Caravan Art Forum 2016 International Contemporary Art Festival 2016, 17 – 20 May,

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P R O G R A M

17 May 2016

12h - Arrival of guests and check in 18h - Caravan Art Forum Kutaisi 2016, Official opening - David Kakabadze National Gallery 20h - Official Dinner

18 May 2016

10h - Visit Temple of Bagrat 12h - Katia Candor, Performance, Kakabadze National Gallery 14h - Round Table, Conference, Kutaisi State Historical Museum Reporter: Maria Tsantsanoglou, State Museum of Thessaloniki Presentation - Group of Artists The same time, Presentation of installations 17h - Presentation of Book 18h - Exposition in Gallery “Varla” 20h - Dinner, evening in Cafe “Palat”

19 May 2016

10h – Visit of Gelati Monastery 12h - Henri Matchavariani, master Class, School of Arts 14h - Round Table, Conference, Kutaisi State Historical Museum Reporter: Dimitri Konstantinidis, Apollonia, Strasbourg Presentation - Group of Artists 18h - Street Art Action, Graffiti, Presentation 20h - Dinner

20 May 2016

10h – Visit, Prometheus Cave 14h - Round Table, Conference, Kutaisi State Historical Museum Presentation - Group of Artists 19:30h - Concert, Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra Nikoloz Rachveli, Anita Rachvelishvili, Giorgi Zagareli David Shamanauri - "Cross Over The World" 21h - Cocktail party Caravan Art Forum Kutaisi 2016

Participants, Artists

Karim Borjas, Jacques Crenn, Jean Luc Guinamant Shalva Khakhanashvili, Aliska Lahusen, Natalya Lyakh Henri Matchavariani, Pedro Morales, Eduard de Pazzi Annette Turrillo – , France

Almagul Menlibayeva – Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan/Germany Ada Yu – Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan /Paris, France

Katia Candor, Dasha Delone, Dima Goryachkin, Denis Mikhailov, Lidia Vitkovskaia – Moscow, Russia

Zura Arabidze – , /Moscow, Russia Marina Chernikova – Amsterdam, Netherlands Sitki Kosemen – Istanbul, Turkey Dags Vidulejs – Riga, Latvia Egle Ganda Bogdaniene – Vilnius, Lithuania

Street Artists Virginie Masson & Alex Perret – Paris, France

Participants, Conference, Round Table

Mirandolina Kuprava - Kutaisi, Georgia Nino Metreveli - Tbilisi, Georgia Khatuna Melikishvili - Tbilisi, Georgia Shalva Khakhanashvili - Paris, France Simon Hewitt - Geneva, Switzerland Dima Goryachkin - Moscow, Russia Aleksey Sosna - Moscow, Russia Maria Tsantsanoglou - Thessaloniki, Greece Dimitri Konstantinidis - Strasbourg, France Daria Evdokimova - Strasbourg, France Galina Maksimova - Riga, Latvia Dags Vidulejs - Riga, Latvia

Caravansarai Artistic Exchanges, Paris Tel : +33 (0)6 16 71 28 26, [email protected], www.caravansarai.org Gamrekely Gallery, Tbilisi Tel : +995 577 40 11 98, [email protected], Gamrekeli Gallery Caravan Art Forum Kutaisi 2016

Organizer Kutaisi City Hall Mayor of Kutaisi – Shota Murgulia Deputy Mayor of Kutaisi - Nodar Mikiashvili Department of Culture – Miranda Kuprava

Partners Ministry of Culture of Georgia – Mikhail Giorgadze

Direction & Curators Caravansarai Artistic Exchanges, Paris & Tbilisi Shalva Khakhanashvili, Nino Metreveli

Coordination & Assistance Gamrekeli Gallery, Tbilisi Khatuna Melikishvili, Natashka Donadze Data Consulting - David Shimshilashvili

With participation State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Maria Tsantsanoglou Apollonia, European Art Exchanges, Strasbourg Dimitri Konstantinidis

Places and Venues - Kutaisi State Historical Museum Conference, Round Table, Debates - David Kakabadze Fine Art Gallery Contemporary Art “Urban Landscapes” - Gallery Varla, Contemporary Art & Photo Exhibition

Building Walls - Facade of D. Kakabadze National Gallery Building walls - Street Art paintings, Graffiti, Installation