In a previous blog I shared my impressions of the “Room and a Half” museum organized in Joseph Brodsky’s former living quarters in Saint Petersburg. For lack of material exhibits, the museum capitalizes on emptiness, inviting visitors to take in the energy of the place. In contrast, the other Brodsky exhibition that opened in late December of 2021 on the premises of the Anna Akhmatova Museum, a short walk from the “Room and a Half,” is literally full of clutter. A small space is filled with hundreds if not thousands of objects that used to belong to Brodsky at some point of his eventful Russian-American life.
Please read the full article on The Times of Israel - see the link below...
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