Rembrandt

Rembrandt's hometown displays earliest works

 

Rembrandt's earliest works, painted when the Dutch master was only 18 years old, will soon be on display together for the first time in his hometown of Leiden.

Leiden's De Lakenhal museum, thought to be only a stone's throw from where Rembrandt's studio would have been, presented the collection of four paintings to media on Jan. 18.

Film director Nikos Panayotopoulos dies

Greek film director Nikos Panayotopoulos died on Monday at the age of 74 of heart attack.

Panayotopoulos was born on the island of Lesvos in 1941 and studied cinema in Athens and Paris where he lived from 1960 to 1973.

He was awarded in international film festivals and some of his well-known films include “A Night to Remember,” “Delivery” and “Athens-Istanbul.”