Wonderful art with friendly presenters.
The layout is a bit quirky (not a con of course). The long spiral stairs lead to one more room with art, and the permanent exhibit is accessed through the workshop / café.
I recommend you watch the video about Kondas. It's only 10 minutes, and there is an English translation available. Even in that short time, he struck me as quite the character. I especially liked how he never presented his art in his home town after one bad review. I aspire to that level of unapologetic pettiness.
Having 8 giant strawberries around Viljandi is a nice idea to promote cultural exploration. I would say there is one more inside this...
Read moreKondase Keskus’ self portrait and his famous ‘Strawberry Eaters’ paintings are housed here. This art museum is incredible as well as having the most amazing display of varied art collections they are currently exhibiting ‘Hidden World Expanding’ which is outsider art in Eastern European countries. I was so impressed that art classes for children are held every day and even in the school holidays, catering for all ages. There is something for everyone here to admire and possibly purchase as there are even paintings to buy. The gift shop has an excellent selection of all...
Read moreAmazing surprise at a corner of a street: naive art museum with a permanent exhibition of Paul Kondas, which was naive and very expressive painter. Three other exhibitions from various artists wee displayed with habilité and smart manner, with lot of taste. Most impressive exhibition was from Luciana Mariano Very highly recommended museum !! Minimal fee entrance. Probably easy to...
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