An international interdisciplinary conference “Pirosmani and Georgian Culture” dedicated to the artist’s 150th anniversary was held in the George Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation on November 5-7, 2013. It was organized by the Chubinashvili Centre, under the aegis of the UNESCO, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Protection of Monuments of Georgia and the participation of leading institutions of culture.
Besides Georgian scientists, researchers from the USA, the UK, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of France took part in the conference. Main themes of the conference were the artist’s biography, an attribution and expertize of his works, his image in different branches of art, a research methodology and Georgian culture of the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.
Pirosmani and Georgian Culture
An international interdisciplinary conference “Pirosmani and Georgian Culture” dedicated to the artist’s 150th anniversary was held in the George Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation on November 5-7, 2013. It was organized by the Chubinashvili Centre, under the aegis of the UNESCO, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Protection of Monuments of Georgia and the participation of leading institutions of culture.
Besides Georgian scientists, researchers from the USA, the UK, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of France took part in the conference. Main themes of the conference were the artist’s biography, an attribution and expertize of his works, his image in different branches of art, a research methodology and Georgian culture of the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.