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Eka Kiknadze

Eka Kiknadze (ეკა კიკნაძე) is a doctor and professor of art. She researches modern Georgian painting, sculpture, and the history of museums. Under her authorship and curation, the Georgian National Museum has implemented the following exhibition projects: "Niko Pirosmanashvili 150," "Post-Stalin Liberalization in Georgian Painting," "Iakob Nikoladze 145," "The Red Terror and Georgian Artists," and "Henrik Hrinevsky 150." She is the author and co-author of 4 scientific monographs.

Articles

26/04/2024

PIROSMANI

With Pirosmanashvilis’s birth and death dates still remaining uncertain, his final resting place having been lost, and his biographies being largely based on enigmatic/equivocal memories, legends and assumptions, it now appears impossible to reconstruct the real story of the artist’s life. Such ambiguity imbues his image with certain mysticism, leaving his art as the only true evidence of his place among the pre-eminent painters of the twentieth century.

26/04/2024

IAKOB NIKOLADZE: FOUNDER OF MODERN GEORGIAN SCULPTURE

The history of contemporary Georgian sculpture has its roots in the period around the turn of the 20th century, when Georgia began to reconnect with European cultural milieu after centuries of having been forcibly pulled away from it. It was at that time that pioneer Georgian sculptor Iakob Nikoladze (1876-1951) made his first appearance as an artist.

26/04/2024

PETRE OTSKHELI

Petre Otskheli played a pivotal role in the development of Georgian scenography in the 20th century, and continues to influence it in the 21st. He was just twenty years of age when he began his career as a stage designer in Georgia, and only thirty when sentenced to death by the Soviet regime.

26/04/2024

HENRYK HRYNIEWSKI

In 1937, Poles living in the Soviet Union became targets of the so-called ‘Polish operation,’ which was launched by the Soviet secret police.

AUTHORS AT ATINATI

Alex Fisher

George Kekelidze

Ketevan Shavgulidze

Nino Lashkhi

Khatuna Khabuliani

David Khoshtaria

Ketevan Kintsurashvili

Ilia Tavberidze

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