{"id":2672,"date":"2026-09-18T18:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2026-09-18T18:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:38:55","slug":"2672","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/index.php\/2026\/09\/2672\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lost Bazaar of Shkod\u00ebr &#8211; Reviving a Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Commissioned by<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/marubi.gov.al\/exhibitions\/the-lost-bazaar-of-shkoder\">Marubi National Museum of Photography<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Artist<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/jozefmartini.com\/\">Joseph Martini<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Curator<\/strong><br \/>\nKim Knoppers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date<br \/>\n<\/strong>July 7 &#8211; September 13, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essay<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dwhtkltmo9xaz.cloudfront.net\/25_07_13_Bazaar_Brochure_1_f0c7899ed8.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"node_modules--brambergvd-nuxt-base-layer-components-base-image--root--1ZQjL lazyloaded alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/dwhtkltmo9xaz.cloudfront.net\/Poster_2eb15ebaee.jpg\" alt=\"Poster.jpg\" width=\"131\" height=\"185\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dwhtkltmo9xaz.cloudfront.net\/Poster_2eb15ebaee.jpg\" data-orientation=\"portrait\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/25_07_13_Bazaar_Brochure.pdf\">25_07_13_Bazaar_Brochure<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-first-node=\"\">The exhibition brings for the first time to Shkod\u00ebr the collection of Palok\u00eb Lac\u00eb, an early merchant of the city, whose artifacts are preserved in the archives of the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest. In dialogue with objects from the ethnographic collection of the Institute of Anthropology and unpublished images from the archive of the Marubi Museum, the exhibition narrates the visual history of the Shkod\u00ebr Bazaar, which for decades influenced the cultural and economic life of the city.<\/p>\n<p>A special space is also dedicated to textile designer Jozef Martini, with his jacquard weaving offering a contemporary approach to traditional Shkodran motifs.<\/p>\n<p data-last-node=\"\"><i>The exhibition project was realized in collaboration with the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest, the Embassy of Hungary in Tirana, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Tirana, the Central State Film Archive, the Municipality of Shkod\u00ebr, and was supported by the Ministry of Economy, Culture, and Innovation.<\/i><\/p>\n<p data-last-node=\"\">Credits<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--root--wqjgV\">\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--label--BLwKM\">Curated by<br \/>\nKim Knoppers<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--root--wqjgV\">\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--label--BLwKM\">An exhibition by<\/div>\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--label--BLwKM\">Marubi National Museum of Photography<br \/>\nN\u00e9prajzi Museum of Budapest<br \/>\nThe Institute of Anthropology (Academy of Sciences of Albania)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--root--wqjgV\">\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--label--BLwKM\">Supported by<br \/>\nMinistry of Economy, Culture and Innovation<br \/>\nEmbassy of Hungary in Tirana<br \/>\nEmbassy of Netherlands in Tirana<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--root--wqjgV\">\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--label--BLwKM\">Exhibition coordinator<br \/>\nTereza \u00c7uni<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--root--wqjgV\">\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--label--BLwKM\">Texts<br \/>\nKim Knoppers<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--root--wqjgV\">\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--label--BLwKM\">Translation<br \/>\nTereza \u00c7uni<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--root--wqjgV\">\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--label--BLwKM\">Set up<br \/>\nKol\u00eb Guraziu<\/div>\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--label--BLwKM\">Gjergj Spathari<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--root--wqjgV\">\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--label--BLwKM\">Design<br \/>\nBardhi Haliti<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--root--wqjgV\">\n<div class=\"components-pages-exhibitions-slug-credits-item--label--BLwKM\">Acknowledgements<br \/>\nAlbanian National Film Archive<br \/>\nH.E. Mrs. Martina Kasnyik (Ambassador of Hungary in Albania)<br \/>\nDr. Katalin G\u00f6rog (First Secretary, Consul)<br \/>\nH.E. Mr. Reinout Vos (Ambassador of Netherlands in Albania)<br \/>\nKliti Hoti<br \/>\nMunicipality of Shkoder<br \/>\nRoland Sejko<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commissioned by Marubi National Museum of Photography Artist Joseph Martini Curator Kim Knoppers Date July 7 &#8211; September 13, 2025 [&hellip;]\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/index.php\/2026\/09\/2672\/\">>>><\/a><\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2672"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2681,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions\/2681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimknoppers.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}