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Avedis Hadjian

Avedis Hadjian is a journalist and writer based in Venice. He is the author of Secret Nation: The Hidden Armenians of Turkey. His work as a correspondent has taken him to Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and the Caucasus.

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With Ukraine Square, the Venice Biennale Goes to War

by Avedis Hadjian May 1, 2022May 2, 2022

The open-air exhibition of works by Ukrainian artists at the 59th Biennale includes art created in bomb shelters, in exile, and from a place of strength and hope.

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Ai Weiwei Creates a Homage to Julian Assange

by Avedis Hadjian March 27, 2022March 25, 2022

“[Assange’s] imprisonment marks the collapse of a free and civilized society,” Ai Weiwei told Hyperallergic.

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Vienna’s Belvedere Museum Highlights Three Early Modernists Who Straddled Europe and Asia

by Avedis Hadjian March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

For the first time in three centuries the Belvedere Museum is displaying creations by artists who are not Austrian and have no connection to Austrian art.

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What Are Messerschmidt’s Bizarre 18th-century Sculpted Heads Trying To Tell Us?

by Avedis Hadjian February 14, 2022February 14, 2022

For Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, his Character Heads were his way to forestall the demons that tortured him.

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Communist Heroes Die Standing Tall in a Budapest Park

by Avedis Hadjian February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

Uprooted and soulless, the stone and metal statues at Memento Park have long outlived the world that gave birth to them.

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The Historical Regatta Revives the Pomp and Pageantry of 15th-Century Venice

by Avedis Hadjian September 21, 2021September 21, 2021

For a fleeting few hours, a procession of boats on the Grand Canal reenacted the full pomp and pageantry of 15th-century Venice.

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