EU masterpieces go on display in Moscow
Published May 24th, 2007
One hundred masterpieces of European art selected from galleries across the continent have gone on display in Moscow in what organisers have described as a celebration of shared artistic tradition.
The exhibition, entitled Europe-Russia-Europe, is part of events to mark the 150th anniversary of Moscow’s pre-eminent gallery of Russian art, the Tretyakov.
Organisers asked each European Union country to pick three works of art representing different periods for the exhibition.
Among the works on display are Sebastien Bourdon’s Portrait of Descartes from the Louvre in Paris, Titian’s Venus blindfolding Cupid from Rome’s Borghese gallery and Gustav Klimt’s Still Pond from Vienna’s Leopold Museum.
“For the first time the 27 countries of the European Union, at Russia’s invitation, are participating in a project dedicated to illustrating the development of European art through the ages,” said the head of the European Commission’s Moscow office, Marco Franco, at the opening.
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