In 2022, the famous Georgian artist Merab Abramishvili (1957-2006) would have turned 65 years old. The 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,…
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…
Leopold Dzadzamidze - Retrospective Exhibition (1922-1966) On 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…
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…
The 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…
Rusudan 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…
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…
The 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…
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…
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,…
