Conference

Haroutiun Galentz: The Form of Colour

Università Ca'Foscari Venezia

Online event

25 mai 2026 10:00 AM

Aula Baratto, Ca' Foscari
Dorsoduro 3246, Venezia

Veneto - Italy

International Study Day curated by Silvia Burini

Scientific Secretariat: Maria Redaelli, Giulia Gelmi

Free admission

Info: csar@unive.it

MORNING SESSION

10.00 AM Welcome Greetings

Silvia Burini (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

10.30 AM Introductory Lecture

Sona Haroutjunian (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Armenian Studies in Venice: Historical Roots and Contemporary Perspectives

11.00 AM Coffee Break

11.30 AM Galentz's Chromatic Universe

Chair: Maria Redaelli (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

Matteo Bertelé (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), From the 'Lost' to the 'International' Years: Haroutiun Galentz and the Artistic Context of the Soviet Thaw

Ashod Simonian (Ca' Foscari University of Venice: Orient Institut Beirut), Seeking Galentz in Beirut's Salons: Lebanon's Mandate-Era Art Infrastructures and Their Afterlives of Invisibility

12.30 PM Q&A and Open Discussion

1.00 PM Lunch Break

AFTERNOON SESSION

2.30 PM Documenting Art: Publishing and Collecting

Presentation of the Skira Monograph Haroutiun Galentz: The Form of Colour

Chair: Giulia Gelmi (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

Silvia Burini (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Faces as Landscapes: A Semiotic Reading of Identity in the Janjikbegian Collection

Vartan Karapetian (Skira Scholar), From Fauvitage to Legacy: On Collecting Haroutiun Galentz

Armen Yesayants (Collegian Centre for the Arts), Haroutiun Galentz in Soviet Armenia: From Exiled Repatriate to Acclaimed Artist

Maria Tomb (Skira Scholar), Triumphs and Tribulations of an Artist in Exile's Multifaceted Social Networks and the Creative Ventures in Beirut

Costanza de Bellegarde de Saint Lary (Skira), The Art Book, Today. A Tool of Cultural Mediation

Vigen Galstyan (National Gallery of Armenia), Institutionalisation, Modernism, Haroutiun Galentz in Armenian Collections

5.00 PM Closing Remarks

Marine Haroyan (Armenian Arts Council), From Haroutiun Galentz to Digital Futures: Launching the 'Encyclopedia of Contemporary Armenian Art' Project

5.30 PM Cocktail Reception

Organized by: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - Dipartimento di Filosofia e Beni Culturali, CSAR Centro Studi sull'Arte Russa, dell'Asia Centrale e del Caucaso, Armenian Arts Council, SKIRA

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