Shushi-hosted symposium will strengthen ties in art sector, Italian art historians sayJuly 16, 2011 - 15:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On July 15-29, Naregatsi Art Union will host a sculpture symposium, with 22 Armenian and Italian sculptors participating. Within the framework of the event, the masters will create sculptures out of Shushi limestone and dedicate them to the city. As Roberto Giovanelli, a professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, told a news conference in Yerevan, such events will promote international cooperation in art sector. “Armenia is a very hospitable and beautiful country. I'm confident that a Shushi-hosted symposium will result in strengthened cooperation between our countries,” Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence professor Luciano Preti said. On the sidelines of the event, the Italian art historians visited the Genocide Memorial in Artsakh to commemorate innocent victims of 1915 massacres. 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 | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |