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Published on June 20, 2007
EXHIBITION OF ARAM DOVLATIANS' WORKS IN ABU DHABI
With the patronage of the Armenian Ambassador to UAE Vahagn Melikian and French Ambnasador to UAE Patrice Paoly, exhibition of the works of an Armenian Painter Vahagn Melikian was organized at the Fund of Abu Dhabi, May 29 - June 9.
The exhibition was officially opened by vice-director of the Fund Zaki Nousiyba. Representatives of a number of foreign diplomatic missions in Abu Dhabi and of the Armenian community were present to the opening ceremony.
The 35 paintings of Vahagn Melikian, represented on the exhibition, tell of various periods and various layers of the ancient Armenian culture. The exhibition was thoroughly illustrated by the local and press and left good impression on the major part of the visitors.
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