Books & Arts

Days ago it became clear that the most beautiful miss of France is an Armenian. The winner of Miss France beauty contest is a Syrian-Armenian Malika Minas, 22, who currently studies at the University of Cannes, law department.

It is known that the greatest and the most famous Cannes cinema festival of Europe has included that movie of a French-Armenian actor and filmmaker Serzh Avedikian. The Chienne d’histoire movie (Dog Story) 15-mintute animation movie will be competing with 8 other similar movies in Cannes to attain the highest award – the golden palm …

I have seen many of the pieces of Arshile Gorky (Vostanik Adoyan) in museums of different countries and exhibitions, in which Gorky is presented in a worthy manner. He is considered one of the creators of surrealism (according to Andre Breton) and first of all American expressionism. Months ago I visited Kafesjian museum in Yerevan …

– According to the Armenian readers of our times, the Armenian literature is more dead than alive. At least the modern literature does not seem attractive enough to open our writers’ books. – Literature never dies, it always moves. It is clear that one can’t tell an ordinary reader what to do or to go …

“The life is not a difficult or serious thing as we are used to imagine. One should look at the life in a happy way, and give pleasure to the audience, make them laugh, otherwise you can’t bring people to theatres even if you beat them. The strongest influence of the film should be used …

“It seems that Mario is painting a piece of art when he plays the music.” “Every time when you hear Mario playing, you see that his heart works faster than his music rhythm.” “No one can squeeze more feelings from the music of Astor Piaccolla than Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi.” This is how artists and people …

– As far as we know Nadezhda Sargsyan has suggested you to write a song for Emmy and Mihran for the Eurovision long before. Why did you change your decision? By the way, in a recent interview Nadezhda Sargsyan said a lot of people had committed to write a song for Emmy, and you were …

It is the fifth year that Armenia participates in the Eurovision song competition, and almost every year the name of the participant is made public before the voting can be organized or the song can be selected. The Eurovision is a song competition but in Armenia it is accepted as a top point of a …

Says world famous expert of arts Francesco Gallo, who has been friends with the prime minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi for 25 years. A lecturer of fine arts of Naples, famous expert of arts Francesco Gallo has already been visiting Armenia twice. During his one-week visit he had managed to do quite a lot. He …

On November 7 Gafesjian Cultural Center for the Arts was inaugurated in a very pompous environment, which may become the greatest and most representative museum of modern arts in our capital city. It may become the greatest because it occupies a very good spot in the city; it occupies a large area, many halls on …