Thursday, December 21 2017 17:59

ArmInfo. In the symbolic year of two jubilees -130 years of Armenian brandy  production and 50th anniversary of Martiros Sarian House-Musuem,  ARARAT Museum will offer its visitors a unique journey through the  history of the Armenian brandy making and will present the paintings  of the master in a new way. 

Special screens will be installed in the exposition hall with  Sarian's paintings, which will revive presenting the unique, bright  and palette of colors so typical to his style.  The event, which is  the result of cross-museum collaboration, aims to bring additional  interest towards great Armenian painter who deserves to be called  "Smile of Armenia". During the open doors apart from a free tour at  ARARAT Museum, every visitor will get a ticket for a free visit to  the Martiros Sarian House- Museum until 31st of March, 2018, where  s/he will have an opportunity to explore the great variety of  paintings from the collections of the master.   

"This project as well as the collaboration with other iconic museums  of the capital is very important to us. I believe that this kind of  projects will bring a new behavioral attitude of our audience and it  will be more popular to spend time with family and friends at the  wonderful museums of Yerevan, especially during the holiday season,  and it will become fashionable not only to get checked at bars and  restaurants, but also at museums. We really want to show with this  project that museum is not just a destination, but also an exciting  journey", said Karine Madelrieu, director of sales and marketing at  Yerevan Brandy Company. 

This year ARARAT Museum displayed also a recently acquired painting  of the master "Ghamarlu", 1933 (paper, pencil, sanguine, 11x13 cm). 

The "Open Doors Days" event, which takes place at New Year's Eve,  will sum up to the series of cultural events of ARARAT Museum held  this year, among which it is worth mentioning ARARAT Speakers Night,  an arttainment project in a format of public talk. ARARAT Speakers  Night - is a special series of meetings and discussions, an  intellectual space, where the professionals from different spheres  including experts, artists, opinion leaders, journalists and  representatives of contemporary art will present their thoughts on  urgent issues. 

The speakers of the previous episodes of ARARAT Speakers Night were  director of the Russian State Tretyakov Gallery Zelfira Tregulova,  curator, contemporary art critic Danilo Eccher and Hollywood actor  John Malkovich.