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Topographies of Dissent: Opening Reception & Panel Conversation

Date & Time

Saturday, October 04, 2025, 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Category

Arts

Location

Zimmerli Art Museum

71 Hamilton St. New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

Contact

Katerina Romanenko

Information

FREE and open to the public.

If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please call Nicole Simpson, Access Coordinator, at 848-932-6178 or email nsimpson@zimmerli.rutgers.edu in advance of your participation.

Painting of a green field and hills with a large estate in the center. The estate is made from bricks and lit with an afternoon sun, the shadows are long.

Armine Galents, "Katoghike Church in Talin, Armenia", 1983. Oil on canvas. Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union.

Zimmerli curator, Julia Tulovsky, moderates a panel discussion with guest curators Lilit Sargsyan and Armen Yesayants, followed by the opening reception for our new exhibition, Topographies of Dissent: Armenian Art from the Dodge Collection.

About the Guest Curators

Lilit Sargsyan is one of Armenia’s leading art critics based in Yerevan. Her work focuses on the history of Armenian modern and contemporary art within the broader context of the socio-political history of the U.S.S.R. in the post-Stalin era.  

Armen Yesayants is a Yerevan-based curator, art historian and cultural manager. He currently serves as Director of Exhibitions at the Cafesjian Center for the Arts, where he has curated and co-organized nearly 50 exhibitions. His curatorial practice spans both Armenian and international contexts, with a focus on modern and contemporary art, post-Soviet visual culture, and the intersections of ideology, identity and memory.

This exhibition is made possible by the leadership support of the Avenir Foundation Endowment Fund, with additional support from the Dodge Charitable Trust – Nancy Ruyle Dodge, Trustee.

Generous support for bilingual text was provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

Large letter A with the text next to it reading in full "Avenir Foundation Inc."
Text reading "Art Bridges Foundation" with a purple arch connecting the words.