On May 31, 2023, an exhibition of illustrated books and other materials was opened at the National Library of Armenia on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Armenian artist Hakob Hakobyan. The exhibition was prepared by the staff of the art department of the library.

 After viewing the exhibition, literary critic Yervand Ter-Khachatryan, art critic Lusine Hisheyan and artist Hrazdan Tokmajyan addressed the admirers of Hakob Hakobyan's work and gave acceptance speeches. We emphasize that both Ter-Khachatryan and Tokmajyan personally knew Hakob Hakobyan. 

Lusine Hisheyan presented the chronology of the artist's life and work with a series of drawings. She mentioned the Egyptian and French periods of Hakob Hakobyan's life, his move to Soviet Armenia, and spoke about how his unique style in Armenian painting was formed. At the end of her speech, Lusine Khisheyan showed a photograph taken in 2013 during Hakob Hakobyan's last visit to the National Library of Armenia.  
As part of an extensive speech, art critic Yervand Ter-Khachatryan emphasized the ability of the creator Hakob Hakobyan to see the original images of the Armenian world, the endless shades of lines and restrained colors, as well as the new things that Hakob Hakobyan brought to Armenian painting. The art critic also highly appreciated the literary works of Hakob Hakobyan, pointing out the connection of his work with other Armenian painters (Vardges Surenyants, Yeghishe Tadevosyan, Martiros Saryan), who were masters not only of the brush, but also of the artistic word. 

 

The painter, art critic Hrazdan Tokmajyan presented interesting episodes and details from the artist's biography. He compared a small episode from the Gyumri period of Hakobyan's life with his visit to the Syrian village of Aintap. At the end of the event, the daughter of the artist Nora Hakobyan spoke, who told a large audience about her father's boundless love for reading, how much he loved his library, how he loved to read, emphasizing that the artist could not imagine his life without books.