Georgia’s “extensive, Christian, European” culture to be showcased in Poland - Culture Minister
Minister Thea Tsulukiani said “we will unveil an expansive exhibition featuring over 800 exhibits in Poland”. Photo: Culture Ministry press office
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Georgian Culture Minister Thea Tsulukiani on Monday announced plans to showcase the country’s “great Christian culture” in Poland with a “profound display” this year.
Tsulukiani made the reveal in comments at the concluding event of Europalia arts festival in Brussels, which highlighted Georgia in its latest edition.
Speaking with the press at the biennial event showcasing Georgian polyphony, remembrance and avant-garde art between October and January, the official also announced Georgian cultural festivals in Tokyo and Leuville, France this year.
We will unveil an expansive exhibition featuring over 800 exhibits for Europe in Poland. This serves as a continuation of the Europalia festival in the Benelux countries and Brussels, the capital of the European Union”, she said.
Highlighting the “diversity” of the planned events, Tsulukiani noted the festival in Leuville would be larger than last year.
Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, the Georgian Ambassador to the EU, called the Georgian showcase at Europalia event as “highly successful”, saying King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium had expressed “deep admiration” in their impressions on the event and Georgian culture.
Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz, the Queen of Belgium, on Tuesday visited the Europalia arts festival, a biennial event showcasing Georgian polyphony, remembrance and avant-garde art in its ongoing edition.
The Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent, Belgium is hosting the first solo exhibition of Karlo Kacharava, one of Georgia’s most influential cultural figures of the late 20th century, as part of Europalia-Georgia cultural initiative, a biennial multidisciplinary event highlighting artistic and cultural facets of select countries in its editions.
The Europalia arts festival, a biennial multidisciplinary event highlighting artistic and cultural facets of select countries in its editions, will this year showcase Georgia through the country's tradition of polyphonic singing, remembrance of its traumatic historical events and the legacy of its avant-garde art scene in the first decades of the 20th century.
The first Georgian festival in the historical Leuville estate near Paris, dedicated to Georgian art and culture, is coming to an end on Sunday, with Georgian artists, folklore and choreographic ensembles and theatre actors performing for Georgian emigrants and foreign guests, the Culture Ministry said.
The “successful cooperation” between Georgia and the United States was discussed in a meeting between the Georgian Culture and Sport Minister Thea Tsulukiani and Robin Dunnigan, the US Ambassador to the country, the Ministry said on Thursday.