Esma Oniani (1938-1999) was one of the most recognized poet and artist. In 1963 she graduated from Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts. Her graduation work The School-Leavers was highly praised and was sent to the student exhibition in Moscow. She participated in numerous all-Union, Caucasian and republican exhibitions,... Read more >
Western “soft powers” – be they American jazz or cinematography, literature or rock n roll – sped up the initial exposure and final demise of the soviet ideology; It... Read more >
Rustam Raza was born in 1782 in Tbilisi to Armenian parents. He was kidnapped at the age of thirteen and sold in Cairo, where the sheikh presented him to Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798.... Read more >
Readers are well aware that Galaktioni’s life was unusual and extraordinary. But where does the line lie between the circulating legends and the truth? You won’t find the answer to... Read more >
Nika Rurua, a filmmaker by education, had planned to make a film once Georgia became a NATO member. Anyone who knew him would easily guess the film's subject: the Russian occupation a century... Read more >
