Georgian National Museum presents the exhibition “Artist and Epoch” at Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia, dedicated to Shalom Koboshvili’s 145th anniversary.

 

Shalom Koboshvili (1876-1941) is the first Jewish painter in Georgia. His work is related to the Jewish Historic-Ethnographic Museum, where he worked as a watchman in the last years of his life. 

 

The exhibition is enriched with the multimedia components including a short documentary “The Guardian of Memories” by Shorena Tevzadze, commissioned by Chai Khana, as part of the project “The legacy of Georgia’s once-vibrant Jewish communities” supported by the Embassy of Israel in Georgia.

 

Opening : December 22, 17:00