Melissa and I attended the 2020 Art Renewal Center Exhibition and Awards Ceremony at Barcelona’s MEAM museum this past September. The event had been delayed by the pandemic, but was at last an in-person weekend to remember. It was good to be with the winning artists from around the world, and to meet the ARC staff in person. Melissa and I fell in love with the elegant city.

With Dr. Vern Swanson

He’s one of the founders of the ARC, and made more than 50 trips to the Soviet Union to collect Russian art. We discovered many friends in common.

The Red Carpet

Under Robert Liberace’s image of the boxer, at the MEAM

Daud's "Shift Change"

His is the piece on the far right.

Daud at Battlo House

At the Museum of Catalan Art

A sculpture we particularly loved.

Shift Change in the Center

In one of the MEAM exibition galleries.