Nadia Beard

Dec 4, 2024 | codastory.com | Nadia Beard

Nestan is a 14-year old Georgian high school student who has spent nearly a year photographing demonstrations in Tbilisi, Georgia. Since the Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, announced that Georgia is suspending its bid for European Union integration last week, mass protests have swept the country. Full integration into the EU is enshrined in Georgia’s constitution, a promise the government has now turned its back on.

Oct 3, 2024 | ft.com | Nadia Beard

Who among despots has not thought of the most effective way to rule over their people?

Sep 28, 2024 | ft.com | Nadia Beard

Yuval Sharon wouldn’t mind too much if opera died.

Aug 28, 2024 | ft.com | Nadia Beard

At the end of the 19th century, while Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and other Impressionist luminaries were lapping up the artistic pleasures...

Aug 6, 2024 | newyorker.com | Nadia Beard

On a Saturday evening in late June, I walked across central Tbilisi to meet some friends for dinner. I was visiting from Milan, and I couldn’t help feeling uneasy, aware that the government had recently passed a “foreign influence” law, which sparked huge protests followed by a violent crackdown. The Georgian capital, where I lived for three years, is a low-slung city, and as I dodged tourists in the street, I kept catching sight of a steel-and-glass villa perched high on a hill.