© David Ghahramanyan EPA-EFE.
Protect ARTsakh, a charity auction for Artsakh, will be online from December 14 to 20, 2020, on the Artscoops platform.
© Baker Ghazi.
The sale features 78 lots by 60 multidisciplinary artists from four different continents - spanning painting, photography, sculpture, drawing, textiles and even jewelry. All profits will go to those affected by the current situation in Artsakh (otherwise known as Nagorno-Karabakh).
© Mourad Kevork.
Artists include participants in the National Pavilion of Armenia, Golden Lion winner, at the 56th Venice Biennale: Mikayel Ohanjanyan (Armenia), Aikaterini Gegisian (Greece), Hrair Sarkissian (Syria), Rosana Palazyan (Brazil), Mekhitar Garabedian (Belgium), Silvina Der Meguerditchian (Argentina) and Aram Jibilian (United States). Other featured artists include Lionel Estève (France, Baronian Xippas Brussels), Jean Boghossian (Belgium), Daniel Juré and Katia Boyadgian (France), Arghavan Khosravi (Iran, Stems Gallery Brussels), Giuseppe Caccavale (Italy), Bailey Scieszka (United States, Stems Gallery Brussels) and Benji Boyadgian (Jerusalem), among many others.
© Vahakn Arslanian.
The sale was organized by three young Armenians, Lara Arslanian (Belgium), Garabed Bardakjian (Lebanon) and Sarine Semerjian (Syria) with the aim of raising funds for humanitarian relief for Armenian families who recently fled the Artsakh region in the Caucasus, following its transfer to Azerbaijani authorities. Beyond immediate financial aid, we also hope that this charity auction can raise public awareness of the current disastrous situation in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
The organizers: Garabed Bardakjian, Lara Arslanian and Sarine Semerjian.
In patronage with the Arslanian Foundation, covering all expenses and providing an additional donation of $30,000 to Artsakh, Protect ARTsakh is committed to donating all funds raised to international non-profit humanitarian organizations, allocating each donation to humanitarian aid for families who, until recently, lived in the disputed Artsakh region.
© Narineh Seferian.
The auction is organized on Artscoops, an online art platform based in Beirut that presents contemporary Middle Eastern art through auctions and private sales.
© Vahé Berberian.
For additional information, please contact: protectartsakh@gmail.com
© Silvina Der Megherditchian.
Reference: https://www.armenews.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=73232
