Cafesjian Center for the Arts

 

Cafesjian Center for the Arts  is an art museum in Yerevan, Armenia. It is around the Yerevan Cascade which is a complex of massive staircase with fountains, ascending up from the Tamanyan Street gardens and pedestrian zone.

Inspired by the vision of its founder, Gerard L. Cafesjian, the museum offers a wide variety of exhibitions, derived from the Gerard L. Cafesjian collection of contemporary art. Opened in November 2009, besides the exhibition of unique works of modern art, the museum offers a diverse program of lectures, films, concerts, and numerous educational initiatives for adults and children. 


՛՛The museum is considered one of the most ambitious works of contemporary architecture undertaken in any of the former republics of the Soviet Union. ՛՛The New York Times described it as "a mad work of architectural megalomania and architectural recovery, (...) one of the strangest and most spectacular museum buildings to open in ages."

The museum consists of 2 separate sections: the external "Cafesjian Sculpture Garden", and the internal "Cafesjian Art Galleries".

  • The Cafesjian Sculpture Garden is the front gardens of the cascade where many sculptures are exhibited. Sculptures are also exhibited in the garden terrace along the massive steps and fountains ascending up from the Tamanyan street gardens.
  • The "Cafesjian Art Galleries" including Gallery One, Khanjyan Gallery, Eagle Gallery, Sasuntsi Davit Garden Gallery, Star Landing and the Special Events Auditorium, located 




  • Khanjyan Gallery is home to the large-scale mural triptych "History of Armenia" by renowned Soviet and Armenian painter Grigor Khanjyan. 


    Sasuntsi Davit Gallery includes basrelief by Artashes Hovsepyan depicting scenes from the Armenian epic fable David of Sasun.






And there are some photos from other halls of the Museum.





For more information:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafesjian_Museum_of_Art

https://www.cmf.am/About-CCA



 

Location: 10 Tamanyan St, Yerevan 0009, Armenia

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