TALK BY SHIRIN MELIKOVA: WHEN TRADITIONS AND MODERNITY MEET

The activities of the YARAT Friends Membership platform do not let to get bored. For the productive Saturday morning, we have arranged a beautiful guided tour to the Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet, which will be delivered by the Director, Shirin Melikova.

Let's dive together into the world of secret archives of the carpets which you have never seen before and learn the culture of our past. The most valuable collector's carpets will be displayed for the members only on this date.

Shirin Melikova, Doctor in Arts (thesis “Fabric and Embroidery of Azerbaijan of 16th-18th centuries”), within 2008-2012 taught at the department of the “History of Art” of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, and since 2012, at the department “History of Art” of the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts. She is author of more than 10 books on Azerbaijani artists, the author of articles published in local and international scientific editions, participant of the international symposiums and conferences. Since 2011, she has worked as an expert in the field of arts in the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, as well as she is the organizer of a number of major international exhibitions and festivals, such as in 2013, 2015 and 2017 – Azerbaijan National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 2013 and 2016 – Days of Azerbaijani Culture in France, 2012 and 2013 – Fly to Baku. Contemporary art from Azerbaijan – the exhibition presented in galleries and museums in the European capitals, etc. 

She is the author of concepts of two museums in Baku – Stone Chronicle Museum and Museum of Art, developed the concept of the exposition in the new building of the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, which she has heading since March 2016. In June 2016 she was elected the position of the Chair of the ICOM Azerbaijan National Committee.

Date: March 10, 2018
Time: 11:00
Venue: The Museum of the Azerbaijan Carpet
Admission only for YARAT Friends platform members