Serzh Sargsyan visits Art and Literature Museum and National Gallery

President Serzh Sargsyan on Friday visited the Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum and the National Gallery of Armenia.

At the Museum, the president observed the exhibition named the Middle East Art: Markos and Sabrina Griogrian Collection. For exhibiting the rich collection, which comprises 2500 original pieces, the museum premises were renovated and a new permanent exhibition was presented (which became possible through the funding from the state budget), says an official statement posted on the presidential website.

At the National Gallery, the President attended exhibition Yeghishe Tadevossian: Retrospective: Collections of Armenia’s National Gallery and Vahagn Grigorian, dedicated to the great artist’s 145th birth anniversary.

In the Gallery, Mr Sargsyan observed also the exhibition Lyrics of the Native Land and Rural Life, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of world-famous Armenian artists Panos Terlemizian and Sedrak Arakelian.