INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ART CRITICS TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN
Tert
Sept 23 2009
Armenia
At the initiative of International Association of Art Critics (AICA)
and AICA-Armenia, an international conference of art critics will
be held in Yerevan from September 29-30. The conference is called
"Between the Past and the Present: Does Art Criticism have a Future
in De-territorialized contexts?".
About 20 art critics, historians, and art theorists from the Near
East, Central Asia and South Caucasus will be participating in the
conference. There will also be participants from Turkey, Iran, Russia,
and Europe.
>From Armenia, Vardan Azatyan, Ruben Arevshatyan, Hrach Bayadyan,
Ara Nedolyan, Vardan Jaloyan, and Nazareth Karoyan (President of
AICA-Armenia) will make presentations and conduct seminars. The
panels will be open to the public; languages of presentations
will be in English and Armenian (simultaneous translation will be
provided). Visits to museums and educational institutions, as well
as meetings with local art practitioners and cultural workers, will
complement the conference.
Important issues related to contemporary art criticism are on the
conference’s agenda. For more information, visit the website at