On 31 January 2025, within the exhibition “Dado: History of Nature 1953–2000” in the Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA), the program “Dado through Words and Pictures” was presented. On this occasion, the creative work of Miodrag Dato Đurić was spoken about by Amarante Szidon, the author of the exhibition and the artist’s daughter, and François-Marie Deyrolle, director of the Éditions de l’Atelier contemporain, which specializes in contemporary art and art criticism.
Kamini Vellodi, PhD, from the Royal College of Arts spoke about the artist’s interest in French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. At the end of the session, the guests were addressed by Paul Buck, the writer and translator who presented his latest book inspired exactly by Dado.
The lecture was attended by a large number of visitors, Pierre Košar, French Ambassador to Serbia, as well as Véronique Jaeger, General Director of the Gallery “Jeanne Bucher Jaeger”, whose father was Dado Đurić’s friend.
The exhibition is organized in cooperation with the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Foundation “Blue”.