Events in photos / The Exhibition of Lado Gudiashvili in the Tretyakov Gallery.

On November 17 the timed to the opening of the exhibition «Lado Gudiashvili. The Paris Years. 1920-1925» vernisage took place at the State Tretyakov Gallery. The project was organized by the charity-cultural fund U-Art: You and Art with the support of the Unident and ROCS companies. The wide public was able to estimate over 60 painting and graphic works of the most interesting and unknown in Russia part of the Gudiashvili’s art «the Paris period». The press-show, which preceded the solemn opening, gathered in the Conference-hall of the Tretyakov Gallery representatives of the leading Mass media.

A publication, which was specially timed to the opening of the exhibition, was presented to the guests, this is a collection of articles, illustrations, scientific works and translations devoted to the Paris period of the artist's art. The organizers of the exhibition and everyone who was directly connected to it’s preparations made a speech at the opening of the exhibition, - Irina Lebedeva (gen. Director of the STG), Lidia Iovleva (vice-director of the science of the STG), Luigi Magarotto (professor of the Venice University), an attachй of the art of French embassy in RF Blanche Grinbaum-Salgas, lawyer Jacques-George Bitoun, Iveta and Tamas Manasherovs (U-Art: You and Art).
After this all the guests got a pleasant surprise, - the performance of today’s one of the most talented jazz-singers Nino Katamadze.
The works of the artist from the State Tretyakov Gallery and personal collection of Iveta and Tamas Monacherovs were represented in the cosy show-hall where the muffled light makes you feel like being in the one of the Paris cafes. The mixture of the Georgian originality and European symbolism, some influence of the art of East, synthesis of the grotesque and lyricism reflected in the works of Gudiashvili was a great success in Paris.
Now nowadays public got a chance to estimate master’s art. A lot of the works of one of the greatest Georgian artists of the XX century were shown for the first time.
The vernisage was a success and gathered a lots of delightful responses from the guests; however, about it it is possible to read in the Russian and foreign magazines.
The exhibition «Lado Gudiashvili. The Paris Years. 1920-1925» will last till January 10th, and will open in the summer 2010 in the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg.

Director of the State Tretyakov Gallery Irina Lebedeva and the Manasherov couple	Exhibition opening
Lidiya Iovleva and Iveta Manasherova	With spouse of the Ambassador of France in Russia Katrin de Gliniasti
Interview to TV channel «Culture»	TV interview
With Zurab Tsereteli and Irina Lebedeva	President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli and head of the Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications Mikhail Seslavinsky
Ekaterina Moiseeva and Mikhail Kusnirovich (Bosco di Ciliegi Group) with founder of U-Art	Lidia Iovleva (vice-director of the State Tretyakov Gallery) and Mikhail Mindlin (gen. director of the National Center for contemporary arts)
Founders of «U-Art» fund Iveta and Tamaz Manasherov	Attaché of the art of French embassy Blanche Grinbaum-Salgas
TV presenter & movie expert Ekaterina Mcituridze and Mark Ivasilevich (A&C Projects)	Sofiko Shevarnadze and Iveta Manasherova
Marina Loshak (art-director of the PROUN Gallery) and Joseph Kiblitsky (director of the publishing house «Palace Edition»)	Eduard Musaelyan and Iveta Manasherova
Jacques-George Bitoun (France) with wife Florence	Alexander Gafin and Yakov Galperin (Alfa Capital)
Sergey Dzubenko (Swedbank) with wife	Elena Berezkina (ERA foundation) and collector Alex Lahman
Executive director of Moscow Museum of Modern Art Vasily Tsereteli and gen. director of GUM Timur Guguberidze	Art expert Alexander Parnis
Ludmila and Anatoliy Grebelsky (DSclinic) and architect Enrique Bertolotti with Tamaz Manasherov	Yevgeny Ruzaev (UNIDENT) with spouse Ludmila
Tamaz and Tony Manasherov, attorney Alexander Dobrovinsky with wife Marina	Dina, Tony and Iveta Manasherov
Lali Manasherova (UNIDENT) with mother Ziuli Isroevna	Yana Klevtsova (UNIDENT) and Elena Malysheva (U-Art)
Vladimir Smirnov (Novatek) with spouse Liana	Sergey Krivosheev (Chairman of the Board of Pharmacy Chains 36,6)
Composer Enrio Eloshvili and TV presenter Darya Spiridonova	Art critic Ekaterina Degot
Jazz-singer Nino Katamadze	Violoncellist Boris Andrianov
Stage director Vadim Abdrashitov with spouse Natela Toidze and Lidiya Iovleva	TV presenter Ekaterina Andreeva and Irina Gaydamak
With Zelfira Tregulova (vice-director of the «Moscow Kremlin» Museum Complex)	Tatyana Metaksa (deputy director of the State Museum of East) and Viktor Petrakov (deputy director of the Russian Federal Surveillance Service for Compliance with the Law in Cultural Heritage Protection)
Nina Divova and Eugenia Petrova (vice-director of the State Russian Museum)	Nina Divova (the State Tretyakov Gallery) and artist Ekaterina Lancere
Anneta Akopyan (UNIDENT) and Igor Gavasheli (Unident Stomatology)	Tony Manasherov and director of Art Festival «Chereshnevy Les» Edith Kusnirovich
Olga Gerasimova (UNIDENT)	Among friends