Seduced by Berlin
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...
Patience is not my main virtue, but I had no choice but to wait for
many years to complete my journey to Berlin. It's been 34 years since
I've been there. At that time, the city was divided by the Berlin Wall
and we, Soviet tourists, were allowed to see only the Eastern part of
the city. I remember standing in front of the Brandenburg Gate in 1974 and wondering what it would be like to walk through its
Neoclassical splendor and to discover the forbidden Western part of the
city hidden behin... 
