The Azerbaijani Carpet: Dialogue with the Nature” exhibition has opened at the Miodrag Dado Djuric Art Gallery of the National Museum of Montenegro. The exhibition is dedicated to the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will be held in Baku. It features 24 valuable art pieces from the collection of the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, including carpets, carpet products and sketches reflecting the rich culture, worldview, lifestyle, and traditions of the Azerbaijani people from the 18th century to modern times.

At the exhibition’s opening, Tamara Vujović, the Minister of Culture and Media of the Republic of Montenegro, Jakša Ćalasan, the Director of the National Museum of Montenegro, and Amina Melikova, the Director of the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, welcomed guests and spoke about Azerbaijan-Montenegro interaction, cooperation between the two institutions, and the importance of the exhibition.

The exhibition displays flat-woven carpets such as varni and zili, pile carpets like Aghajli, Shikhli, Jayirli, Alpan, and carpet products like chul, heyba, mafrash, and lamagabaghi. These items are distinguished by their unique artistic structure, color harmony, delicacy, and unique patterns. The exhibits, produced in Shirvan, Guba, Baku, Gazakh, Karabakh, and Tabriz weaving centres, are rich in ambiguous elements and stylized zoomorphic and floral ornaments.

Carpets and sketches from the modern period, authored by People’s Artists Latif Karimov, Kamil Aliyev, and Eldar Mikayilzade, also hold a special place among the examples of applied art.

The exhibition is organized with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Culture and Media of Montenegro, the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, and the National Museum of Montenegro.

“The Azerbaijani Carpet: Dialogue with Nature” exhibition will be on display until August 31.