LINA KILIKIAN WINS GOLD MEDAL IN BEIJING EXHIBITION

Noyan Tapan

Au g 12, 2008

BEIJING, AUGUST 12, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. A painting by
Lebanese artist Lina Kilikian won the gold medal at an international
exhibition of art in Beijing preceding the 2008 Olympic Games
opening. For the exhibit entitled Colors and the Olympics, in which
hundreds of sculptures and paintings by about 700 artists from
81 countries around the world were competing, Kilikian submitted
three works, one of which won. On Saturday in the Chinese capital
Kilikian received the gold medal and an Olympic torch as an award
for her winning painting called "The Terrestrial Globe During the
21st Century."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress