MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

Gevorg Grigorian (Giotto) Studio-museum

The Gevorg Grigorian (Giotto) Studio-Museum presents the artist's creative heritage, manuscript materials and personal belongings.

After moving from Tbilisi to Yerevan, the artistic couple, painter Gevorg Grigoryan (Giotto) and his wife, painter and poet Diana Ukleba, lived and worked in this house at Plekhanov 5, now Mashtots 45a, until the end of their lives.

Gevorg Grigoryan's artistic thinking was formed in his birthplace, Tbilisi. The late 1920s and early 1930s were the years of the artist's creative rise, when he actively participated in the cultural life of Tbilisi, in exhibitions of Armenian and Georgian artists. They were followed by a difficult period in the artist's life: two decades of rejection and isolation in the art world, during which the artist stubbornly continued to create. In the 1950s, his art began to be perceived and revalued in a new way, and the 1960s were marked by important changes.

In 1962, the artist realized his greatest dream, settling in Yerevan with his wife, where he continued to create with great enthusiasm until the end of his life, enriching his art with new themes and means of expression.

A year after the artist's death, in 1977, on the initiative of Diana Ukleba, the studio received the status of a museum. After the reconstruction of the building in 1987, the exhibition halls were expanded, the second floor was allocated to the museum, and it became a branch of the National Gallery of Armenia.

VISITOR INFORMATION

The Gevorg Grigoryan Studio-Museum presents the artist's creative heritage, manuscripts, and personal belongings.

After the renovation in 2023, one of the exhibition halls was named in honor of Diana Ukleba. The artist's paintings and the rich collection of books of the artistic couple are exhibited here, which also serves as a library for visitors.

The museum organizes excursions, educational programs, lectures, various cultural events, and organizes temporary exhibitions.

HOURS AND ADMISSION

Tuesday to Sunday: 11:00-18:00

ADMISSION

Adults - 1000 AMD
Schoolchildren, students, pensioners - 500 AMD

EXCURSION

Armenian/foreign languages - 3000 AMD