Horst Janssen's works exhibit opens in YerevanMarch 20, 2009 - 19:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Germany Days in Armenia were inaugurated today by Horst Janssen's Works Exhibition in Armenian National Picture Gallery . More than 160 works of German printmaker were displayed. The exhibition will also be held in Gyumri, Martuni and Kapan, German Embassy in Armenia told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Germany Days in Armenia, initiated by German Embassy in Armenia and RA Ministry of Culture, will include exhibitions, readings and scientific conference. On Mar. 21 Armenian National Picture Gallery will host a lecture entitled "Horst Janssen and his heritage". Horst Janssen was a German printmaker born on Nov. 14, 1929 in Hamburg. In 1946 at the age of sixteen, Janssen enrolled at the Landeskunstschule (Regional Art School) in Hamburg. Later, he worked on a series of large-scale color woodcuts that were displayed in his apartment in 1957. Janssen gained recognition and the same year had an exhibition in Hanover in the Hans Brockstedt Gallery. He won first prize for graphic art at the Venice Biennale in 1968. Horst Janssen died on Aug. 31, 1995 and was buried in the Gertruden Cemetery in Oldenburg. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |