Georgia joins European Year of Cultural Heritage with dozens of events
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Georgia has officially joined a year-long, Europe-wide program of exhibitions, conferences, performances and workshops in celebration of the European Year of Cultural Heritage throughout 2018.
Set to be marked with over 7,000 events in 34 countries and involve over a million participants, the initiative was launched by the European Commission and the European Parliament.
The aim of the European Year of Cultural Heritage is to encourage more people to discover and engage with Europe's cultural heritage, and to reinforce a sense of belonging to a common European space”, said a preview for the year’s events under the banner.
An exhibit discovered during 2007 archaeological works in western Georgian town of Vani. Photo: Georgian National Museum.
Both the global celebration and its program in local context will be centred around the four major themes of protection, engagement, sustainability and innovation.
These will include dozens of archaeological and contemporary history displays, anniversaries of historical figures, talks involving cultural heritage professionals as well as concert events and performances.
At venues in Georgia and abroad, these events will include the following:
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Night-time museum displays and activities during the annual Night at the Museum Week in Georgia;
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Celebration of the European Heritage Days at museums at other institutions in Georgia;
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Exhibitions marking legacy of Italian painter Titian, sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini and the Roman Baroque as well as Georgian writers Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani and Niko Nikoladze, among other figures;
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Highlighting pages of recent history of Georgia with displays on themes including local painters under Soviet repressions, European architects in resort town Borjomi in the 19th and 20th centuries and the 100th anniversary of Georgian cinema;
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A display showcasing the Georgian alphabet at the Klingspor Museum in Offenbach, Germany;
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Celebration of the life and legacy of Georgian primitivist painter Niko Pirosmani at the Albertina Museum in Austria and the Georgian Embassy in Poland;
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Introducing audiences to the history of winemaking and gold in Georgia at the Frankfurt Archaeological Museum;
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Turning the spotlight on the ancient Greek legend of Medea and the Golden Fleece, featuring Georgia’s Black Sea Kingdom of Colchis, at the Liebieghaus Museum of Sculpture in Frankfurt;
Other notable occasions marking the year of cultural activities in Georgia will involve an unveiling of the brand-new Bolnisi Museum in country’s south, and of a renovated State Museum of Georgian Medicine in capital Tbilisi.
The Georgian National Museum will also present a website and digital display dedicated to Jewish heritage in Georgia, while a Polish archaeological mission will be officially inaugurated in the city of Kutaisi.
Rounding off the events, a series of International Council of Museums-organised conferences will host professionals for discussions on role of museums and cultural activities throughout the year.
Dozens of museum venues in Georgia's capital Tbilisi and regions of the country will open their doors for visitors looking to spend the night in performances and activities within this year's Night at the Museum celebration next weekend.
Two paintings by one of Georgia's most celebrated late painters Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918) are undergoing extensive restoration before being returned to public viewing at a special Pirosmani museum.
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Works by some of the most fascinating creatives of the classical and contemporary Italian art including Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Titian and Michelangelo will be displayed in Tbilisi for the next five months, starting with the opening of the Museum Fest today.
Hundreds of items illustrating centuries of Jewish cultural heritage in Georgia are now on display on a website created to introduce the rich legacy to museum-goers.
Visual arts masterpieces by Italy’s baroque-era architect and sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his contemporaries are now up for viewing in the exhibition halls of Tbilisi’s National Gallery.
Georgian art and culture will be in focus of European institutions and citizens in the 2022 edition of Europalia Arts Festival, a major biennial event hosted in Brussels.
Millions of visitors of Europeana, the largest European digital platform for cultural heritage, will now be able to learn about Georgian costumes worn by the country’s historical nobility as well as those used in classic film and theatre productions.
The ancient origins and continued history of winemaking in Georgia will be the focus of an exhibition in south-western France’s wine-rich Bordeaux municipality starting later this month.
A presentation of a Georgian book titled ‘Living Alphabet’ was held in London on June 12. The event was organised by the Georgian Embassy to the UK and diaspora official Tsira Kemularia.
The rich collections of cultural exhibits at the Georgian National Museum were on display for a high-profile visitor this week as Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, was introduced to the heritage in Tbilisi.
Georgia’s culture ministry has announced it will establish a national fund of culture to support financing of cultural projects, develop creative industries and contribute to Georgian artists’ participation in international platforms, as part of a large-scale reform of the cultural field.
A brand-new book covering Georgia's cultural heritage and history was unveiled on Sunday in Tbilisi, with a two-volume work published by United States-based Nova Science Publishers hailed as "historic".