Venice Biennale to feature Armenian Diaspora artistsFebruary 4, 2015 - 12:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On the occasion of the 100the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide to be marked on April 24, the Armenian Ministry of Culture will grant its pavilion at Venice Biennale (to be held from Feb 7-17) to Diaspora artists, Artforum reports. Eighteen artists in total will be featured: Haig Aivazian (Lebanon), Nigol Bezjian (Syria/USA), Anna Boghiguian (Egypt/Canada), Hera Büyüktaşçıyan (Turkey), Silvina Der-Meguerditchian (Argentina/Germany), Rene Gabri & Ayreen Anastas (Iran/Palestine/USA), Mekhitar Garabedian (Belgium), Aikaterini Gegisian (Greece), Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi (Italy), Aram Jibilian (USA), Nina Katchadourian (USA/Finland), Melik Ohanian (France), Mikayel Ohanjanyan (Armenia/Italy), Rosana Palazyan (Brasil), Sarkis (Turkey/France), and Hrair Sarkissian (Syria/UK). Curated by Adelina Cüberyan von Fürstenberg, the pavilion will explore what she’s calling the notion of “armenity,” which in her words encapsulates concepts of “displacement and territory, justice and reconciliation, ethos and resilience.” The pavilion will be situated on the Island of San Lazzaro. Photo: Artforum Top stories American actor of Armenian descent Eric Bogosian has been cast in the upcoming TV adaptation of Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire". Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. 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. Partner news | Kazakh Foreign Minister arrives in Armenia Kazakh Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu on Monday, March 18 arrived in Armenia for a two-day trip. Aliyev touts “good chances” for normalizing ties with Armenia Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has declared that there are “good chances” for normalizing relations with Armenia. Putin secures fifth term as Russian president Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured a fifth term in office through a dubious national plebiscite. Top Armenian, Indian defense officials discuss cooperation The discussions primarily focused on enhancing cooperation in the defence sector between Armenia and India. |