The Georgian artist who was the voice of his generation
Karlo Kacharava was only 30 when he died in 1984. In Georgia, he is regarded as a one-man avant-garde and his work is now being acclaimed abroad
The Georgian avant-gardists who embraced the past
The country’s short-lived independence in the early 20th century gave birth to a thrilling artistic movement that is only now being rediscovered
Is Uzbekistan poised to become a major cultural player?
The country is keen to rebrand by promoting its art and architecture – and the modernist buildings of its capital Tashkent are part of the plan
Spying an opportunity – how Francis Bacon made it to Moscow
James Birch recounts the improbable story of how, with help from the KGB, he put on a show of Bacon’s work in the Soviet Union
The mountain stronghold that has kept Georgia’s medieval art safe for centuries
The Svaneti Museum of History and Ethnography is a testament to the local people’s long-standing determination to preserve their cultural heritage
The Georgian billionaire who is digging up the nation’s most majestic trees
Salomé Jashi’s film ‘Taming the Garden’ documents how a tree-hogging former prime minister is pillaging the landscape to create a private paradise
‘For the full Indiana Jones experience, it is best approached on horseback’
The spectacular cave monastery of Sabereebi in Georgia is full of frescoes as stunning as their rocky setting
Sheer delight – at the State Silk Museum in Tbilisi
The world’s most significant collection of silkworm cocoons, and many other marvels of sericulture, can be found in the capital of Georgia
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Georgia’s greatest museum has been saved from demolition, apparently – but for how long?
The fate of the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts in Tbilisi remains uncertain, with curators ordered to evacuate its vast collection within six months