Posts Tagged ‘Cafesjian Center’

Yerevan.  Yes, that's right.  The New York times just covered the opening of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.  This US$40 million art center sits on top of the Cascade, an ostentatious yet delightful structure that sums up Armenia.  As true with any nationality, being part Armenian, I had to visit the ancestral homeland, so I've done so, twice.  And that was enough.  But one of the best features about Yerevan is the Cascade:  a decadent, grandiose temple mixing Soviet chic with Art Deco ornaments--and it works! (more...)