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The Earth is Female: Lia Bagrationi's Major New Exhibition to Open at Art Foundation Anagi
11+ hour, 25+ min ago (154+ words) On 27 June, Art Foundation Anagi will unveil The Earth is Female, a major new exhibition by Georgian artist Lia Bagrationi. Described by the foundation as one of its landmark projects of 2026, the exhibition will occupy all three exhibition floors. Rather…...
Competition announced for design of tourist space near Alaverdi Monastery
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (182+ words) The Municipal Development Fund under the Ministry of Infrastructure has announced a competition for the design of a cognitive-tourist space and parking infrastructure near the Alaverdi Monastery Complex in Akhmeta Municipality, a cultural heritage monument of national importance. The estimated…...
The Theater of Absence: Kepler-452s 'Gone' and the Geography of a Vanishing Generation
2+ week, 1+ day ago (278+ words) The Georgian premiere of Gone (), created by the Italian theater collective Kepler-452 and presented within the framework of the GIFT Festival, arrived in Tbilisi carrying a subject that has become almost unbearably familiar across contemporary Europe. Migration. Departure. The silent…...
International calligraphy and entrepreneurship festival "Gulani" to return to Tbilisi
2+ week, 2+ day ago (150+ words) The International Calligraphy and Entrepreneurship Festival "Gulani" will be held for the second time on June 13, 2026, bringing together calligraphy, visual arts, literature and entrepreneurship in Tbilisi. The festival will feature the presentation of "Gulani", the second authorial book by Thika…...
Markus Appenzeller's lecture at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
3+ week, 1+ day ago (96+ words) The more comfortable our cities become, the more fragile, expensive, unhealthy, and oddly characterless they grow. Comfort, pursued without restraint, turns out to be deeply uncomfortable." " Markus Appenzeller On June 5 at 4: 00 PM, the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts will host…...
The Year's Art Event
4+ week, 1+ day ago (321+ words) I have been to TAF at least once before, but this was definitely a much larger deal. There were individual artists" shows, most of these each on a side of four-walled spaces, on one hall. A much larger hall featured…...
Polyphony, Ruins, and the Post-Soviet Sensorium: Notes from Tbilisi Art Fair 2026
4+ week, 1+ day ago (146+ words) Georgia Today Polyphony, Ruins, and the Post-Soviet Sensorium: Notes from Tbilisi Art Fair 2026 This year's edition of Tbilisi Art Fair 2026 at Expo Georgia unfolded with a peculiar duality. On one level, it retained the recognizable structure of a regional contemporary…...
The Mystical Ray after the End of History: Irakli Parjiani and the Georgian Art of Inner Catastrophe
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (527+ words) At the Georgian Museum of Fine Arts, the exhibition Enigmatic Ray arrives as the reopening of an unfinished spiritual archive. Dedicated to Irakli Parjiani, one of the most singular and metaphysically restless figures in late Soviet Georgian art, the exhibition…...
Georgian artist brings Abkhazia conflict to Venice Biennale pavilion of Nauru
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (320+ words) Georgian artist Tedo Rekhviashvili has presented a politically charged installation about Abkhazia at the Venice Biennale, placing the work in the pavilion of Nauru " a small Pacific state that recognises Abkhazia's independence, OC Media reports. The piece, titled "A Sea…...
The Keepers of the Holy Grail
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (292+ words) A dedicated follower of the realist school of painting, Gegechkori has on numerous occasions exhibited his celebrated portraits of Georgian monarchs, outstanding public figures and prominent actors, many of which are currently on display in the interiors of the Georgian…...