Armenia Culture News Digest for Friday, February 14, 2020
Here is the Daily Digest of culture news for Armenia for Friday, February 14, 2020. The top articles are the following (we hope you like them):
Robert Pattinson's Batman revealed in first-ever teaser
February 14, 2020 – 10:40 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Robert Pattinson is the new Batman, and thanks to a new teaser, fans have got a first look at what he looks like in the famous batsuit, The Verge says.
Matt Reeves, who is directing the new Batman movie, shared a screen test of Pattinson in the new suit.
Unfortunately, fans still have a long wait until they can see Pattinson take up the cowl, as the new movie isn’t scheduled to release until June 25, 2021.
Armenian National Gallery introducing rare Dali, Picasso exhibit
February 13, 2020 – 16:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – The exhibition “Dali and Picasso” will be coming to the National Gallery of Armenia from March 7 through April 26, a Facebook event reveals.
The two Spanish geniuses will be sharing one space when 300 exhibits from Russian collector and philanthropist Alexander Shadrin’s property are displayed in Yerevan.
The collection is the fourth largest globally and includes the world’s foremost collection of Dalí sculpture and an extensive compilation of Picasso ceramics.
The project has already traveled to 11 countries.
Salvador Dalí was a Spanish Surrealist artist, whose best-known work, “The Persistence of Memory”, is one of the most recognisable Surrealist paintings. Dalí’s expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, at times in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.
Painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright Pablo Picasso Spanish is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and is known for co-founding the Cubist movement.
Today on Twitter
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No, not finished yet… Greco-Roman #wrestlers
Karen #Aslanyan (67 kg) & Karapet #Chalyan (77 kg) ensured the presence of the Armenian flag
on pedestal by taking the #bronze medals
during #EuropeanChampionship. Congrats to our heroes! #wretslerome
Useful dialogue w/ @GhadaFathiWaly of @UNODC. Discussed broad national reforms in anti-corruption, law enforcement & judicial systems. Reaffirmed that transnational level of crime and illicit trafficking requires robust intl coop, as no single nation can address challenges alone.
At the #UNSC open debate, PR of #Armeniastresses the importance of transitional justice for strengthening #RuleOfLaw, highlights the role of @theICTJ and legal analysis on #ArmenianGenocide. Condemnation of past atrocities is vital for upholding #HumanRights & #sustainablepeace
#Azerbaijanis accounted for a little less than a third of all citizens #deport|ed from #Georgia last year.
https://jam-news.net/azerbaijani-citizens-deported-from-georgia-more-often-than-any-other-nationality/
Delegation led by Deputy Defense Minister of #Armenia #GabrielBalayan attends @NATO #DefMin in #RSM format. Continued contribution of Armenia and other partners to peace and stability in #Afghanistan highly appreciated by #NATO Allies.
32 years ago, these days, the #Karabakhmovement began. With mass demonstration the people of #Artsakh demanded from the Soviet Union the withdrawal of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) from the #Azerbaijan SSR and its reunion with the Soviet #Armenia.
#selfdetermination
A productive meeting w/ #President of #Armenia, H.E. Armen Sarkissian today. We discussed our mutual cooperation as #constitutional institutions; projects of the Human Rights Defender (@OmbudsArmenia ); #humanrights issues; #reforms of the #Constitution & #judicial-#legal system.
I looked at composition of Nagorno Karabakh Republic’s first elected parliament (1991-95). Some things stood out: of 81 seats, 6 were set aside for NKR’s Azerbaijani minority (3 in Shushi, 1 in Khojali, 1 in Karadagli & 1 in Umudlu); they remained vacant. https://twitter.com/ArmenianStudies/status/1227282593516621824
Leading up to #elections in #Karabakh scheduled for March 31, here is a look back at electing #Artsakh’s Parliament in 1991 by @emil_sanamyan for #FocusOnKarabakh https://armenian.usc.edu/electing-artsakhs-first-parliament-conditions-and-composition/
More than 2 billion envisaged by the #housing #program for #construction works
https://artsakhpress.am/eng/news/121129/more-than-2-billion-envisaged-by-the-housing-program-for-construction-works.html
#Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh
On Feb 13, 1988 tens of thousands of people participated in first major demonstration in #Stepanakert, demanding reunification with #Armenia. Since then mass demonstrations were held in #Stepanakert, #Hadrut, #Martuni, #Askeran & #Yerevan.
#Karabakh
http://www.nkr.am/en/karabakh-national-liberation-movement
Today on Facebook
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