Albert Ehrnrooth

Journalist, photographer and social commentator.

Culture

SALES AT TEFAF CONFIRM UPWARD TREND

TEFAF,  10-19 March, 2017, Maastricht Art fairs are essential for the dealers. This is where nowadays most of the networking with clients, colleagues and museum curators is done. It is also the best place for the art tourist with a […]

TEFAF, FINE ART FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH

TEFAF  in Maastricht, 9-19 March The Maastricht Treaty is already a fading (bad) memory for most British people that voted for Brexit.  But the city of Maastricht deserves to be associated with some positive things as well.  André Rieu, the […]

A REVOLUTION OF SORTS

Revolution, Russian Art 1917-1932 at the Royal Academy of Art, London until April 17, 2017 Lenin was not particularly interested in art. And that is probably an understatement. Actually, he didn’t care one bit for it, unless it could be […]

BACH BATHFEST, SHORT BUT PURE QUALITY

I live 40 minutes from Bath. And yet I am a totally focused on London. I therefore tend to overlook the cultural delights that the  elegant city with its crescents, palladian mansions and Georgian buildings can offer. Yes, I am […]

CLASSICAL SOUND OF MUSIC DESTINATION

The days are getting longer and before you know it the Spring/Summer music festival season is upon us. All right, that was a (snow) white lie. It is still seasonally cold in the UK and I just peeked out between […]

AUSTRALIAN IMPRESSIONISTS DESERVE A LOOK-IN

Australia’s Impressionists, National Gallery  in London  7 December 2016 – 26 March 2017 The context and inspiration for this exhibition is the fact that the National Gallery last year for the first time decided to display a painting by an […]

LEONARD, THERE IS A CRACK IN EVERYTHING

A short reflection upon the passing of the great Leonard Cohen .(1934-2016) Bowie, Prince and now Leonard Cohen. It is no longer slowly-but- surely my musical heroes of the past shuffle off this mortal coil.  This year they are dropping […]

THE INNER EYE OF AMEDEO MODIGLIANI

Only a very select group of artists make it into the art market top 40. Amedeo Modigliani (1884 -1920) is one of those blue chip artists. He currently has three paintings on that hit list of most expensive works of […]

BOB DYLAN JOINS NOBEL CLUB

Robert Allen Zimmerman finally gets the official nod, the recognition that he is a literary giant. The English speaking world usually takes no notice when the Nobel Prize in literature goes to  some African, Chinese or Austrian author. The Swedish […]

Albert Ehrnrooth meets Shimon Peres

PEACE BE WITH SHIMON PERES

This blog is not really a platform for politics, but I will make an exception. But the consummate Israeli statesman Shimon Peres died last night and I had the honour of interviewing him quite recently. Israeli politics is a hornet’s […]

DIE MEISTERSINGER OF MUNICH WITH KAUFMANN

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg seen in Munich, with Jonas Kaufmann, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, conductor Kirill Petrenko At the Festival theatre in Bayreuth, which was designed by Wagner, the orchestra and the conductor remain hidden from view. The point is that the […]