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Painting that Paul Guiragossian refused to leave behind is on show in Abu Dhabi

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Manuella Guiragossian recalls the shelling and gunfire, the family rushing out of the house and towards the shelters. She recalls the painting her father Paul would remove from the wall, from its place above the piano, and bring with him as if “it was a member of the family”.

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An exhibition in Abu Dhabi is showing a painting by Paul Guiragossian that his daughter Manuella Guiragossian says he refused to leave behind. She recalls that during shelling and gunfire, the family fled their home toward shelters, and her father removed the painting from above the piano and took…

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