PARIS, APRIL 5, NOYAN TAPAN. An exhibition of American Armenian great painter Arshile Gorky's (Vostanik Adoyan, 1904-1948) works opened on April 2 at the Pompidou Center of the Paris National Museum of Modern Art and at the Calouste Gulbenkian cultural center within the framework of the Year of Armenia in France. More than 40 canvases and drawings of the painter which were brought from the U.S., Portugal, England as well as from the Pompidou Center and separate individuals' collections are presented. Chairman of the George Pompidou Art and Culture National Center Bruno Racine, Emilio Rui Vilar (Lisbon), the Administrative Council Chairman of the Calouste Gulbenkian institution and Ambassador of Armenia Eduard Nalbandian participated in opening of the exhibitions. According to the information submitted to Noyan Tapan by the RA Foreign Ministry's Press and Information Department, A. Gorky's wife, daugther and grandchildran also participated in the ceremony.

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