YEREVAN, August 18 (Noyan Tapan). An exhibition of the canvases and sculptures of six Syrian-Armenian art critics Hrazdan Tokmajian, Arto Hambartsumian, Zaven Partagchian, Vigen Sharoyan, Vrezh Kasuni and Vardges Parsumian was opened at the National Picture Gallery of Armenia within the framework of the "One Nation, One Culture" first Pan-Armenian cutlural festival. According to RA Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Hovik Hoveyan, the works presented at the exhibition once again are evidence of the fact that the works of the Armenian artists living in different countries of the world gives new sense to the Armenian fine arts. According to Karen Aghamian, Chairman of the Armenian Artists' Union, form all the spheres it is the culture that "preserves the Armenian nature in the Armenian, wherever he lived". It should be mentioned that the works of Vrezh Kasuni were first exhibited in Armenia in 1999.

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