Armenian artists bid farewell to painter Varuzhan VardanyanJune 18, 2010 - 14:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 18, Artists’ Union of Armenia hosted a farewell ceremony to honor Armenian artist Varuzhan Vardanyan, with high-ranking officials, art and culture workers attending. “It’s regretful that talent is often valued after the death of the person,” writer Edward Militonyan said in a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “I am hopeful that Varuzhan Vardanyan’s works will be famous in future.” Varuzhan Vardanyan (born June 22, 1948 in Kachagan village, Armenia) graduated from Yerevan Art Theatre Institute. Worked at Armenian National Television as Art Editor. Participated in republican exhibitions. Has been Armenian Artists’ Union member since 1976. Was awarded with RA Honorable Artist title for significant contribution to the development of art in Armenia. Top stories 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |