Queen of Belgium visits Europalia arts festival showcasing Georgian polyphony, avant-garde
The festival was launched in October by the King and Queen of Belgium, with visitors invited to visit through January 18. Photo: Europalia/Facebook
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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 monarch was hosted at Georgia: A Story of Encounters - a cultural heritage exhibition running at the Art & History Museum in Brussels with treasures from museums throughout Georgia.
Dans le cadre du festival @europalia_, la Reine visite l'exposition « Géorgie : une histoire de rencontres » à @ArtHistoryBRU. ???????? pic.twitter.com/TJW0suC8Ru
— Belgian Royal Palace (@MonarchieBe) December 12, 2023
The Georgian Culture Ministry said the display offered “fascinating insights” into the region and highlighting multiple cultural exchanges and migrations dating back to the Neolithic era.
It includes a look at the country’s 8,000-year-old winemaking culture and the history of forging of gold and bronze materials, which made the region attractive to diverse cultures across the ages.
It also showcases developing Christian traditions in polities on the territory of the country since the 4th century CE and the reign of Queen Tamar during the apex of the Georgian Golden Age between 1184-1213.
Explore the culture, history and art of Georgia since the Neolithic period in the exhibition 'Georgia: A Story of Encounters', until 18/02/2024 at Art & History Museum, Brussels. Book your tickets now: https://t.co/Vq7WUoVW25 pic.twitter.com/yTqjiECAnI
— europalia (@europalia_) December 11, 2023
The festival was launched in October by the King and Queen of Belgium, with visitors invited to visit through January 18.
A display of Etruscan civilisation is on display for the first time for visitors of venues of the Georgian National Museum network, with the exhibition highlighting exhibits and history of the ancient community hosted at Tbilisi’s Museum of Georgia.
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.
Europalia arts festival, a biennial multidisciplinary event highlighting artistic and cultural facets of select countries in its editions, opened on Wednesday with a highlight of Georgia’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.
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.
For the first time in world history the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Thursday sent a digital copy of a painting ‘Roman Spring’ by the Georgian artist Bruno Vepkhvadze to the Moon.