18.11.2009 - 18.11.2009 |
On November 18, the noted Japanese public figure, artist, art historian, collector and patron of art, Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Tadashi Goino visited the Russian Academy of Arts and met with its President Zurab Tsereteli.
Tadashi Goino presented as a gift to the Academy his paintings “How do you do Mr. Hatoyama” and “Self-Portrait”. Zurab Tsereteli highly appreciated Tadashi Goino’s generous action and expressed his hope for further cooperation with Japanese artists. In 2007, in Tokyo there was an unveiling ceremony for Zurab Tsereteli’s monument to the former Japanese Prime Minister Itiro Hatoyama.