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    Emil Lazarian
  • 6 years ago
    • Categories: 2018

Press preview of exhibition exploring the history of Armenian arts and culture opens at the Met

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June 14, 2018 Thursday


Press preview of exhibition exploring the history of Armenian arts and
culture opens at the Met

SECTION: ENTERTAINMENT; Press Preview; Art


'Armenia!' exhibition press preview at the Met, exploring the arts and
culture of the Armenians from their conversion to Christianity in the
early fourth century through their leading role on international trade
routes in the 17th century. The exhibition emphasizes how Armenians
developed a distinctive national identity in their homeland at the
base of Mount Ararat and how they maintained and transformed their
traditions as their communities expanded across the globe. The
exhibition opens 22 Jun
Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS