Exhibition of works from the collection of Shchukin in Paris became the most visited exhibition in 2017
ARTinvestment.RU   04 апреля 2018

The exhibition "Masterpieces of new art. Collection of Sergey Shchukin" at the Fondation Louis Vuitton was visited by over 1.2 million people

the Art Newspaper has published a compilation of ratings of the most visited exhibitions in the world in 2017 according to the following categories: post-Impressionists and modernists; Asian art@the semicolon the old masters; thematic exhibitions; paid exhibition in new-Йорке, London and Paris; contemporary art; the art of the Ancient world; the art of the XIX century; decorative-прикладное art.

the World leader in total attendance became a joint project of the State Hermitage, the Pushkin Museum im. A. S. Pushkin, the Tretyakov gallery and the Louis Vuitton Foundation — exhibition of works from the collection of Sergei Shchukin. During the exhibition, from 22 October 2016 to 5 March 2017, and it has been visited 1 063 205 people. By the way, the original closing date was 20 February, but the exhibition was extended for two weeks in connection with its phenomenal popularity. In the last week of work, the exhibition received visitors from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., and one of the last days — until one o'clock. For the first time since the nationalization of the Sergei Shchukin collection, these work in such quantity sent for exhibition outside of Russia. The exhibition includes more than 140 masterpieces, including 62 works from the Hermitage, 64 of the Pushkin Museum to them. A. S. Pushkin and 15 of the Tretyakov gallery. The exhibition was held with the permission and under the mediation of the grandson of Sergey Schukin Andre-Марка Delok-Фурко (Andre-Marc Delocque-Fourcaud). In the average day exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton visited 8 926 people. This index was able to surpass another show in the world — exhibition "UNCA: the great master of Buddhist sculptures" at the Tokyo national Museum, which is visited daily by an average of 11 268.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources: theartnewspaper.com, artinvestment.ru