The Museum of Modern Art in Dubrovnik is an airy, limestone building with a generosity of space for displaying the work of early 20th century Croatian artists as well as artists of today.

My attention was grabbed by a colourist painting, Fire on the Island by Ivo Dulčić (1970). It took my thoughts thousands of miles away to the rivers of molten lava flowing down the streets of Hawaii.

It was a delight to meet up with more of Ivan Meštrović’s sculptures in the form of A Vestal, a rather contemplative piece (1917) in the midst of war, and Distant Sounds (1918) an intimate portrayal of the power of music for the soul.