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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230323T180000
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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:20230316T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230414T180000
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
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SUMMARY:Misha Shengelia
DESCRIPTION:Misha Shengelia’s first solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Georgia covers a 30-year timespan between 1989 and 2019. All works presented at this exhibition are from the private collection of David Mushkudiani.  As well as being friends\, Shengelia and Mushkudiani shared a like-mindedness. Paintings such as One Day of Mass Media in 1495 and School of the Dictatorship of Proletariat are the result of their collaboration. \nMisha Shengelia was born in Tbilisi in 1959. He received no formal art education (he studied geology) but was painting from an early age. Misha Shengelia’s first one-person exhibition took place in 1995 at Baia Gallery (then Orient Gallery). Since then\, he has had many exhibitions in Georgia and abroad. Shengelia’s works from David Mushkudiani’s collection were exhibited for the very first time at Chardin Gallery in 2014. \nMisha Shengelia’s later artistic growth and development were influenced by the atmosphere of free thinking and cross-fertilization of ideas at Rusiko Oat’s New Art Café in the 2000s. Shengelia actively participated in New Art’s life and organized numerous exhibitions and performances there. This café was frequented by many artists and intellectuals\, including Oleg Timchenko\, Vakho Bughadze\, Misha Gogrichiani\, Kote Sulaberidze\, Kote Jincharadze and Murtaz Shvelidze. \nMisha Shengelia’s art world is one of a kind. His works repeatedly depict winter festivals frequently found in Northern Renaissance paintings\, gatherings of witches and alchemists\, grey cardinals\, pacifist generals\, mafiosi and dictators\, to name but a few. These are frequently stylized images of the characters from famous masterpieces (e.g. The Ugly Duchess by Quentin Matsys\, or Federico da Montefeltro by  Piero della Francesca). Shengelia’s tragicomic characters are testament to his deep involvement with and artistic response to the social and political events surrounding him. \nMisha Shengelia’s works are held in private collections in Georgia\, Switzerland\, UK\, Denmark\, Israel\, USA\, Russia and other countries. In 2022\, paintings by him were acquired by the Georgian National Museum. In addition\, Shengelia’s friends Lena Krylova and Derek Mueller donated to the museum two works from their private collection.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/misha-shengelia/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230312T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230510T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
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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:20260509T080858
CREATED:20230301T070644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T072019Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
CREATED:20230221T014603Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
CREATED:20230128T134001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T022302Z
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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:20260509T080858
CREATED:20230114T152738Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
CREATED:20230110T211802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230111T125400Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
CREATED:20221220T204107Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20221223T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20230116T180000
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CREATED:20221215T165505Z
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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:20260509T080858
CREATED:20221130T123654Z
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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:20260509T080858
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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20221110T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20221207T180000
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
CREATED:20221107T051536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221204T061841Z
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SUMMARY:Vacuum by Koka Ramishvili
DESCRIPTION:Koka Ramishvili is a Georgian artist based in Geneva\, Switzerland.  His work was formed in the background of the most difficult changes of the post-Soviet period and was distinguished from the beginning by reflexivity\, by the precise selection of forms and their corresponding mediums in accordance with the complex context. He is an inquisitive artist and always finds original connections between concrete problems and abstract reasoning.\n“Vacuum” is an exposition built on complex\, invisible psycho-emotional accents\, and although the motives of several projects carried out in previous years come together with the new works\, it does not imply a retrospective format. As the author himself says\, while working on this exhibition\, it was particularly important to create an atmosphere of intimacy\, which was particularly strongly conveyed in the video installation “People in Love”.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/vacuum-by-koka-ramishvili/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20221003T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20221203T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
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SUMMARY:INDIVIDUALLY COLLECTIVE  by an Israeli art group NEW BARBIZON
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe subject of this exhibition is contemporary Israeli art represented by an Israeli art group NEW BARBIZON. New Barbizon is a celebrated group of artists – Olga Kundina\, Anna Lukashevsky\, Maria Pomiansky and Natalia Zourabova  – all born and trained in the former USSR and working together in Israel since 2011. They returned to the traditions of the 19th century French realist painters of the Barbizon School painting nature from observation\, but did their individual update of the tradition. Rather than painting in the forest or in the field\, they took to the streets of a modern city and set up their easels there. To record\, document and live observing life at the same time. \n“I consider this not just an artistic method taken from the 19th century tradition of French artists. The postmodern experience has shown how to operate with traditions “properly” including quotation and interpretation. The New Barbizon certainly went far ahead in the development of a modernist tradition of observational painting\, in stylistic interpretations of French modernists and others. Thus they found themselves in the new artistic reality where artists’ life and their paintings are united and inseparable from each other.” (Rizdvenko Natalia) \nThe curator of the exhibition as well as the members of the group are all repatriates from the former Soviet Union\, representatives of the generation first witnessed the socio-political and cultural realities of the Soviet period\, then collapse of the USSR and subsequent emigration. All these realities are also well known to Georgia. \nWhy does this common background matter at all? It provides a proposed exhibition with an in-depth perspective on individual and collective perceptions of the common history. The common memory can motivate a viewer personal reflection on the artists’ individual biographies as well as geography. Kiev\, St. Petersburg\, Moscow and Vilnius\, the cities from which the members of the group came to Israel – have always been independent cultural centers. \nOn the other hand\, this exhibition still represents modern Israeli art which has always been quite diverse and multicultural. NEW BARBIZON is a unique example of a group approach to the creativity while maintaining a unique creative individuality of each member of the group. \nDespite the fact that the artistic associations-collaborations have numerous historical precedents\, for today’s life of contemporary art\, this is rather an exception. \nThe concept of an exhibit – INDIVIDUALLY COLLECTIVE – makes the project itself doubly interesting. Gathering all the group members in one place at the same time is also a creative task. The key idea of the exhibition is to show the creative range of each of the artist. The exposition is built as 4 separate expositions\, where individuality and collectivity exist in divine harmony. \nSince urban plain air\, an examination of social life\, is an artistic method of New Barbizon artists\, the exhibition is topped up with urban plain air in Georgia. \nThe objective of the exhibition “Individually collective” is to acquaint Georgia\, Georgian art lovers with a bright phenomenon in contemporary art of Israel. \nThe exhibition curator – Natalia Rizdvenko \nCo-curator – Lela Tsitsuashvili 
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/individually-collective-by-an-israeli-art-group-new-barbizon/
LOCATION:Signaghi Museum\, Shota Rustaveli # 8\, Signaghi\, Georgia
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Galleries,Invitation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20220929T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20221013T180000
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
CREATED:20220928T051812Z
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SUMMARY:Kote Jincharadze Exhibition - Points of View in the Closed Circles
DESCRIPTION:  \nExhibition Points of View in the Closed Circles is the retrospective of Kote Jincharadze works at Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery.  It summarises thirty five years period of his art and research at the verge of the centuries- from 1987 till 2022. \nArtist suggests a trip across his artworks and projects held in various periods\, cities\, galleries and exhibition spaces\, buildings\, urban spaces or natural landscapes. In the space of Georgian National Gallery Kote Jincharadze multimedia exhibition joins and reflects the existential thoughts\, feelings of contemporary person and the artists reflection on the processes of the present.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/kote-jincharadze-exhibition-points-of-view-in-the-closed-circles/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Galleries
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20220906T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20220924T180000
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
CREATED:20220830T122014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221002T100233Z
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SUMMARY:Manuchar Okrostsvaridze solo exhibition Where Are We Now?
DESCRIPTION:Dimitrt Shevardnadze National Gallery presents Manuchar Okrostsvaridze solo exhibition Where Are We Now?Manuchar Okrostsvaridze multimedia project explores the contradictory and complicated nature of art\, which can immerse us into the feelings or condition of another subject\, prompting us to empathize. By means of generalization\, emotional transference or projection artist gets us into an empathetic state and makes us intensely feel the other person’s drama or psycho-emotional state and at the same time leaves us at a safe distance for ourselves. The distance is the opportunity not only to stay safe\, but also to transform the felt drama into esthetical value. How can we realize and feel the reality in intense way by means of art and at the same time take distance from it\, protect ourselves from everyday life and social routine? How to get from the concrete reality to the space of abstract ideas?As the answer and research of these issues\, project suggests three different ‘conditions’. To express each condition artist uses various media and visual language. Whether in one case he brings in an object\, in another – he makes it disappear. The goal is to create the feeling of confrontation\, immersion or isolation; to create the triangle between artist\, artwork and the viewer – as a space for questions and interpretation.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/manuchar-okrostsvaridze-solo-exhibition-where-are-we-now/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Galleries
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20220810T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20220910T000000
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
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LAST-MODIFIED:20221009T124841Z
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SUMMARY:NEW COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS\, 2021-2022
DESCRIPTION:In 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 113 Georgian artists that the museum did not hold or represented insufficiently. 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. (Selection was led by art historian Mariam Gachechiladze). The collection also includes works acquired after the first group exhibition of non-conformist artists held in the Sighnaghi Museum. Additionally\, works by modernist artist Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi from the 1930s were purchased\, a number of which depict the construction of Baku’s industrial zone. In 2022\, 73 works by the great Georgian artist Sergo Kobuladze were purchased. 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. The most significant\, however\, was the acquisition of paintings by the artists of the 1980s/1990s generation. This period is considered as a watershed moment in Georgian painting and the start of a new stage. In the begining of the 1980s “For the first time\, young artists declared that painting is much more than its existing dogmatic representation: there was a desire to use the language of painting to depict much more than the manipulation of the “painting” problem\,” wrote Karlo Kacharava. Furthermore\, the 1990s were one of the most dramatic years in Georgian history\, making it difficult to think rationally about where we were; however\, artistic activities were not interrupted and continued despite the harshest social background in the former centers of the collapsed system. The artists who emerged in the 1990s were the “last Soviet generation.” As a result\, by purchasing the works of these artists\, we hoped to place samples of the Georgian art scene from this multifaceted difficult period in the museum space. This is\, on the one hand\, an expression of gratitude to the artists who did not stop working even in the most difficult times\, and on the other hand\, it is a peculiar demonstration of the gradual and not easy process of integration into Europe\, which was and continues to be quite forced after escaping from years of isolation. It also shows the reflection that is already occurring in the Georgian space\, which is also important. The variety of Georgian Painting represented by this collection is a compilation of unique artistic choices\, allowing us to comprehend how each artist decided to go over the constraints of the local context and connect his or her own experience with contemporary trends. The new collection of modern and contemporary Georgian art (722 works) of the Shalva Amiranashvili State Museum of Fine Arts will be exhibited over the course of several months. In parallel\, the Sighnaghi Museum is exhibiting an exhibition of works by Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi from the new collection. \nHead of the project Alexandra Gabunia \nThe opening: 10.08.2022 | 16:00\nDuration: 10.08-10.09.2022 \nAugust 10\, 2022 D. Shevardnadze National Gallery also presents the catalogue“ NEW COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS\, 2021-2022”\, in the frame of the project NEW COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. \nAddress: D. Shevardnadze National Gallery\, 11 Shota Rustaveli Ave. Tbilisi\, Georgia.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/new-collection-of-the-museum-of-fine-arts-2021-2022/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20220810T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20221010T183000
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SUMMARY:Still Life - After Life by Mamuka Japaridze
DESCRIPTION:Still Life – After Life by Mamuka Japaridze\n																										 \n  \nStill Life – After Life\, an exhibition of seasonal still lifes by Mamuka Japaridze is opening at the café of the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery. At different times of the year\, the artist arranges fruits\, berries\, plants\, and dishes from the matching season on the same wooden table and posts photos on social media. Still life elements change with the seasons. Still lifes\, in the artist’s opinion\, should be connected with nature and convey the distinct colors of the seasons. Through still life photographs and LIVE videos of sunrises\, the artist observes the changes and cycles of nature and\, using modern technology\, captures the ephemerality of color and light on stable material. In a period of urbanization and global climate change\, still lifes express the artist’s nostalgic attitude toward nature.  \nStill-life photographs printed on fabric are exhibited in the cafe of the National Gallery and coincide with the first retrospective exhibition of the artist’s father\, the sculptor Jemal Japharidze.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/stable-table/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20220802T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tbilisi:20220915T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
CREATED:20220729T141322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220729T141454Z
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SUMMARY:The exhibition  VALERIAN SIDAMON-ERISTAVI" from the NEW COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
DESCRIPTION:The exhibition  VALERIAN SIDAMON-ERISTAVI” from the NEW COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS\nIn 2021\, the Ministry of Culture\, Sports and Youth Affairs of Georgia purchased 425 works created in the 1930s by prominent Georgian artist Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi\, including the paintings and drawings depicting the construction of the Baku Industrial Zone\, as well as a series of paintings and drawings\, in which Sidamon-Eristavi depicted the Red Army invasion and Sovietization of Georgia in a radically different manner. For this purpose\, he applied topical Russian neo-romanticism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The latter can be felt in his portraits. However\, the Baku period paintings have a definite abundance of geometric features. \nThis collection includes Sidamon-Eristavi’s graphic works on religious themes and other works in which his critical attitude towards the Soviet regime is revealed. \nThe 22 works from the diverse body of work of Valerian-Sidamon-Eristavi were selected for the exhibition. The “Red Cavalry Attack\,” “Battle of Krtsanisi\,” “Red Sowers\,” “Caucasian Druzhina\,” two self-portraits\, “Portrait of an Unknown Woman\,” “Apiary Walk\,” and other works are among them. \nThe exhibition is held within the framework of the “New Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts 2021–2022” planned exhibitions. \nOpening of the exhibition: August 2\, 2022\, at 14:00Duration of the exhibition: August 2\, 2022-September 15\, 2022Address: Sighnaghi Museum\, Shota Rustaveli # 8\, Sighnaghi \nVALERIAN SIDAMON-ERISTAVI\, 1889-1943 \nA significant figure in Georgian modernism\, Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi is distinguished for his versatility in the genre\, unique color scheme\, and compositional skills. In the 1920s\, Georgian modernist theatre and film director Kote Marjanishvili invited him to work in the theatre\, which marked the beginning of Georgian professional scenography. Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi made significant contributions to the development of the historical painting genre\, Georgian scenography\, and film production design. Sidamon-Eristavi was also interested in filmmaking and is regarded as the pioneer of Georgian film production design. He put a lot of effort into the opera projects. Following the Sovietization of his motherland\, Sidamon-Eristavi\, like other artists\, was compelled to adhere to the party line on art. While forced to work within the framework of Socialist Realism\, he created works that were defined by “loud” colors. In the spectacular and staged works\, Soviet reality is depicted in a sarcastic and ironic way. 
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/the-exhibition-valerian-sidamon-eristavi-from-the-new-collection-of-the-museum-of-fine-arts/
LOCATION:Signaghi Museum\, Shota Rustaveli # 8\, Signaghi\, Georgia
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220812
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
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SUMMARY:Zura Apkhazi multimedia exhibition - Noise of Stones.
DESCRIPTION:Zura Apkhazi multimedia exhibition – Noise of Stones.\nThe exhibition is a collection of the best works created by Zura Apkhazi in recent years. Long-term searches helped to form individual vision of the artist\, Further deepening of his interests resulted in bold\, impressive images defining the style of Zura Abkhazi. \nZura Apkhazi (Apkhazashvili) was born in 1968. After graduating from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (1996)\, he has been teaching art at Uplistsikhe school for years\, and at the same time\, he participated in various exhibitions. His oeuvre is greatly influenced by the brutality of New German Expressionism\, displayed through big textural canvases\, which developed into an original variety of large-scale series\, where his individuality revealed. \nZura Apkhazi’s studio set amidst captivating landscapes and the archaic prodigiousness of Uplistsikhe might provide powerful insight into the motifs that have shaped his artistic language. He creates black and white images of the cosmos that are as mysterious as the cosmos itself. \nThe project is presented by Dédicace Gallery with which Zura Apkhazi is connected with long collaborative history. The Exhibition is curated by Khatuna Khabuliani\, the Video piece is created by Aleksi Soselia and Ucha Tsotseria\, and the sound by Dima Dadiani. \nCurator: Khatuna Khabuliani\nDédicace Gallery
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220709
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220724
DTSTAMP:20260509T080858
CREATED:20190604T045223Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibition dedicated to Dimitri Khahutashvili's 95th birthday
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition dedicated to Dimitri Khahutashvili’s 95th birthday\nOn July 9\, The Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery presents the work and legacy of Dmitry Khakhutashvili. The exhibition is dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the artist’s birth. The exhibition presents 80 works by the artist of different periods from private collections and one canvas from the collection of Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts. \nDimitri Khakhutashvili is a bright representative of the 50s generation\, who\, despite a successful career at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts\, abandoned all that and prefered to stay in the shadows as an artist. After his high-profile thesis – the dissertation “Old Artists of the Academy of Arts” (1953)\, he led a kind of silent creative life for a very long time: he was in search\, participated only in group exhibitions\, did not try to organize a personal exhibition. On the contrary\, he seemed to be directing all his energy to teaching – he taught students at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts … \nThe presentation of the entire spectrum of Dimitri Khakhutashvili’s work turned out to be unexpectedly hard even for art critics and fellow artists. Dozens of paintings\, graphic works\, book illustrations\, sketches – were almost unknown to the public. The creative heritage of Dimitri Khakhutashvili\, made in various techniques and genres\, can be perceived as a bold statement in Georgian painting. The graphic and structural originality of his compositions\, the complex vision in creating battle scenes\, the daring and open emotional style – represent an exceptionally thoughtful artist with a refined taste and technique\, involved with constant searches and experiments\, whose works acquire even greater charm over time. \nThe curator of the exhibition: Lela Tsitsuashvili\nDesigner: Davit Janiashvili\nOpening of the exhibition: July 9\, 2022 at 16:00\nThe exhibition will continue until August 6.\nThe project is supported by Chateau Zegaani.
URL:https://art.gov.ge/en/event/records-rebels-1966-1970/
LOCATION:Georgian National Gallery\, 11 Rustaveli ave\, Tbilisi\, Georgia\, 0179
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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