets is that they were not just bracelets, but coins, money used not only by the locals but also by the European colonists in the 15th century to trade with their African counterparts. Continuă lectura „MANILLAS – The Money Bracelets”