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AW: Major contemporary art exhibition of 125 works now open at Armenian Museum of America

Tambiyan Samvel
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Art enthusiasts enjoy the Discovering Takouhi exhibit of 30 portraits of Joan Agajanian Quinn by Armenian artists (Photo: Kenneth Martin)

WATERTOWN, Mass.—“On the Edge:  Los Angeles Art 1970s -1990s from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection” and “Discovering Takouhi: Portraits of Joan Agajanian Quinn” opened at the Armenian Museum of America on June 16 to a large and enthusiastic crowd of art lovers from near and far.  

The celebration of this impressive contemporary exhibition kicked off with a lively members reception before the gallery doors opened to the public. 

Museum executive director Jason Sohigian welcomes everyone to the opening of the exhibit (Photo: Kenneth Martin)

Executive director Jason Sohigian welcomed guests and thanked many individuals who played a role in the curation and installation of the exhibition, including Rachel McCullah Wainwright, curator of the Bakersfield Museum of Art, and Gina Grigorian and Natalie Varbedian, curators of the “Discovering Takhoui” exhibition of 28 Armenian artists.  

Museum president Michele Kolligian offered warm remarks about her long friendship with Agajanian Quinn, as well as her fond memories of the late Jack Quinn. She extended her appreciation to Joan’s two daughters, Amanda Quinn Olivar and Jennifer Quinn Gowey, who play an integral role in the Quinn Family Collection. Special thanks were also expressed to the JHM Foundation for their generous support of the exhibition.  

Pictured at the opening reception are members of the Museum’s executive committee Sandra Missakian, Joan Agajanian Quinn, and president of the Board of Trustees Michele Kolligian (Photo: Kenneth Martin)

 The exhibition of 125 contemporary works by artists including John Altoon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Charles Garabedian, Frank Gehry and David Hockney runs through November 30 at the Armenian Museum of America. Additional events are planned for later this summer and fall.

Berj Chekijian, director of finance and building operations, and Joan Agajanian Quinn (Photo: Kenneth Martin)

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The Armenian Museum of America is the largest Armenian museum in the Diaspora. It has grown into a major repository for all forms of Armenian material culture that illustrate the creative endeavors of the Armenian people over the centuries. Today, the Museum’s collections hold more than 25,000 artifacts including 5,000 ancient and medieval Armenian coins, 1,000 stamps and maps, 30,000 books, 3,000 textiles and 180 Armenian inscribed rugs, and an extensive collection of Urartian and religious artifacts, ceramics, medieval illuminations and various other objects. The collection includes historically significant objects, including five of the Armenian Bibles printed in Amsterdam in 1666.


Sports: Robert Arzumanyan quits as Urartu FC manager

Tambiyan Samvel
Panorama
Armenia –


Urartu FC and Robert Arzumanyan are ending cooperation.

Robert Arzumanyan has been the head coach of Urartu FC since March 2021. The team, led by him, has played 53 matches. In the 2020/2021 season, the club became the bronze medalist of the Vbet Armenian Premier League and earned a ticket to the European Cups, representing Armenia in the UEFA Conference League. In the 2021/22 season, Urartu FC reached to the Vbet Armenian Cup final.

“The club expresses gratitude to the 36-year-old specialist for his productive work and wishes him success in his future career,” it said in a statement on Friday.




Armenian, Russian Defense Ministers to meet in August

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YEREVAN, JUNE 24, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Defense of Armenia Suren Papikyan participated in the regular sitting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS member states in Moscow on June 24.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, over 20 issues on the agenda were discussed, including international military-political developments, growing dangers and challenges for the security environment of the CIS member states.

The participants of the meeting discussed a number of issues related to the establishment of a joint humanitarian demining engineering unit, the deepening of cooperation in the military education sphere, as well as the necessary legal and organizational work for the establishment of joint air defense systems.

Based on the results of the sitting, all the decisions of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS member states were signed, as well as the joint statement dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the CIS Council of Defense Ministers.

Taking into account the rich agenda of the Armenian-Russian military cooperation, the allied nature of the relations, an additional agreement was reached to organize a meeting of Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu in Moscow in August.

Analyst: In a normal country, Ruben Vardazaryan would already be looking at the sky through prison bars

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ARMINFO
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David Stepanyan

ArmInfo. In a normal country, after such a press conference Ruben Vardazaryan would already be looking at the sky through prison bars. A similar opinion was expressed to  ArmInfo by head of the Armenian Institute of International Relations  and Security Stepan Safaryan.

Yesterday, the Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council Ruben  Vardazaryan (powers suspended), as evidence of the political  motivation of the criminal case initiated against him, presented a  recording of his conversation with acting Chairman of the Supreme  Council Gagik Jhangiryan. During which Jhangiryan persuades his  interlocutor to leave the post under the guarantee of the absence of  criminal prosecution in the future. According to adviser to the  Prosecutor General of Armenia, Gor Abrahamyan, the recording was sent  to the Investigative Committee "for a complete, objective and  multilateral verification."

"Vardazaryan's testimony against himself is extremely surprising. I  can't say to what extent with this recording he harmed Jhangiryan,  but I can say that he definitely drowned himself. One thing is clear,  the Supreme Judicial Council must be dissolved with such leadership  and such judges, completely, and as soon as possible. With such a  composition of the Supreme Court of Justice, it simply has no right  to exist. The street lexicon, the swear words of these people are a  real disaster for the judicial system. Not to mention their actions  themselves," he believes.

Safaryan noted that according to the same recording, it is only  Jhangiryan who prevents the initiation of all three criminal cases  instead of only one criminal case against Vardazaryan. Accordingly,  in his opinion with such radical steps, Vardazaryan is trying to drag  all the other people associated with his dark deeds to the bottom.  According to Safaryan, there are a lot of cases, which are on  Vardazaryan's conscience. Several of which he is preparing to publish  personally.

"One way or another, we learned a lot from the recording: About the  Supreme Judicial Council, about the Armenian judicial system as a  whole, about Jhangiryan, about Vardazaryan himself, about the judge  of the Court of Cassation Stepan Mikayelyan, about how Jangiryan  "suspended" the criminal cases, about how Jhangiryan organized the  army service of Artur Vanetsyan. And I can only guess how many  criminal and civil cases and lawsuits were " suspended " in this way  by these "most worthy representatives" of our "fairest" judicial  system in the world," Safaryan summed up.   -sh-  

Armenpress: First case of monkeypox virus registered in Georgia

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First case of monkeypox virus registered in Georgia

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YEREVAN, JUNE 15, ARMENPRESS. The Ministry of Health of Georgia reports the first confirmed case of monkeypox virus in the country, ARMENPRESS reports, citing TASS agency, the patient had a mild form of the disease, and left the medical institution soon after undergoing a corresponding course of treatment.

According to the agency, the patient returned to Georgia after traveling in Europe.

Sports: Armenian wrestlers win four medals at Iran tournament

Tambiyan Samvel
Panorama
Armenia –

SPORT 15:25 14/06/2022 ARMENIA

The Armenian freestyle wrestling team has won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the prestigious Takhti Cup international tournament in Iran, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports reported on Tuesday.

Vazgen Tevanyan (65 kg) captured the gold medal after beating his Iranian rival 4-3 in the final.

Arman Andreasyan (70 kg) won silver for the Armenian team, while Arsen Harutyunyan (61 kg) and Khachatur Papikyan (74 kg) took bronze medals.

Head coach Habetnak Kurghinyan is pleased with the results of his team.

"This tournament brings together pretty strong teams. It is not easy to win a medal here. After the intense trainings in Tsaghkadzor, I think we have achieved good results,” he said.

The Armenian freestyle wrestling team finished second in the team competition, lagging behind Iran's team.

“Arabic messages from Armenia: Heritage for Cultural Dialogue” exhibition to open in Qatar National Library

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YEREVAN, JUNE 14, ARMENPRESS. “Arabic reports from Armenia: Heritage for Cultural Dialogue” temporary exhibition will open in the National Library of Qatar on June 14 with the support of the Armenian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport.

The Armenian governmental delegation led by the Prime Minister is in Qatar on a two-day official visit.

9 duplicate samples from the numismatic and archeological collections of the History Museum of Armenia will be displayed at the exhibition, the ministry of culture said.

The posters will display cultural values and historical facts about the Armenian-Arabic long-lasting relations.

The exhibition will be open at the Qatar National Library for a week.

Armenian Deputy PM, US Ambassador discuss regional unblocking

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 16:39, 7 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received Ambassador of the United States to Armenia Lynne Tracy, the government’s press service said.

During the meeting the sides discussed issues relating to the Armenian-American bilateral cooperation.

Views were exchanged on the main directions of the Police reforms, including the activity of the patrol service and the creation of the ministry of interior.

The ongoing works on unblocking the regional transportation communications were also touched upon.