The personation of the album “Tif(Tbi)lis-i-New Babylon” took place on March 6, 2015 in the hall of the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia. Many Armenian and Georgian writers, public figures and art enthusiasts attended the event.

The presentation event was honored by the presence of the Primate of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, RA Minister of Justice, Hovhannes Manukyan, who was on a working visit in Tbilisi, the first councilor at the RA Embassy in Georgia, Artak Kalachyan and others.

The project aimed at putting together in one collection the works of Tbilisi’s five gifted Armenian artists of the second half of the 20th century was implemented with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia, RA Ministry of Culture, RA Embassy in Georgia and the “Hayartun” center of the Diocese and was sponsored by the deputy of the RA National Assembly, Mr. Ashot Arsenyan.

The deputy minister Manana Berikashvili spoke proudly about the Armenian masters, who passed their creative path and occupied a significant place in art history, whose wide pallet of colors was inspired by the unique and reach coloring of this multinational city. Their artworks are a subject of pride for Armenian and Georgian people.

The author and coordinator of the project, artist Irena Ohanjanova listed the names of Tbilisi’s Armenian artists: greatly lamented, Albert Dilbaryan, Lev Bayakhchev, Robert Kondakhsazov, Gayane Khachatryan and Zuleika Bazhbeuk-Melikova, who is still dedicated to her artwork. 120 paintings, together with Davit Andriadze’s analytical essays are collected in the album.

RA Minister of Justice, Hovhannes Manukyan was the inspirer of the idea of immortalizing the trace of Tbilisi’s Armenian artists by creating one collection, when he was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Georgia. He called the culture a bridge, which connects the past and leads to the future the centuries-old cooperation and cultural development of two friendly nations.

The Primate of the Diocese blessed the present people and compared the artists to frontier guards, whose mission is to preserve, continue and make accessible for both Christian nations their art and literature.

The book “Tif(Tbi)lis-i-New Babylon” is issued in Armenian, Georgian and English languages. The artworks collected in the album are represented in the museums of Georgia, Armenia, Russia and Unites States. The guests had a chance to see a slideshow of 120 paintings of 5 artists. The presentation of the book “Tif(Tbi)lis-i-New Babylon” in the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia was held in a spirit of two nation’s friendship.