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The Monastery of St. George is located atop Udzo Mountain, near the resort town of Kojori, about 20 km from Tbilisi. It offers breathtaking panoramic views of Tbilisi and the surrounding area. Udzo was a popular pilgrimage site. According to a local legend rooted in a folk interpretation of the mountain’s name, St. George of Udzo was believed to be the patron saint of childless couples.
Migration is not a phenomenon unique to the 21st century. While Georgians today often move to Europe in search of better opportunities and living conditions, in the early 19th century, the movement went in the opposite direction, with Europeans coming to Georgia in search of a better life.
Triptychs, three-panel icons, constitute a distinct category of Christian devotional images. This type of icon allows the depiction of multiple figures and compositions, conveying complex theological concepts. The Seti triptych, named after the St. George Church in Seti, Mestia, Upper Svaneti, where it was housed, is a striking example of this type of icon.
At a time when images constantly compete for our attention and stories are often built around immediate emotional impact, Otar Iosseliani’s films do the opposite: they ask us to slow down, observe and listen. His cinema finds drama in ordinary life, in a gesture, a silence or a conversation.
“Georgia has always been and must continue to be a country of bread and wine...” - Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, 2006 These words were spoken in a significant and historical context in December 2025, when UNESCO added “Georgian Wheat Culture: Traditions and Rituals” to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The decision to do so was made during the 20th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee held in New Delhi.
In 1970s Soviet Georgia, the pressure of socialist realism propaganda and censorship had lessened significantly, but nonconformist artists were still unable to take advantage of state benefits. Without large orders, they were unable to buy cars, apartments, or country homes with party lists, nor could they hope for a personal exhibition or widespread recognition. Yet, locked in their studios, they retained their creative freedom, refused to praise their leaders, and in doing so, learned to expect, no accolades from them. Half-starved, they continued to produce true art.
In his farewell letter to David (Duda) Gabashvili (1914-1995)- painter, graphic artist, sculptor, teacher, Honored Artist of Georgia, and People’s Artist of Georgia - the art historian and Academician Vakhtang Beridze noted that Gabashvili was an artist of impeccable taste and refinement, possessing the highest artistic culture and professionalism. Art historian Gogi Khoshtaria, meanwhile, argues that David Gabashvili’s art has not received the recognition it deserves. Rather than appealing through superficial effects, it demands a thoughtful and discerning viewer capable of engaging with its deeper artistic and intellectual dimensions.
Tsaishi, located about 10 km southwest of Zugdidi in the Samegrelo province, is the site of one of the oldest episcopal sees in western Georgia. In the register of bishoprics compiled under the name of the early Christian theologian Epiphanius of Salamis—but actually written in the seventh century—the bishop of the Saisins is listed among the hierarchs of Lazica, a reference corresponding to what later became Tsaishi.
#GlimpseinGallery - ATINATI Art Center continues its exhibition series, “The ATINATI Collection,” with “The Power of Color,” bringing together works by Tamo Jugheli, Beso Uznadze, Nina Kintsurashvili, Nina Akhobadze, Nino Sakandelidze, and Nino Meje. Six distinct artistic languages, experiences, and working methods come together in one space, creating a diverse picture of contemporary Georgian art today.
Opposite the ridge which boasts the oldest monastery in the Gareji Desert - the Lavra of St. David of Gareji, founded in the 6th century, is a rock-hewn monastery commonly known as Udabno (said to have been called Tsamebuli until the 19th century). Emerging at the turn of the 10th- 11th centuries, and active until the 14th century, Udabno comprises several dozen caves that house large and small churches, chapels, hermit cells, and utility chambers.
The Monastery of St. George is located atop Udzo Mountain, near the resort town of Kojori, about 20 km from Tbilisi. The history of the monastery dates back to the thirteenth century, when a small single-nave church was built atop Udzo Mountain. The church has a simple rectangular plan without annexes. The revival of the monastery began in 2008. In 2010, St. George’s Church was renovated, and a belfry was built beside it. In 2015, a new church dedicated to the Annunciation was built in the monastery’s lower courtyard.
The exhibition brings together works by six contemporary Georgian artists — Tamo Jugheli, Beso Uznadze, Nina Kintsurashvili, Nina Akhobadze, Nino Sakandelidze, and Nino Meje.
