  Exhibition of great painter Vardges Surenyants opens in Yerevan November 26, 2010 - 18:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On November 26, the National Art Gallery of Armenia hosted opening of an exhibition of great Armenian painter, illustrator, theater painter, translator Vardges Surenyants. The exhibition is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the master. Director of the National Art Gallery for Scientific Studies Hasmik Harutyunyan said that the exhibition features 200 works of the painter from various museums, including History Museum of Armenia, Museum of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Sardarapat Museum and the Hermitage Museum. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan congratulated all on the occasion of the exhibition opening and stressed that the event is the first one among those to be held as part of Surenyants year. “Currently, it is of great importance to reconsider the great painter’s heritage and present his works to the world,” concluded Sargsyan.   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 |  Latest 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. |
