On 28 March, a festive opening of the 5th Minsk international exhibition of graphic art "Art-Line" was carried out in the gallery "Rakurs".
This year one of the most significant exhibitions of graphic art has gathered in Belarus the works of artists from over 10 countries (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Poland, Belgium, etc.).
A part of the fifth "Art-Line" is the exhibition of works by artists participating in a creative center "Senezh" (Russia) which for a long time has been headed by People’s Artist of Belarus, Laureate of State Prize of the Republic of Belarus, member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Russian Academy of Arts George Poplawski.
Traditionally, the project presents a retroprogramma. This year it demonstrates a collection of prints by Belgian artist Felicien Rops, a representative of Symbolism.
First Deputy Director for User Service and Ideology of the National Library of Belarus Elena Dolgopolova welcomed everybody by her complimentary address at the opening of the exhibition. Fyodor Yastreb, a project curator and head of Gallery and Exhibition Division of the National Library of Belarus; Nina Marchenko, an art historian and member of the Belarusian Artists’ Union; Galina Apanovich, a chief librarian of Bibliographic Processing Division of the National Library of Belarus, also took part in the festive event.