Anastas Kostandini, known as Taso, brings “Qyteti i dehur” (The Drunken City) to Berat. The exhibition opens on November 12, 2026, at 18:00 at the Edward Lear Art Gallery and remains on view until November 19.
The city between memory and imagination
The exhibition’s presentation connects the cycle with urban space, atmosphere and the relationship between reality, memory and imagination. Colour and personal experience shape the transformation of the city into a pictorial subject.
The title can be read as an invitation to move beyond a purely topographical description. A city is also a mood, a rhythm and a memory, changing according to the artist’s gaze and the viewer’s experience. This reading offers an interpretive starting point rather than replacing a direct encounter with the works.
A practice spanning painting and mosaic
Born in Pogradec in 1954, Kostandini has worked across painting, mosaic, drawing, graphic art and illustration. He is among the co-authors of the “Albania” mosaic on the facade of Tirana’s National Historical Museum, a prominent work of Albanian monumental art.
His exhibition history also includes “In the Footsteps of Taso”, presented at COD in 2024. The Berat exhibition offers another opportunity to encounter his longstanding practice through a cycle centred on the city.
Dates and venue
Opening: November 12, 2026, at 18:00.
Venue: Edward Lear Art Gallery, Berat.
Exhibition dates: November 12–19, 2026.
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