Berlin/Moscow (bpb) The color catalog 'From Dagestan Around the World', with the subtitle 'Return to Paradise' accompanies the exhibition of the Amherst painter Binyamin Shalumov, which is being shown during the summer 2007 in Germany. The first exhibition of the artist, who works in Moscow and in the USA, has been arranged thanks to the European Art Foundation Berlin. The works are shown at the Noervenich Castle near Cologne.

This valuable volume of photographs has been published by EPOCHA Publishing House in Moscow, and show paintings as well as the original landscapes. Among the authors belong the presidential advisor Gamzat Gamzatov (Dagestan), Manashir A. Yakubov and the President of the International Union of Artists of the Russian Federation, Edward N. Drobitsky. They are joined by Professor Amry Shikhsaidov (Institute for Archaeology and Ethnology of Dagestan), as well as the museum founder B.John Zavrel (USA), Director for International Affairs of the European Art Foundation.

TO ORDER: The size of the hard-cover catalog is 22 x 30 cm. The text is in English and Russian.

In the USA, the price is $ 60 plus postage. Please order fromzavrel@meaus.com

The US Museum of European Art (10545 Main Street, Clarence, NY) had exhibited a number of the artist's paintings over the past four years.

Currently, there is an exhibition at the Museum of graphic works, sculptures and art objects by the surrealist painter SALVADOR DALI. Museum is open Tue-Fri, 1-4 pm. For more information, call 759-6078). www.meaus.com