{"id":26825,"date":"2025-10-01T11:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/?post_type=cpt_portfolio&#038;p=26825"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:48:12","slug":"tsereteli-zurab","status":"publish","type":"cpt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/en\/portfolio\/tsereteli-zurab\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsereteli Zurab"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26825\" class=\"elementor elementor-26825\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3752d e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"7b3752d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-888b75f animation_type_block sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"888b75f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26826 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-04-22_14-49-33_991893-1024x576-1-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-04-22_14-49-33_991893-1024x576-1-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-04-22_14-49-33_991893-1024x576-1-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-04-22_14-49-33_991893-1024x576-1-370x270.jpg 370w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-04-22_14-49-33_991893-1024x576-1-770x561.jpg 770w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-04-22_14-49-33_991893-1024x576-1-600x437.jpg 600w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-04-22_14-49-33_991893-1024x576-1.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Zurab Tsereteli (1934\u20132025)<\/strong> was a Georgian and Russian painter, sculptor, and monumental artist, whose colossal works became landmarks across the Soviet Union and beyond. President of the Russian Academy of Arts (1997\u20132025) and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, he was both highly decorated (Hero of Socialist Labor (1990), People\u2019s Artist of the USSR (1980), People\u2019s Artist of the Russian Federation (1994). Laureate of the Lenin Prize (1976), the Order of Lenin (1990), and the State Prizes of the USSR and the Russian Federation (1970, 1982, 1996), and widely debated. From mosaic bus stops on the Black Sea coast to the monumental <em>Peter I<\/em> in Moscow and the 9\/11 memorial <em>Tear of Grief<\/em> in New Jersey, Tsereteli\u2019s art embodied the scale, spectacle, and contradictions of late Soviet and post-Soviet monumental culture.<\/p><p>His large-scale decorative panels and colossal sculptures are installed in many countries, including Georgia, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Brazil.<\/p><p>In 1958, he graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and began work at the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Ethnography of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. In the 1960s, he moved into the sphere of monumental and applied art: first as chief master of the Decorative Workshop of the Tbilisi Art Production Facility, later as artistic director of the Monumental Art Section of the Artists\u2019 Union of Georgia.<\/p><p>During the heyday of Soviet monumental and decorative art, Tsereteli created numerous mosaic compositions, including bus stops in Gagra, Bichvinta, and New Athos. His first major all-Union commission was the pool mosaic <em>Sea Floor<\/em> (1969\u20131970) for the Lenin Memorial complex in Ulyanovsk, for which he was awarded the USSR State Prize.<\/p><p>In 1970, under his leadership, Georgian artists (Gogi Ochiauri, Merab Berdzenishvili, Nugzar Medzmariashvili, Gulda Kaladze, among others) created monumental and decorative works for the resort complex in Bichvinta. In 1980, he was appointed Chief Artist of the XXII Olympic Games in Moscow. From 1985, he headed the Department of Monumental and Decorative Art at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.<\/p><p>He was elected a member of the USSR Academy of Arts in 1988 and, in 1987, became chairman of the Union of Designers of Georgia. In the 1990s, he relocated to Moscow and became an influential institutional figure\u2014serving as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador from 1996, President of the Russian Academy of Arts from 1997, and founder of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Tsereteli Art Gallery at the Manege in 1999.<\/p><p>He was decorated with the Georgian Order of Honor (1996), the French L\u00e9gion d\u2019honneur (2010), the French Order of Arts and Letters (Officer, 2005), the UNESCO Picasso Gold Medal (2007), and many other international orders, medals, and honorary titles. In 2003, by decree of Vladimir Putin, he was granted Russian citizenship for his services to the Russian Federation. In 2012, he opened the <em>Zurab Tsereteli Museum of Modern Art (MoMA Tbilisi)<\/em> in the former Cadets\u2019 Corps building on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi.<\/p><p><strong>Selected works<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Mosaic bus stops \u2014 Gagra, Bichvinta, New Athos (1960s)<\/li><li><em>Sea Floor<\/em> \u2014 pool mosaic for the Lenin Memorial, Ulyanovsk (1970)<\/li><li><em>Eternal Friendship<\/em> \u2014 dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Treaty of Georgievsk, Moscow (1983)<\/li><li><em>Chronicle of Georgia<\/em> \u2014 memorial complex, Tbilisi Sea (1985\u20132003)<\/li><li><em>Good Defeats Evil<\/em> \u2014 monument in front of the UN Headquarters, New York (1990)<\/li><li><em>Break Down the Wall of Distrust<\/em> \u2014 London (1990)<\/li><li><em>The Birth of a New Man<\/em> \u2014 Seville, dedicated to the 500th anniversary of Columbus\u2019s voyage (1994)<\/li><li><em>Victory Monument<\/em> \u2014 Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow (1995)<\/li><li><em>Monument to Peter I<\/em> \u2014 Moscow, celebrating the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy (1997)<\/li><li><em>Monument to Charles de Gaulle<\/em> \u2014 Moscow (2005)<\/li><li><em>Tear of Grief<\/em> \u2014 9\/11 Memorial, New Jersey (2005)<\/li><li><em>The Birth of the New World<\/em> \u2014 Columbus monument, Puerto Rico (2016)<\/li><li><em>In a Healthy Body, a Healthy Spirit<\/em> \u2014 sculpture of Vladimir Putin in a judo gi, Tsereteli Gallery, Moscow (2004)<\/li><li>Monuments to Yuri Luzhkov \u2014 <em>Luzhkov as Janitor<\/em>, <em>Luzhkov as Super-Athlete<\/em>, Tsereteli Gallery, Moscow<\/li><li>sources: https:\/\/www.forbes.ru\/forbeslife\/535671-ot-petra-i-do-konej-na-maneznoj-plosadi-glavnye-raboty-zuraba-cereteli?image=5https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/\u0426\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438,_\u0417\u0443\u0440\u0430\u0431_\u041a\u043e\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447https:\/\/kulturologia.ru\/blogs\/280419\/42944https:\/\/novayagazeta.eu\/articles\/2025\/04\/22\/uorkhol-korleone<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f2a297 e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"3f2a297\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f7b446 animation_type_block sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"9f7b446\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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Mosaic. 40 \u00d7 15 m. Ulyanovsk, Russia, 1970.\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Pool at the Lenin Memorial Complex. Mosaic. 40 \u00d7 15 m. Ulyanovsk, Russia, 1970.\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY4MzYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hcnQuZ292LmdlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8xMFwvXHUwNDFjXHUwNDM1XHUwNDNjXHUwNDNlXHUwNDQwXHUwNDM4XHUwNDMwXHUwNDNiX1x1MDQzMy5fXHUwNDIzXHUwNDNiXHUwNDRjXHUwNDRmXHUwNDNkXHUwNDNlXHUwNDMyXHUwNDQxXHUwNDNhXzAyLTEtc2NhbGVkLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjlmN2I0NDYifQ%3D%3D\" title=\"Pool at the Lenin Memorial Complex. Mosaic. 40 \u00d7 15 m. Ulyanovsk, Russia, 1970.\" href='https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u041c\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043b_\u0433._\u0423\u043b\u044c\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a_02-1-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u041c\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043b_\u0433._\u0423\u043b\u044c\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a_02-1-370x208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ozeum-thumb-med size-ozeum-thumb-med\" alt=\"Pool at the Lenin Memorial Complex. Mosaic. 40 \u00d7 15 m. Ulyanovsk, Russia, 1970.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u041c\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043b_\u0433._\u0423\u043b\u044c\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a_02-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u041c\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043b_\u0433._\u0423\u043b\u044c\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a_02-1-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u041c\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043b_\u0433._\u0423\u043b\u044c\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a_02-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u041c\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043b_\u0433._\u0423\u043b\u044c\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a_02-1-270x152.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26836'>\n\t\t\t\tPool at the Lenin Memorial Complex. Mosaic. 40 \u00d7 15 m. Ulyanovsk, Russia, 1970.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9f7b446\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Chronicle of Georgia. Bronze, 16 columns, each 35 m high. Tbilisi. 1985\u20132003.\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Pool at the Lenin Memorial Complex. Mosaic. 40 \u00d7 15 m. Ulyanovsk, Russia, 1970.\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY4MzIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hcnQuZ292LmdlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8xMFwvY2VyZXRlbGxpXzEwLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjlmN2I0NDYifQ%3D%3D\" title=\"Chronicle of Georgia. Bronze, 16 columns, each 35 m high. Tbilisi. 1985\u20132003.\" href='https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ceretelli_10.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ceretelli_10-370x208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ozeum-thumb-med size-ozeum-thumb-med\" alt=\"Chronicle of Georgia. Bronze, 16 columns, each 35 m high. Tbilisi. 1985\u20132003.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ceretelli_10-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ceretelli_10-270x152.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26832'>\n\t\t\t\tChronicle of Georgia. Bronze, 16 columns, each 35 m high. Tbilisi. 1985\u20132003.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9f7b446\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Good Defeats Evil. Bronze, fragments of SS-20 missiles. New York, USA, 1990Good Defeats Evil. Bronze, fragments of SS-20 missiles. New York, USA, 1990\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Good Defeats Evil. Bronze, fragments of SS-20 missiles. New York, USA, 1990\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY4NDEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hcnQuZ292LmdlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8xMFwvXHUxMGQxXHUxMGRkXHUxMGUwXHUxMGRkXHUxMGUyXHUxMGUxXHUxMGQwLVx1MTBlMVx1MTBlYlx1MTBkYVx1MTBkOFx1MTBkMC1cdTEwZDlcdTEwZDRcdTEwZDdcdTEwZDhcdTEwZGFcdTEwZGJcdTEwZDBcdTEwZGMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiOWY3YjQ0NiJ9\" title=\"Good Defeats Evil. Bronze, fragments of SS-20 missiles. New York, USA, 1990\" href='https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10d1\u10dd\u10e0\u10dd\u10e2\u10e1\u10d0-\u10e1\u10eb\u10da\u10d8\u10d0-\u10d9\u10d4\u10d7\u10d8\u10da\u10db\u10d0\u10dc.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10d1\u10dd\u10e0\u10dd\u10e2\u10e1\u10d0-\u10e1\u10eb\u10da\u10d8\u10d0-\u10d9\u10d4\u10d7\u10d8\u10da\u10db\u10d0\u10dc-370x208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ozeum-thumb-med size-ozeum-thumb-med\" alt=\"Good Defeats Evil. Bronze, fragments of SS-20 missiles. New York, USA, 1990\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10d1\u10dd\u10e0\u10dd\u10e2\u10e1\u10d0-\u10e1\u10eb\u10da\u10d8\u10d0-\u10d9\u10d4\u10d7\u10d8\u10da\u10db\u10d0\u10dc-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10d1\u10dd\u10e0\u10dd\u10e2\u10e1\u10d0-\u10e1\u10eb\u10da\u10d8\u10d0-\u10d9\u10d4\u10d7\u10d8\u10da\u10db\u10d0\u10dc-270x152.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26841'>\n\t\t\t\tGood Defeats Evil. Bronze, fragments of SS-20 missiles. New York, USA, 1990\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9f7b446\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Birth of a New Man. Popularly known as El Huevo de Col\u00f3n (The Columbus\u2019s Egg), Bronze, copper, 45 m. Seville, Spain, 1994\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Birth of a New Man. Popularly known as El Huevo de Col\u00f3n (The Columbus\u2019s Egg), Bronze, copper, 45 m. Seville, Spain, 1994\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY4MzksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hcnQuZ292LmdlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8xMFwvODc0NzA4RUM2NDIzNTY3QjEwMzJDQUQ3MkE1OUFGMTA1MTUxODZEQy5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI5ZjdiNDQ2In0%3D\" title=\"Birth of a New Man. Popularly known as El Huevo de Col\u00f3n (The Columbus\u2019s Egg), Bronze, copper, 45 m. Seville, Spain, 1994\" href='https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/874708EC6423567B1032CAD72A59AF10515186DC.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/874708EC6423567B1032CAD72A59AF10515186DC-370x208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ozeum-thumb-med size-ozeum-thumb-med\" alt=\"Birth of a New Man. Popularly known as El Huevo de Col\u00f3n (The Columbus\u2019s Egg), Bronze, copper, 45 m. Seville, Spain, 1994\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/874708EC6423567B1032CAD72A59AF10515186DC-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/874708EC6423567B1032CAD72A59AF10515186DC-270x152.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26839'>\n\t\t\t\tBirth of a New Man. Popularly known as El Huevo de Col\u00f3n (The Columbus\u2019s Egg), Bronze, copper, 45 m. Seville, Spain, 1994\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9f7b446\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Victory Monument. Granite and bronze, 142 m. Moscow, Poklonnaya Hill, 1995.\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Victory Monument. Granite and bronze, 142 m. Moscow, Poklonnaya Hill, 1995.\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY4NDksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hcnQuZ292LmdlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8xMFwvMjE5Mi5wbmciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI5ZjdiNDQ2In0%3D\" title=\"Victory Monument. Granite and bronze, 142 m. Moscow, Poklonnaya Hill, 1995.\" href='https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2192.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2192-370x208.png\" class=\"attachment-ozeum-thumb-med size-ozeum-thumb-med\" alt=\"Victory Monument. Granite and bronze, 142 m. Moscow, Poklonnaya Hill, 1995.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2192-370x208.png 370w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2192-1170x658.png 1170w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2192-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2192-270x152.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26849'>\n\t\t\t\tVictory Monument. Granite and bronze, 142 m. Moscow, Poklonnaya Hill, 1995.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9f7b446\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Victory Monument. Granite and bronze, 142 m. Moscow, Poklonnaya Hill, 1995.\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Victory Monument. Granite and bronze, 142 m. Moscow, Poklonnaya Hill, 1995.\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY4NTEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hcnQuZ292LmdlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8xMFwvc3RlbGxhLmpwZWciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI5ZjdiNDQ2In0%3D\" title=\"Victory Monument. Granite and bronze, 142 m. Moscow, Poklonnaya Hill, 1995.\" href='https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/stella.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/stella-370x208.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-ozeum-thumb-med size-ozeum-thumb-med\" alt=\"Victory Monument. Granite and bronze, 142 m. Moscow, Poklonnaya Hill, 1995.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/stella-370x208.jpeg 370w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/stella-1170x658.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/stella-770x433.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/stella-270x152.jpeg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26851'>\n\t\t\t\tVictory Monument. Granite and bronze, 142 m. Moscow, Poklonnaya Hill, 1995.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9f7b446\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Monument to Peter I. Bronze, copper, stainless steel. 98 m. Moscow, 1997.\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Monument to Peter I. Bronze, copper, stainless steel. 98 m. Moscow, 1997.\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY4NDMsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hcnQuZ292LmdlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8xMFwvXHUxMGRlXHUxMGQ0XHUxMGUyXHUxMGUwXHUxMGQ0LVx1MTBkZVx1MTBkOFx1MTBlMFx1MTBkNVx1MTBkNFx1MTBkYVx1MTBkOFx1MTBlMS1cdTEwZGJcdTEwZGRcdTEwZGNcdTEwZTNcdTEwZGJcdTEwZDRcdTEwZGNcdTEwZTJcdTEwZDguanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiOWY3YjQ0NiJ9\" title=\"Monument to Peter I. Bronze, copper, stainless steel. 98 m. Moscow, 1997.\" href='https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10de\u10d4\u10e2\u10e0\u10d4-\u10de\u10d8\u10e0\u10d5\u10d4\u10da\u10d8\u10e1-\u10db\u10dd\u10dc\u10e3\u10db\u10d4\u10dc\u10e2\u10d8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10de\u10d4\u10e2\u10e0\u10d4-\u10de\u10d8\u10e0\u10d5\u10d4\u10da\u10d8\u10e1-\u10db\u10dd\u10dc\u10e3\u10db\u10d4\u10dc\u10e2\u10d8-370x208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ozeum-thumb-med size-ozeum-thumb-med\" alt=\"Monument to Peter I. Bronze, copper, stainless steel. 98 m. Moscow, 1997.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10de\u10d4\u10e2\u10e0\u10d4-\u10de\u10d8\u10e0\u10d5\u10d4\u10da\u10d8\u10e1-\u10db\u10dd\u10dc\u10e3\u10db\u10d4\u10dc\u10e2\u10d8-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10de\u10d4\u10e2\u10e0\u10d4-\u10de\u10d8\u10e0\u10d5\u10d4\u10da\u10d8\u10e1-\u10db\u10dd\u10dc\u10e3\u10db\u10d4\u10dc\u10e2\u10d8-270x152.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26843'>\n\t\t\t\tMonument to Peter I. Bronze, copper, stainless steel. 98 m. Moscow, 1997.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9f7b446\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Tear of Grief. Bronze, 31 m. New Jersey, USA, 2005.\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Tear of Grief. Bronze, 31 m. New Jersey, USA, 2005.\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY4NDUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hcnQuZ292LmdlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8xMFwvXHUxMGVhXHUxMGUwXHUxMGQ0XHUxMGRiXHUxMGRhXHUxMGQ4LmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjlmN2I0NDYifQ%3D%3D\" title=\"Tear of Grief. Bronze, 31 m. New Jersey, USA, 2005.\" href='https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10ea\u10e0\u10d4\u10db\u10da\u10d8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10ea\u10e0\u10d4\u10db\u10da\u10d8-370x208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ozeum-thumb-med size-ozeum-thumb-med\" alt=\"Tear of Grief. Bronze, 31 m. New Jersey, USA, 2005.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10ea\u10e0\u10d4\u10db\u10da\u10d8-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10ea\u10e0\u10d4\u10db\u10da\u10d8-270x152.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26845'>\n\t\t\t\tTear of Grief. Bronze, 31 m. New Jersey, USA, 2005.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9f7b446\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"St. George Column. Bronze, marble, 30 m. Tbilisi, Georgia, 2006\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"St. George Column. Bronze, marble, 30 m. Tbilisi, Georgia, 2006\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY4NDcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hcnQuZ292LmdlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8xMFwvXHUxMGVjXHUxMGRiXHUxMGQ4XHUxMGRjXHUxMGQzXHUxMGQwLVx1MTBkMlx1MTBkOFx1MTBkZFx1MTBlMFx1MTBkMlx1MTBkOC1cdTEwZDdcdTEwZDFcdTEwZDhcdTEwZGFcdTEwZDhcdTEwZTFcdTEwZThcdTEwZDguanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiOWY3YjQ0NiJ9\" title=\"St. George Column. Bronze, marble, 30 m. Tbilisi, Georgia, 2006\" href='https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10ec\u10db\u10d8\u10dc\u10d3\u10d0-\u10d2\u10d8\u10dd\u10e0\u10d2\u10d8-\u10d7\u10d1\u10d8\u10da\u10d8\u10e1\u10e8\u10d8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10ec\u10db\u10d8\u10dc\u10d3\u10d0-\u10d2\u10d8\u10dd\u10e0\u10d2\u10d8-\u10d7\u10d1\u10d8\u10da\u10d8\u10e1\u10e8\u10d8-370x208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ozeum-thumb-med size-ozeum-thumb-med\" alt=\"St. George Column. Bronze, marble, 30 m. Tbilisi, Georgia, 2006\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10ec\u10db\u10d8\u10dc\u10d3\u10d0-\u10d2\u10d8\u10dd\u10e0\u10d2\u10d8-\u10d7\u10d1\u10d8\u10da\u10d8\u10e1\u10e8\u10d8-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u10ec\u10db\u10d8\u10dc\u10d3\u10d0-\u10d2\u10d8\u10dd\u10e0\u10d2\u10d8-\u10d7\u10d1\u10d8\u10da\u10d8\u10e1\u10e8\u10d8-270x152.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26847'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. George Column. Bronze, marble, 30 m. Tbilisi, Georgia, 2006\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zurab Tsereteli (1934\u20132025) was a Georgian and Russian painter, sculptor, and monumental artist, whose colossal works became landmarks across the Soviet Union and beyond. President of the Russian Academy of Arts (1997\u20132025) and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, he was both highly decorated (Hero of Socialist Labor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","cpt_portfolio_group":[102,98],"class_list":["post-26825","cpt_portfolio","type-cpt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cpt_portfolio_group-painter","cpt_portfolio_group-sculptor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/26825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26825"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/26825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26909,"href":"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/26825\/revisions\/26909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cpt_portfolio_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art.gov.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio_group?post=26825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}