Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended “Arshil Gorky. New York – Yerevan. at the opening of the exhibition entitled “new achievement”. The government acquired the graphic work “Untitled” (1944) by the world-famous American-Armenian artist from the international auction, which is an important contribution to the addition of the national collection.
The event was attended by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan, Director of the National Gallery of Armenia Marina Hakobyan, representatives of the executive power, artists, guests.
The Prime Minister delivered a speech, congratulated everyone on the occasion of this day, noted that Arshil Gorky is one of the significant figures of world fine arts and fine arts of Armenian origin. “Today’s event and the Government’s decision have several meanings and all these meanings are, of course, related to the following. we talk a lot about the fact that the state, the statehood, the Republic of Armenia should be the core and center of gravity of Armenian life. Our people have had different pages of history: sometimes the center of Armenian reality was Madras, sometimes, at some time the center of Armenian reality was Istanbul, sometimes at some time the center of Armenian reality was Tbilisi, at some time the center of Armenian reality was Venice, etc. We say that the center of Armenian reality and life is the Republic of Armenia in all aspects: cultural, ideological, ideological. And this situation, which exists and must develop, must be permanent and not temporary.”
According to Nikol Pashinyan, the critical mass of Armenian art and cultural heritage should be in the Republic of Armenia. According to the head of the country, this is not an isolated event, because recently a similar important event took place in the history museum, such an event has already been celebrated twice in Matenadaran. Prime Minister Pashinyan emphasized that this is a policy adopted by the Government and all opportunities will be used to bring the heritage of Armenian origin of art and culture to the Republic of Armenia and make it a lasting haven for these values.
In this context, the Prime Minister thanked all the citizens of Armenia who work, create results, and pay the taxes prescribed by law, because Arshil Gorky’s canvas appeared in the Republic of Armenia thanks to thousands of tax-paying citizens.
Summarizing his speech, Nikol Pashinyan also thanked the people who initiated and initiated this process and brought it to a logical end.
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Within the framework of the program of replenishment of the museum collections of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia implemented in 2025 with state funds, the “Culture Development” Foundation conducted inspections of the lists of values presented for sale by international auction houses and private galleries.
As a result of observations, it was found that the graphic work “Untitled” (1944) by the world-famous American-Armenian artist Arshil Gorku (paper, pencil, 45.4 × 55.5 cm) is presented at Sotheby’s auction house operating in London. The starting price of the auction was 45,000 euros, and the expected maximum price was 70,000 euros.
During the auction held on December 3, 2025, the Government purchased the given work for 30,978,000 (thirty million nine hundred and seventy-eight thousand) drams and it was placed in the National Gallery of Armenia.
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