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5 unusual facts about Richard Demarco


Halina Jaworski

Around this time she created the first series of watercolors on paper, called Ansichtskarten (Postcards), shown among others in 1991 at the Richard Demarco Gallery in Edinburgh.

Paul du Toit

2000 was a coup for Paul as he was selected by Professor Richard Demarco to be one of the 70 over 2000 – a noteworthy achievement.

Richard Demarco

For many years, the Demarco Gallery promoted cultural links with Eastern Europe, both in terms of presenting artists such as Paul Neagu from 1969, Marina Abramović from 1973 and Neue Slowenische Kunst from 1986 within Scotland, organising exhibitions of contemporary Polish, Romanian and Yugoslav art and in establishing outgoing connections for Scottish artists across Europe.

In 2013, Demarco was featured in an episode of the BBC's The Culture Show hosted by Sue Perkins.

For instance, in 1995, his venue hosted a group of artists flown out from the then besieged city of Sarajevo alongside an opera installation by the young Damien Hirst.



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