  Storm at Rocky Coast Aivazovsky's canvas was returned to National Gallery of Armenia June 3, 2011 - 16:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 3, Storm at Rocky Coast Ivan Aivazovsky's canvas was returned to the National Gallery of Armenia. 21 years ago, the canvas was stolen from the Armenian Society of Cultural Communications. On February 26, 2001 it was put out for auction in Moscow. Russian senator Hovhannes Ohanyan, whose collection lists over 200 works by Armenian, Russian and foreign artists donated the canvas to the Gallery. “I'm happy the canvas returned to its owner. It must have been predetermined for me to buy out the picture and return it to Armenia. From the very first second I saw it, I decided to return the canvass to the Gallery,” the Senator said during donation ceremony. At the auction, the canvas was offered for 24 million rubles. Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan and Russian cultural officials attended the ceremony.   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 Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora  To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia.Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar.Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province.Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |
