The New York Times Lead art critic to attend opening of Kafesjian Art Centre

PanARMENIAN.Net - Lead art critic of The New York Times Michael Kimmelman will visit Armenian capital to participate in the opening of Kafesjyan art centre on November 8.



Kimmelman will deliver a lecture on his Pulitzer Prize nominated book The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa



"Good art is generous," Kimmelman said, encouraging people "to look more closely at what's around them".

The book includes discussions on artists as wide-ranging as Bonnard, Vermeer, de Kooning, and Duchamp, but it also includes a chapter about Dr. Hugh Hicks, who runs a private museum from his basement showcasing his collection of over 75,000 light bulbs. 



Born and raised in Greenwich Village, New York, Kimmelman attended Yale College and did his graduate work in Art History at Harvard University.  He is currently based in Berlin, writing the Abroad column for the Times on culture and society across Europe.