National Academy hosted exhibition in memory of Henrik IgityanOctober 9, 2009 - 17:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 9, RA NAS exhibition hall hosted the opening of first Armenian still life painting, dedicated to the memory of Armenian art critic Henrik Igityan.Exhibition aimed at raising society's interest in the development of still art, This is the first event in the series of exhibitions planned for 2010 ("Armenian Landscape" and "Figurative Art"). Exhibition displayed 50 painting by 11 Armenian painters of different generations (Ararat Sargsyan, Grigor Khandjyan, Hakob Hakobyan, Mary Hovelyan-Hakobyan, Lavinia Bazhbeuk- Melikyan, Vagharshak Aramyan, Aram Isabekyan, Armen Gevorgyants, Ruben Grigoryan, Sargis Hamalbashian, Arevik Arevshatyan). Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |