Unzipped: Gay Armenia

The Queering Yerevan Collective ’s Indiegogo fundraising campaign is nearing its end, with only 6 days left at the time of this posting. It...

Absolutely brilliant! Crane, Komitas *via Wikipedia : Armen Ra is an American artist and performer of Iranian-Armenian descent. Bo...

I never realised before that this Worker’s statue in Yerevan (by sculptor Ara Harutyunyan, 1981) was... homoerotic. Now looking at these pic...

She is described by The Guardian as “bohemian photographer who made history”. Works of Armenian photographer Ida Kar are currently on a hig...

Pictures from an intimate exhibit at the British Film Institute, part of Parajanovian Festival in London , March 2010 (from my archives). T...

It was a very strange, weird day in London. For the first time in decades, students riot erupted, clashes with police, surreal scenes you ar...

Rusty Pumpkin is an annual alternative media festival in Yerevan. It takes place at Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex and aimed at enco...

Via Queering Yerevan , interview with Melissa Boyajian, Armenian artist from Boston who featured In Between: (re)Negotiating Ethnicity, Gend...

Highly recommend this exhibit at the National Theatre in London of rare or unseen photos by Yuri Mechitov, who was a close friend of Parajan...

Must see! Sergei Paradjanov: The Rebel + Ashik Kerib A special screening to celebrate the distinctive voice of rebellious auteur Sergei Pa...

He is one of my all time favourite film directors. For me, he is an Armenian gay icon. And not only for me... for many LGBT Armenians, Georg...

* René Magritte , well known Belgian surrealist/impressionist/mixed style artist. *This is a monument (in downtown Brussels) devoted to gay...