The International exhibition project “The Roerich Pact. History and modernity” opened in the National Library on December 7th.
In 2016, the International Centre of the Roerichs (ICR) continues its exhibition activity to promote the peacemaking ideas of the Russian artist, humanist and public figure Nicholas Roerich. The project was launched in 2012, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. In subsequent years it was introduced in France, Argentina, Switzerland, Germany, Chile, India, the Netherlands, the USA, Bulgaria, Austria, Finland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and other countries.
The motto of the Roerich Pact is “Peace through Culture”. Nicholas Roerich believed that all cultural values bear a spiritual charge, and destroying them humanity destroys the basis on which we can develop spiritually. Roerich’s invaluable merit consists in the fact that he was the first who were able to organize a broad international movement to protect the world’s cultural heritage.
The exposition includes about 180 exhibits: reproductions of paintings by Nicholas Roerich, photographs, banners, informational texts to each section of the exhibition, samples of the ICR publications.
The photos of cultural monuments, destroyed during the Second World War or exposed to destruction in our time, show the relevance of the Roerich Pact. In February 2016 for the preparation and implementation of the exhibition project the International Center of the Roerich was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The head of the International Centre of the Roerichs Vladimir Pupyshev donated to the National Library the the two-volume Catalogue. Painting and drawing, three volumes of Yuri Roerich's History of Central Asia, and the book by Jonathan Kimelfeld Razmyshleniya (Reflections).The opening ceremony was attended by the head of the Gallery and exhibition department of the National Library of Belarus Olga Davidovich; the second secretary of the Embassy of India in Belarus Piyush Verma; the consultant of the Rossotrudnichestvo office Natalia Araleva, and the first deputy chairman of the branch of the International Centre of the Roerichs in Belarus Lyudmila Shestirekova.
The exhibition runs until 16 February, 2017.
Contact: (+375 17) 293 27 56, 293 28 33.
Е-mail: pr@nlb.by
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