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Temo Gotsadze 85
25 March 18:00 - 26 April 18:00
On 25 March 2026 at 6:00 PM, the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery will open a jubilee exhibition celebrating the 85th birthday of the late Temo Gotsadze, People’s Artist of Georgia and Rustaveli Prize laureate. The exhibition is presented with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Georgia and the Georgian National Museum.
The exhibition will feature graphic works created by the artist in his later years, drawn from the family collection.
Instead of the large-scale compositions for which Gotsadze was renowned, the exhibition reveals the intimate, small-scale side of the artist’s vision, tracing the processes of idea development, sculptural thinking, and compositional exploration.
Alongside his prolific artistic practice, Temo Gotsadze played a leading role in Georgia’s public and institutional cultural life for several decades, holding key positions within the country’s major cultural institutions. Between 1983 and 1995, he served as Director of the Artists’ House of Georgia, and concurrently, from 1988 to 2005, he was General Director of the Georgian National Gallery, shaping its vision and programs.
In the 1980s, at the Artists’ House, Gotsadze, through his personal initiative and leadership, established dedicated studios for painting, graphics, and sculpture, creating a dynamic environment that nurtured numerous artists who later gained wide recognition. Under his stewardship, one of the most significant collections of contemporary Georgian art was formed, comprising over 25,000 works and envisioned as the foundation of a future Museum of Contemporary Georgian Art. However, the turbulent political and social climate of the 1990s prevented this vision from being realized.
Temo Gotsadze’s artworks are represented in major public collections, including the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts (Georgian National Museum), the Georgian Museum of Fine Arts, the Georgian Art Palace – Museum of Cultural History, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art in Düsseldorf, the Zimmerli Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Fine Arts of Canada, the Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow, and the California Federal Museum, as well as in private collections across France, Italy, Great Britain, the United States, Mexico, Iran, Turkey, Canada, Russia, Georgia, and other countries.
The exhibition will remain on view until 26 April 2026.