MODERN ART MUSEUM

The Modern Art Museum of Yerevan which was the first in the area of former the Soviet Union was opened in 1972. The first exhibition of the museum was the collection of 60’s painters.The first exposition consisted of works from the 1960s, created by artists who were from Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora.

Many famous artists have visited the museum, including the director of the Hermitage Museum Boris Piotrovsky, Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni, writer Chingiz Aytmatov, Mexican painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, Italian poet-writer and screenwriter Tonino Guerra, Italian artist Renato Guttuso, William Saroyan, Aghasi Ayvazian and Tigran Mansuryan.

Many artists donated their works to this modern museum. The main exhibits of the museum are the works of Minas Avetisyan, Martin Petrosyan, Hakob Hakboyan, Harutyun Lakents, Rudolph Khachatryan, Vruyr Galstyan, Gayane  Khachatryan, Ashot Hovhannisyan and many others.