Arts brief: Gyumri to have a new art gallery by 2010

Published: Saturday September 26, 2009

Gyumri, Armenia - Thanks to the financial support of the Italian government and the UNDP's Integrated Community Development program, Gyumri, Armenia's second largest city, will have a new art gallery in 2010.

One of Gyumri's historical buildings is currently being renovated within the frameworks of the Integrated Community Development program and will be handed over to Armenia's Culture ministry upon completion. The building, which was constructed in 1895, served as a treasury for the Russian Empire at the time.

Coordinator of Community Development program Vrezh Jijyan told Armenpress that the total cost of the project will be $700,000.

Gyumri has not had an art gallery since the devastating earthquake in 1988.