New York, September 22^nd 2011

Mr President, Your Excellencies, distinguished delegates,

It is both an honor and a profound responsibility to address the 66^th Plenary Session of the United Nations General Assembly on behalf of the Georgian people.

The United Nations is one of the international community's greatest legacies of the last century, an institution resulting both from history's most outrageous crimes and from humanity's capacity to confront,

September 30, 2011

By Roberta Smith 
 New York Times

Newman Popiashvili Gallery

504 West 22nd Street, Chelsea

Through Oct. 8

This magical little sepia-toned show of work by three unknown photographers from the country of Georgia echoes in miniature the point made by the New Museum's excellent ''Ostalgia'' exhibition: Western art capitals have much to learn about the visual culture of the countries that once formed the Soviet Union.