Arax – Kele Kele
One of my old video’s, enjoy!
Old Armenian Doors by Suren Manvelyan
Close up photos of Old Armenian Doors by talented photographer Suren Manvelyan. He has a bunch of other great photographs on his personal site.
Mural by Grigor Khanjyan
These are the best pictures I could find of Grigor Khanjyan’s mural depicting the creation of Armenian alphabet. Unfortunately the second one is of lesser quality.
The Six Pointed Star of Armenia

A few months ago, I made a YouTube video about the history of the Armenian Wheel of Eternity. Maybe the most iconic among many ancient Armenian symbols. As expected people started to ask questions and post comments. Among the commentators a keen observer noticed that in some cases Armenians depicted the Wheel of Eternity...
DEPORTED / a dream play
A very interesting play by Joyce Van Dyke is soon (March 8, 2012) to be performed at the Modern Theatre in Boston. Unfortunately I don’t live anywhere near Boston or the United States for that matter, but those interested should definitively take a look. I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be very emotional and aesthetic. Deported is a dream play. ...
First Armenian Movie “Namus” (a tradition of honor)

The Armenian cinema has a rich tradition in producing artistic movies. In my opinion The Color of Pomegranates by Sergei Parajanov is a perfect example of artistic freedom translated into cinema. As such, many renown artists throughout the world have praised his work. According to Michelangelo Antonioni for example: “Parajanov’s Color of Pomegranates is of a stunningly perfect beauty. Parajanov, in my opinion, is one of best...
Ariel Agemian (Knight of St. Gregory) 1904-1963
Another talented painter worthy of mentioning is Ariel Agemian. He created imo. the most beautiful face of Christ (see below). A little info about the artist: Armenian artist, Ariel (Haroutin) Agemian is an artist-writer with the dual expression of idealist and materialistic art. He was always the artist who demonstrated the myriad of experiences and appearances in...
Valentin Podpomogov
One of my favorite Armenian artists whom I (regrettably) only recently discovered is Valentin Podpomogov. I would like to share some of his artwork with you. But first a little introduction. Valentin Podpomogov was born and raised in Yerevan, Armenia in 1924. He is considered one of the prominent painters of the Armenian historic genre. In...
Armenian History in Italian art
There is a book called Armenian History in Italian art, which is not yet in my possession so I cannot show any pages from it. But I did find a few illustrations from this book of classical Italian pieces depicting scenes from Armenian History.