On 20 December, 2012, more than 200 people attended the opening of the travelling exhibition, Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative Design. The exhibition was officially opened by Professor George Stanishev, an architect and co-curator of the exhibition, and followed by a lecture on the life and work of Harry Seidler, given by the other co-curator, Vladimir Belogolovsky.
The opening was also blessed by the architect Georgi Stoilov, founder and president of the International Academy of Architecture – who had welcomed Harry and Penelope Seidler to Sofia in 1987 and bestowed upon Harry Sediler the recognition of Academician of the International Academy of Architecture.
Harry Seidler travelling exhibition at Vivacom Art Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria, showing photographs, audio-video and published works.
Image: Vladimir Belogolovsky
Harry Seidler travelling exhibition at the Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: Vladimir Belogolovsky
Harry Seidler travelling exhibition at the Museum of Estonian Architecture, with original works by sculptor Norman Carlberg.
Image: Vladimir Belogolovsky
Photographs and monographs at the Harry Seidler travelling exhibition; Museum of Estonian Architecture.
Image: Vladimir Belogolovsky
A young fan looks at a model at the Harry Seidler travelling exhibition at Vivacom Art Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Image: Vladimir Belogolovsky
Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative Design – a travelling exhibition moves from Sofia to Riga (Latvia) in early 2013, then through North America for a year before coming to Sydney in November 2014. Read more about the venues and dates and genesis of this exhibition here .
