From Russia with Art
KCRW's Art Talk
Art reviews, news and announcements from KCRW's resident art critic, Edward Goldman. Both fearless and fun, Edward offers a unique "accent" on art. Formerly employed by the famed Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, and a favorite on-air presence, he offers impassioned views on what he sees in the galleries and museums and at events throughout the world, and he isn't afraid to "speak truth to power." Programming note: To accommodate election coverage without pre-empting our art critic, Edward Goldman's weekly Art Talk commentary will move to 4:44 pm (usually heard at 6:44 pm) through...
By the rules that applied to everyone who grew up in the Russia of
yesteryear, I was destined to live and die in the same city, the same
apartment, holding the same job all my life. But in my lucky case, the
city happened to be beautiful St. Petersburg -– then called Leningrad
-– and the job I had was in a very special place: the Hermitage, the famous museum founded in the 18th century by Catherine the Great...
