the economist
Nov 18th 2010, 12:57 by T.J. / ZAGREB
THE Museum of Broken Relationships is the most exciting and amusing new thing in Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Created by two artists, Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic (pictured), it is a gallery of the detritus from people’s failed relationships, from love letters to garden gnomes, as well as some curious erotic knick-knacks.
I am here to write about the museum for The Economist's arts pages, so I won’t say any more about it here. However, there is one thing worth reporting now. This is an unflattering portrait of Ivo Sanader, a former prime minister of Croatia, which was recently donated to the museum by Kasum Cana, the president of the Croatian Roma Forum. Mr Cana said he was giving it to the gallery because he felt betrayed by Mr Sanader's broken promises.
He is not, it seems, the only one. Right now the chattering classes of Croatia are holding their collective breath. Six weeks ago Mladen Barisic, the treasurer of Mr Sanader’s former party, the Croatian Democratic Union, was arrested on suspicion of fraud. If newspaper reports about very large bags of cash changing hands are to be believed, Mr Sanader is in very big trouble. He denies everything, and says he is a victim of political persecution. According to Ms Vistica and Mr Grubisic he came into the museum café the other day but did not donate anything. That is a shame.
the economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2010/11/gallery_zagreb
Nov 18th 2010, 12:57 by T.J. / ZAGREB
THE Museum of Broken Relationships is the most exciting and amusing new thing in Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Created by two artists, Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic (pictured), it is a gallery of the detritus from people’s failed relationships, from love letters to garden gnomes, as well as some curious erotic knick-knacks.
I am here to write about the museum for The Economist's arts pages, so I won’t say any more about it here. However, there is one thing worth reporting now. This is an unflattering portrait of Ivo Sanader, a former prime minister of Croatia, which was recently donated to the museum by Kasum Cana, the president of the Croatian Roma Forum. Mr Cana said he was giving it to the gallery because he felt betrayed by Mr Sanader's broken promises.
He is not, it seems, the only one. Right now the chattering classes of Croatia are holding their collective breath. Six weeks ago Mladen Barisic, the treasurer of Mr Sanader’s former party, the Croatian Democratic Union, was arrested on suspicion of fraud. If newspaper reports about very large bags of cash changing hands are to be believed, Mr Sanader is in very big trouble. He denies everything, and says he is a victim of political persecution. According to Ms Vistica and Mr Grubisic he came into the museum café the other day but did not donate anything. That is a shame.
the economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2010/11/gallery_zagreb
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