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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230412T190000
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SUMMARY:Chingiz Farzaliyev - Along the Steps of Time
DESCRIPTION:  \nAlong the Steps of Time\, a show featuring the famous Azerbaijani artist Chingiz Farzaliyev\, will run at the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery from April 12 to May 10\, The show only shows a small part of the artist’s rich legacy\, which was built up over a long period of time. Chingiz Farzaliyev’s art is recognized for its beautiful landscapes\, still lifes\, and philosophical content. An exhibition supporting the catalog was published.  The exhibition project curated by Chingiz Farzaliyev\, co-curator Konul Rafiyeva. \nChingiz Farzaliyev was born in Baku on November 20\, 1943. In 1973\, he graduated from the faculty of painting at the Moscow State Academic Art Institute\, named after V. I. Surikov.Since 2008\, he has been a professor at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts. He has been the director of the Azerbaijan National Museum of Art since 2010.Chingiz Farzaliyev is a prominent artist and public figure. He possesses numerous international academic regalia\, orders\, and prizes. He is an honorary professor at the International Biographical Centre at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom\, as well as an honorary professor at the Moscow State Art Academic Institute named for V. I. Surikov. He is also an honorary doctor at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. Professor Farzaliyev was named an Honored Scientist and Cultural Worker of Europe by the European Academy of Natural Sciences in Hannover\, Germany\, for his contributions to world science and culture. He has received the Grand Decoration of Honor for his services to the Republic of Austria\, as well as the Presidential Order of Excellence of Georgia\, the Order for Merits in the Development of Fine Art in Azerbaijan\, the Order of Arts and Letters\, France\, the International Ataturk Prize\, a Medal on behalf of Nizami Ganjavi from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan\, and numerous other honors. \nThe exhibition “Chingiz Farzaliyev – Along the Steps of Time” is supported by the Ministry of Culture\, Sports and Youth of Georgia\, the Georgian National Museum\, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan\, and the Azerbaijan National Museum of Art.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/chingiz-farzaliyev-along-the-steps-of-time/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230323T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230408T180000
DTSTAMP:20260526T212108
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SUMMARY:Giorgi Kukhalashvili – Beyond The Threshold
DESCRIPTION:  \nGiorgi Kukhalashvili is a Georgian painter (born in 1982) who studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts from 2002 to 2007. In the earlier stages of his career\, he showed a strong interest in allegorical and mystical themes. \nAs a contemporary man of the 21st century\, Kukhalashvili seeks to understand humans spiritual origins. He believes that this process cannot be achieved through intellectual abilities alone\, and that art is the key to unlocking the spiritual realm. \nThe exhibition “Beyond the Threshold” showcases the artist’s interpretations of the material and spiritual worlds. The main leitmotif that runs throughout the exposition explores the world “beyond the threshold” that exists in the presented realm. Using canvases as a medium\, Kukhalashvili meditates and discovers the world “beyond the threshold”\, which he represents in his artwork. The observer is also invited to embark on a journey to this world by observing the artist’s creations. \nKukhalashvili’s artworks are preserved in private collections located in Georgia\, the Netherlands\, Belgium\, France\, Germany\, Great Britain\, Russia\, and the United States. His works can also be seen in the permanent exhibition of the Georgian Museum of Fine Arts.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/giorgi-kukhalashvili-beyond-the-threshold/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230323T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230408T180000
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SUMMARY:Jemal Kukhalashvili - Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:  \nJemal Kukhalashvili (b.1952) graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Art in 1978 and began his creative career in the 1980s. His creative work is characterized by a distinct personality. He depicts everyday life in all its complexities and variety. The artist’s perception of the world is so intense and sharp that it appears to be unable to fit anywhere\, even on the canvas. In Jemal Kukhalashvili’s world model\, there is one “big fuss and chaos…” and it is here that the artist’s amazing talent is revealed; the amazing mastery of fine art\, painting\, or colour composition that determines the artistic order in the works\, the order that has no rules and is the result of an irrational creative process. Djemal Kukhalashvili wrote about himself and his art – “The picture is clear to me and serves no philosophical purpose. I create in response to what happens around me. I am confident that the audience will attend my session and will both appreciate and despise… I will never know the result\, like Noah’s ark\, where my irresistible desire for survival and establishment will lead me.”
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/16862/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230312T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230510T170000
DTSTAMP:20260526T212108
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SUMMARY:Featured Works From The Collection Of The Sighnaghi Museum
DESCRIPTION:  \nSighnaghi Museum was founded in 1947. In 1967\, Fine Art gallery was opened within the museum. To celebrate important cultural innovation in the region\, already well-known and yet young artists donated their works to the museum. The number of artworks increased over the decades and today more than 400 paintings\, drawings or sculptural works are preserved in our collections. Since the establishment of the Fine Arts gallery\, the museum has presented a number of important and interesting projects to the public. The exhibition Featured Works from the Collection of the Sighnaghi Museum – the treasures of the Sighnaghi Museum – is a selection of masterpieces created by artists of different periods and a good opportunity to see them in one space. Together with the great Georgian artists of the 20th century – Elene Akhvlediani\, Ucha Japaridze\, Ketevan Maghalashvili and others\, prominent examples of 21st century art are on display: the part of the collection of Kakhi Obolashvili's works and the paintings created within the framework of the Sighnaghi Art Festival of 2022.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/featured-works-from-the-collection-of-the-sighnaghi-museum/
LOCATION:Signaghi Museum\, Shota Rustaveli # 8\, Signaghi\, Georgia
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230304T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230320T180000
DTSTAMP:20260526T212108
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SUMMARY:Forbidden Art – Karlo Grigolia
DESCRIPTION:The exhibition of sculptor Karlo Grigolia covers a 6-decade period of the artist’s creative activity – from the 1950s to the first decade of the new millennium. The exhibition showcasing figurative sculptures and abstract forms\, as well as portraits and park sculptures is presented by the Atinati  foundation. \nKarlo Grigolia (1927-2014) was born  in Senaki (Georgia). As a student at the Tbilisi Academy of Art he studied the craft of sculpture in the studios of Nikoloz Kandelaki and Shota Mikatadze. After graduation for the rest of his life\, he remained true to his own vision and creative path sculpturing  predominantly abstract forms and making drawn projects for the modernist three-dimensional forms. \nKarlo Grigolia was considered a non-conformist artist as his works did not fit into the Soviet doctrine of Socialist Realism. However\, the artist has never been a dissident or an open opponent of the Soviet system. It’s just that the works he created  were far from the ideologized art of monumental propaganda;  neither they matched the style of  Georgian patriotic sculpture: the abstract three-dimensional figures\, which the sculptor himself used to call  plastic forms\, as well as  portraits inspired by Mesoamerican or African sculpture\, were completely alien to the Soviet artistic context. \nAfter the collapse of the Soviet Union\, in the 1990s\, Carlo Grigolia became a member of the Washington International Center for Contemporary Sculpture at the same time heading The Association of The Georgian Avant-Garde Artists. However\, his name still remained unknown to the general public. \nToday Carlo Grigolia is quite rightly considered one of the founders of the Georgian modernist sculpture.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/forbidden-art-karlo-grigolia/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230225T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230312T170000
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SUMMARY:New Collections - Georgian National Museum\, the Art Palace of Georgia\, Georgian Literature Museum
DESCRIPTION:In 2021–2022\, the Ministry of Culture\, Sport\, and Youth of Georgia was able to add new acquisitions to the Shalva Amiranashvili State Museum of Fine Art’s collection of modern and contemporary Georgian art. These are the works of 119 Georgian artists that the museum did not hold or represent sufficiently. The new collection demonstrates an impressive picture of Georgian artistic development in the 20th  and 21st  centuries. \nIn a new collection of graphics by 1950s and 1970s artists\, acquired works were limited to artists whose creativity made a significant contribution to the development of Georgian graphic art. The collection also includes works acquired after the first group exhibition of non-conformist artists held at the Sighnaghi Museum. Additionally\, large number of works by Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi were purchased. Numerous notable works by artists of the 1980s-1990s generation were also purchased\, including works by Sergo Kobuladze\, Aleksander Bazhbeuk-Melikov\, Felix Varlamishvili\, Kirill Zdanevich\, Irina Shtenberg\, Rusudan Gachechiladze\, and Vajha Melikishvili. The new collection also includes artworks donated by the artists\, whose exhibitions were held at the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery from October 20\, 2021\, to the present. \nThe recently acquired collection of the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts is being gradually shown. The first three exhibitions were held at the National Gallery and Sighnaghi Museum in August–September 2022; one of them is still on display at the Sighnaghi Museum today. \nThis time\, the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery is presenting an expanded fourth exhibition of recently acquired collections. The current exhibition will feature works from the new collections of Georgian museums under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture\, Sport\, and Youth of Georgia\, including the Giorgi Leonidze State Museum of Georgian Literature and the Art Palace of Georgia. \nIn 2021\, the Ministry of Culture\, Sport\, and Youth of Georgia acquired the archive of Ilia Agladze\, a well-known publicist\, journalist\, translator\, member of the Council of Writers’ Union\, and member of the Society for Spreading Literacy among Georgians\, in order to enrich the collection of the Giorgi Leonidze State Museum of Georgian Literature. It includes 373 interesting manuscripts\, documents\, and photographs from Georgia’s independence period\, specifically from the establishment of the Writers’ Union in 1917–1921: writers’ questionnaires\, biographies\, letters\, statements\, protocols of the Writers’ Union meetings\, materials from the Georgian Writers’ Union’s first conference in 1917\, manuscripts\, and postcards. \nIn 2021\, the Ministry donated twenty unpublished manuscripts by Galaktion Tabidze to the Museum of Georgian Literature\, which included 32 poems\, six diary entries\, one personal letter\, two translations\, and ten sketches. \nAround 50 exhibits purchased by the Ministry of Culture\, Sport\, and Youth of Georgia will be displayed at the exposition from the collection of the Palace of Arts. The picture of the Boy with Kabalakh and in Chokha by the French orientalist artist Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845–1902). The exhibition will also feature 22 works by Irakli Mdivani (1907–1991)\, a remarkable Georgian artist whose works were returned to Georgia. In 1930\, Irakli Mdivani graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts (class of E. Lanceray). He had been performing in Georgian theaters since 1931. Since 1930\, he had been the puppet theater’s main artist. Among his works are Nina Gernett’s Aladdin’s Magic Lamp\, Vazha Pshavela’s The Story of the Roebuck\, Leonid Brausevich’s Puss in Boots\, and Alexei Tolstoy’s Adventures of Buratino. The new collection consists primarily of works created by the artist prior to the 1930s. The artist’s modernist aspirations are clearly visible in these works\, which were ceased in Georgian painting following the well-known repressions of 1937. \nThe National Gallery exhibition include works by Valerian Sidamon Eristavi from the collection of Palace of Arts. The Ministry of Culture\, Sport\, and Youth donated 110 sketches and one painting by Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi\, as well as Felix Varlamishvili’s painting Khvati (Sultriness) to the Palace of Art in 2022. \nThe exhibition will also showcase artifacts purchased for the Palace of Arts by the Ministry of Culture in 2021–2022\, such as two autographed lists of Ilia Chavchavadze’s famous publicist letters. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/new-collections-georgian-national-museum-the-art-palace-of-georgia-georgian-literature-museum/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230208T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230225T170000
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SUMMARY:Zurab Gikashvili Solo Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Zurab Gikashvili’s works exhibited in Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery are mainly created in recent years; however\, the exhibition also presents the artist’s works retrospectively. Zurab Gikashvili’s painting concerns the content beyond the “frame”. “My landscapes or compositions make a silent noise\,” the artist said. And indeed\, active emotional-intellectual thinking can be read in the external calmness of his works. The language of his paintings or drawings is classically laconic and eloquent. In his pictures\, you can invisibly feel the academic school of Western European painting. This sign determines that the modern art forms created by Zurab Gikashvili give a feeling of communion with the peace and nobility that is difficult to explain. \nZurab Gikashvili (b. 1961) graduated from Tbilisi State Art Academy in 1992. While still a student\, he was invited as an honored guest to work in the Mediterranean Young Artists Atelier in Gibellina\, Italy. The project coordinator was Italian art critic Aquile Bonito Oliva. The atelier was supervised by the Dusseldorf Academy of Arts rector at that time\, artist and sculptor artist Marcus Luperzi. As the result of the collaboration\, the young artists had the group exhibition in Gibellina. Zurab Gikashvili’s works are actively exhibited in Georgia and abroad. Artist took part in international exhibitions in Russia\, Great Britain\, Germany\, and Switzerland. Zurab Gikashvili’s solo exhibitions were held in 2006 at Clement Gallery (Veve\, Switzerland) and in 2015 – at the Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum (Hagen\, Germany). In 2009\, Georgia was represented by Zurab Gikashvili and several other artists at the Prague Biennale. Since 2013\, the artist had collaborated and was exhibited with the German sculptor Anatol Herzfeld. \nZurab Gikashvili lives and works in Germany and Georgia. \n 
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/16594/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230204T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230220T170000
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CREATED:20230128T134001Z
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SUMMARY:Self-Portrait by the Mirror
DESCRIPTION:Self-Portrait\, as a kind of mediating art form\, exists on the borders of the visible and the symbolic\, the conscious and the personal/transpersonal unconscious. In the context of self-presentation\, it offers an observation of the Self as subject-object and contemporary cultural phenomena\, while at the same time includes a reflection on the creator through various experiences\, as well as on the stranger – the “other” (or intangible “others”) embedded in it. \n110 years after the creation of self-portraits by David Kakabadze (“Self-Portrait by the Mirror”\, “Self-Portrait with Pomegranates”\, „Self-Portrait in Gray Gown”)\, the exhibition presented at the National Gallery is dedicated to the significant\, multi-layered and enigmatic artistic phenomenon of the self-portrait\, which is considered not only as a form of personal self-reflection\, but also as a symbolic embodiment of the artist’s contemporary era. \nThe  exhibition\, which covers the period from the 19th century to the present day and brings together Georgian artists (as well as poets) of different generations\, is the first retrospective of self-portraits created over the last century. The synthesis of expressions aspiring towards self-understanding is a unique opportunity to observe the hundred-year process of how the author is reflected in the world\, and vice versa – environment in the image. \nCurator: Ketevan (Keti) Shavgulidze\, PhD \nPresented by ATINATI’S Cultural Center \nEvent dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the A. Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. \nExhibition opening: 4 February 16.00 \nDuring the exhibition opening Andro Dadiani will present a review of poetic self-portraits from modernism to the present.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/self-portrait-by-the-mirror/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230204T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20240202T170000
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SUMMARY:Renewed Exhibition of Niko Pirosmani at Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe permanent exhibition of Niko Pirosmani opens with a new exposition on February 4 at the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery. The exhibition will feature 15 works by the artist from the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Art’s collection. The majority of the works have not been shown in a long time. The change is due to Niko Pirosmani’s large-scale international exhibitions in 2023-2024. \nNiko Pirosmani’s works will be exhibited at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark from May 4 to August 20\, 2023\, and at the Fondation Beyeler in Switzerland from September 17\, 2023\, to January 28\, 2024. \nThe exhibition is organized jointly by the Fondation Beyeler\, Riehen/Basel and Louisiana Museum and realized in cooperation with the Georgian National Museum and the Ministry of Culture\, Sport and Youth of Georgia\, generously supported by the InfinitArt Foundation. The aforementioned foundation initiated and was one of the organizers of the Niko Pirosmani exhibition “NIKO PIROSMANI: WANDERER BETWEEN WORLDS\,” which took place in 2018-2019 at the Albertina Museum in Vienna (Austria) and the Fondation Vincent van Gogh in Arles (France). \nMemorandums of cooperation were signed within the framework of the project between the National Museum of Georgia\, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art\, and Fondation Beyeler\, on the basis of which an interactive multilingual website about Niko Pirosmani and his work will be created in collaboration with foreign colleagues\, which will further promote the unique phenomenon of Niko Pirosmani around the world.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/renewed-exhibition-of-niko-pirosmani-at-dimitri-shevardnadze-national-gallery/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230121T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230204T180000
DTSTAMP:20260526T212108
CREATED:20230114T152738Z
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SUMMARY:The Exhibition of Manana Tumanishvili
DESCRIPTION:Manana Tumanishvili  about 70 artworks created in different techniques during the last decade will be presented at the exhibition. The artist uses mixed techniques along with watercolors. Using various paints and techniques (acrylic\, pastel\, gouache\, ink\, monotype) she enhances the soft or solid shapes of the living body. Sometimes the transparency of the watercolor is replaced by pastosity. Figures or shapes of objects with coloured spots emanate from depths of darkness. Manana Tumanishvili has been passing on her talent\, knowledge\, and experience to the new generation since 1966: She teaches art history at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and shares her experience of working with complex watercolor techniques with novice artists. Since 1968 she has been actively participating in exhibitions in Georgia and abroad. \nThe album of Manana Tumanishvili was published as part of the competition announced by the Ministry of Culture of Georgia – “Promoting the publication of anniversary books-albums in the field of fine and applied arts”. \n 
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/the-exhibition-of-manana-tumanishvili/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230120T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230204T180000
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SUMMARY:Rusudan Gachechiladze – Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:  \nRusudan Gachechiladze\, a modernist sculptor and the reformer of the Georgian portrait sculpture\, belongs to the generation of artists of the 60s of the last century. (She was born in 1936 and graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts in 1962).   Still at a very young age she rejected the superficially perceived realism and attached the primary properties of magic and vitality to statuary at the same time experimenting with the material; namely\, introducing polychromy and turning the intermediate matter of gypsum into the final one by giving it the texture of either marble\, terracotta\, or bronze. \nRusudan Gachechiladze belongs to a small group of sculptors who made an unbiased choice for an artistic path in life in both the Soviet and Post-Soviet eras. Thus\, despite the indisputable recognition of her talent\, she never had any state commission for the implementation of a monumental form\, hence\, none of her sculptures stand in public spaces – the field of her artistic activity was centered solely on portraiture and small statuary. \nIn the 1990s\, the best state-owned bronze statues by Gachechiladze were lost in the situation of social unrest\, lawlessness and arbitrariness. Today only the plaster casts remain from the oeuvre of the artist. Among the bronze works by the sculptor the portrait of Beisik Karanauli has survived alone which is on display in the David Kakabadze Fine Arts Gallery in Kutaisi. \nIn the new millennium\, after finishing her teaching activities\, Rusudan Gachechiladze created a series of paper sketches for modernist sculptures. The main motifs of her graphic art are the images of athletes\, warriors\, reclining figures\, “Street Madonnas”\, war memorials as well as abstract forms and angels.Rusudan’s oeuvre is not large. The graphic works amount approximately 150. The portrait sculptures and small statuary are about 35. \nThe current show is the artist’s first retrospective in the National Gallery. The exhibition is supported by the Ministry of Culture of Georgia. The album “Rusudan Gachechiladze – Unknown Modernist” was published as part of the competition announced by the Ministry of Culture of Georgia – “Promoting the publication of anniversary books-albums in the field of fine and applied arts”. In December 2022\, the Ministry of Culture purchased three statues of Rusudan Gachechiladze for museum funds: the portrait of Otar Chiladze\, the portrait of Muraz Japaridze and the portrait of Dato Jmukhadze.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/rusudan-gachechiladze-retrospective/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20221224T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230115T170000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition of Jarji Balanchivadze and Anton Balanchivadze\, "Seen at the Bridge."
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe exhibition will feature up to 60 paintings by Jarji Balanchivadze and more than 40 paintings and installations created especially for this project by Anton Balanchivadze. The album of Jarji Balanchivadze’s paintings\, which was printed alongside the anniversary date with the support and funding of the Ministry of Culture\, Sports\, and Youth of Georgia\, will also be presented on December 24 at 17:00 at the opening of the exhibition. \n.In this difficult time for today’s world and in those days of winter\, when the longest nights are coming to an end and the world is waiting for the beginning of the longer days and the glorious celebration of Christmas – the loss\, fear\, pain\, expectations\, and hope of humans makes one think about eternal and truly sacred symbol-icons\, life-giving and deep meanings. They anxiously await the new\, which they believe will herald a brighter future and an elevated\, renewed person\, as well as new spiritual content. \nThe deep connection of the mysteries of the Christmas and Easter holidays\, the connections between the past and the future\, the relationship of the dead and the living\, all of this necessitates the creation of a “bridge” through which the present will sparkle for a person as an essential\, living\, and the essence of spiritual connection\, a creatively active and conscious moment. \nThe exhibition “Seen at the Bridge” is an attempt to connect “different distant shores” with such visual and figurative content and pictorial relations\, where the “bridge” expresses the artist’s and viewer’s inner free act. The bridge is considered here as a state of “spiritual alertness\,” where the artist’s or viewer’s past experiences and memories should be transformed into a desire to objectively comprehend the development of the future in the present and positively influence them in certain ways.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/exhibition-of-jarji-balanchivadze-and-anton-balanchivadze-seen-at-the-bridge/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230116T180000
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SUMMARY:Tina Tskhadadze - Ratiani. The exhibition of the illustrations. Georgian-Japanese manga
DESCRIPTION:The Vazha-Pshavela’s poem “Stumar-Maspindzeli” translated by Yasuhiro Kojima in Japanese was published with the support of the Ministry of Culture\, Sports and Youth of Georgia. Tina Tskhadadze-Ratiani designed the bilingual book in the style of Japanese manga. These are mixed-media graphic works on paper. These works will be exhibited at the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery from the 23th of December 2022 until the 15th of January 2023. Correspondingly\, the book presentation will take place on the opening day of the exhibition. \nThe manga style in its current form emerged following the end of WWII\, influenced by Western traditions. Manga\, on the other hand\, has deep roots in traditional Japanese art. It is regarded as both a type of visual art and a literary phenomenon. It was quite challenging to meticulously illustrate Vazha Pshavela’s work in manga style. It’s more of a synthesis of the traditional and manga book illustration styles. \nAs a mangaka (manga artist)\, Tina Tskhadadze-Ratiani creates a sort of free interpretation of the manga style. All of Vazha Pshavela’s main characters are equally interesting and have complex inner natures. The artist attempted to depict a specific character in her drawings from Vazha Pshavela’s viewpoint. She also tried to create an atmosphere that reflected the style and character of the period through the overall artistic integrity of the drawings and their detailing. The artist fully focuses his abilities on emphasizing the most important content nuances of this\, at first glance\, laconic but multi-layered work. Visually\, this is more apparent in the cohesiveness of the paintings’ stylistic elements\, the invisible connection between their parts\, and the overall plasticity of the compositions. At the same time\, these images are somewhat cognitive\, as the book is also intended for Japanese readers. \nThey convey the life of that time: unique architecture\, interior design\, everyday objects\, clothing\, military equipment\, etc. Tina Tskhadadze Ratiani’s combination of contemporary and traditional styles\, as well as the addition of something new to the traditional\, reflects the essence of the artist’s creative quest. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nTina Tskhadadze-Ratiani is an artist of the ‘90s generation. She has been actively participating in both local and international exhibitions since that time. She frequently reflects the rebellious feminist spirit in her images of powerful women and abstract stories about women from the Georgian Dark
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/mariam-dvali-tina-tskhadadze-ratiani-the-exhibition-of-the-illustrations-georgian-japanese-manga/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20221211T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20221220T180000
DTSTAMP:20260526T212108
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SUMMARY:Leopold Dzadzamidze - Retrospective Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Leopold Dzadzamidze  – Retrospective Exhibition  (1922-1966) \n  \nOn December 11\, 2022\, at 15:00\, a retrospective exhibition of Leopold Dzadzamidze\, Honored Artist of Georgia\, dedicated to the artist’s 100th anniversary opens at the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery. The exhibition will include up to 80 works from the artist’s family\, National Gallery\, and Georgian Museum of Fine Arts collections. \n  \nLeopold Dzadzamidze is recognized as a prominent painter of Soviet Georgian visual art who firmly followed the traditions laid down by impressionist painters\, which were widely accepted by Stalin period official Socialist Realism as well as the Post-Stalin era. In the 1950s and 1960s\, most Georgian painters created impressionistic artworks as it was the only development of Western visual art that was accepted in the Soviet Union due to its narrative and figurative character. Leopold Dazadzamidze is one of the artists who chose impressionism as a leading tendency. Many of his works are painted in this style. Impressionism was certainly his primary artistic position through which he rejected the imposed style of Soviet ideology. \nThe exhibition is organized by the Ministry of Culture\, Sports and Youth Affairs of Georgia\, National Gallery and Artist’s family. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/leopold-dzadzamidze-retrospective-exhibition/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20221209T130000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230209T170000
DTSTAMP:20260526T212108
CREATED:20221127T182639Z
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SUMMARY:NEW COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS\, 2021-2022.  Part III
DESCRIPTION:Participant artists:  Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikyan\, Alexander Berdysheff\, Besik Arbolishvili\, Dato Sulakauri\, David Alexidze\, Ekaterine Gelovani\, Gela Zautashvili\, Gia Khutsishvili\, Giorgi Mirzashvili\, Kakhaber Tatishvili\, Karaman Kutateladze\, Ketevan Matabeli\, Koka Tskhvediani\, Leila Shelia\, Levan Chichinadze\, Levan Chogoshvili\, Levan Kharanauli\, Levan Margiani\, Malkhaz Datukishvili\, Mamuka Mikeladze\, Nugzar Natenadze\, Tamuna Melikishvili\, Tato Akhalkatsishvili\, Temur Tatanashvili\, Zaza Berdzenishvili\, Zura Abkhazi\, Zurab Gikashvili.  Head of the project Alexandra Gabunia. \nIn 2021–2022\, the Ministry of Culture and Sport of Georgia was able to add new acquisitions to the Shalva Amiranashvili State Museum of Fine Art’s collection of modern and contemporary Georgian art. These are the works of 116 Georgian artists that the museum did not hold or represented insufficiently\, or  since they might have left the country\, it was vital to acquire them as rare cultural heritage examples.  The new collection demonstrates an impressive picture of Georgian artistic development: A new collection of graphics by 1950s/1970s artists. Acquired works were limited to artists whose creativity made a significant contribution to the development of Georgian graphic art. The collection also includes works acquired after the first group exhibition of non-conformist artists held in the Sighnaghi Museum. Additionally\, works by Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi from the 1930s were purchased\, a number of which depict the construction of Baku’s industrial zone. The most significant\, however\, was the acquisition of paintings by the artists of the 1980s/1990s generation. In 2022\, works by the Sergo Kobuladze were purchased Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikyan\, Felix Varlamishvili\, and Kirill Zdanevich’s works were also purchased at the end of 2022. The new collection also includes artworks donated by the artists whose exhibitions were held at the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery from October 20\, 2021\, to the present.  \n \nThe new collection of the Sh. Amiranashvili State Museum of Fine Art is gradually displayed. In August and September 2022\, the D. Shevardnadze National Gallery and the Sighnaghi Museum hosted the first two exhibitions. The exhibition series will continue.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/new-collection-of-the-museum-of-fine-arts-2021-2022-part-iii/
LOCATION:Signaghi Museum\, Shota Rustaveli # 8\, Signaghi\, Georgia
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20221125T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230129T180000
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SUMMARY:Merab Abramishvili - Retrospective Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In 2022\, the famous Georgian artist Merab Abramishvili (1957-2006) would have turned 65 years old. \nThe Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery exhibits a small but significant part of Merab Abramishvili’s oeuvre. The majority of the works selected for the exhibition are owned by the artist’s family\, the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery\, and private collectors.\nMerab Abramishvili’s distinctive artistic style was outlined from the beginning of his creative work. The fascination with medieval frescoes and eastern miniatures\, as well as monumental forms and refined decorativeness… And a masterful fusion of monumental\, decorative\, and delicate imagery\, this is Merab Abramishvili’s artistic credo\, as revealed in the work 300 Aragveli; made in 1987\, and his entire oeuvre\, as if a replica of the various forms on his predetermined creative path. Abramishvili applied the gesso technique developed in the medieval centuries and achieved the characteristic depiction of a fresco in easel painting.\nIn 2013\, Merab Abramishvili’s works were featured at a Sotheby’s auction for the first time. The artist’s success has been recognized worldwide\, and his works have been systematically appearing at various international auctions since then.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/merab-abramishvili-retrospective-exhibition/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Classics,Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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