4th “Maiden Tower” International Art Festival

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On July 4, inauguration of the 4th International “Maiden Tower” Festival took place in La Croisette Boulevard. Azerbaijan’s First Lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva, the Foundation’s Vice-president Leyla Aliyeva, Mayor of the city of Cannes, deputy, Bernard Brochand, deputy UN Director General, head of  UNITAD Philippe Douste-Blazy were present at the inauguration ceremony.

 

The Maiden Tower International Art Festival has been held since 2010, with a view to popularizing the Maiden Tower, which is located in the territory of Icherisheher and entered by UNESCO on the List of World Heritage in 2000, in the world.

 

The primary criteria of the Maiden Tower Exhibition-Festival has been picturing of various ideas on mock-ups of the historical monument. Decorating mock-ups of the tower in their national styles, local and foreign artists reflected the synthesis of different cultures and traditions, and mutual exchange thereof. 

 

One of the features of the exhibition-festival held beyond Azerbaijan that draws attention is that a new component has been added to the popularization of the Maiden Tower in Cannes.

 

Within the festival, the project of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation associated with decoration of mock-ups of gazelles facing the peril of extinction was presented. In order to draw attention to the gazelles, an endangered species, at an exhibition to be held during 20 days, mock-ups of gazelles have been made and decorated by artists coming from various countries of the world.

 

In general, Maiden Tower compositions of 26 artists and gazelle compositions of 17 artists have been presented to the visitors.

 

Among these works, there were also works by President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva and Vice-president of the Foundation Leyla Aliyeva.



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