Heydar Aliyev Center hosts official opening of "Art Weekend"

Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Founder of IDEA Public Union, together with Alena Aliyeva, attend the event Baku, October 31, AZERTACThe official opening of the Fly to Baku. Art Weekend. Sense the Future NOW festival was held at the Heydar Aliyev Center on October 30. Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Founder of IDEA Public Union, together with Alena Aliyeva, attended the opening ceremony of the festival. The Heydar Aliyev Center presented several exhibitions as part of the "Art Weekend" opening. Addressing the opening ceremony, Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Founder of IDEA Public Union, said that renowned artists from various countries joined the event. “And over the next few days, you will discover many paintings, installations, sculptures, and performances.

All to show the beauty of nature and also its strength and its rigidity. In 2012, we have established a Caucasus "Big Five" that include endangered species of animals, which are the brown bear, grey wolf, the Caucasian leopard, the imperial eagle, and the gazelle. And since then, we have worked together with local departments and international organizations to preserve these endangered species of animals and to reintroduce them into the wild and also to increase their habitat. And it has been quite successful. In order to understand nature and to love it, the best way is to spend more time in the nature. Then you can really connect to it. And also, we want to make sure that everybody remembers that they can make a huge difference by themselves, even with very small actions. So, this is what the Sense the Future NOW festival means to us,” Leyla Aliyeva added. The event also featured the national dances performed by…