Intl. artists in Lear 2010 exhibition

TIRANA, Dec. 8 – More than 100 Albanian and regional artists are participating in a contemporary art exhibition which is being held at the Edward Lear gallery of the southern UNSECO town of Berat. The “Lear 2010” exhibition, inaugurated on December 4 will run until January 20, 2011 displaying works by artists from Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia.
The exhibition which this year celebrates its 14th edition has become a year-end annual tradition for the historical town of Berat, which two years ago was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list as a rare example of an architectural character typical of the Ottoman period.
Open since 1994, the “Edward Lear” is one of the eldest and most important galleries in Albania. Its collection reveals the contemporary and traditional works of arts by Albanian and foreign artists.