A sensational exhibition of works from the collection of Sergei Shchukin (from the collections of the Hermitage and the Pushkin Museum) will be held in the Fondation Louis Vuitton from October 22 to February 20

Fondation Louis Vuitton
22 Oct 2016 — 20 Feb 2017
8, Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi Bois de Boulogne – 75116 – Paris

Sensational — because the first. Since the nationalization of the collection of Shchukin for the first time these works are traveling from Russia to temporary foreign exhibition of such scope. GMII of A. S. Pushkin and the State Hermitage Museum sent to Paris as much as 130 works (65 pieces) from the collection of Sergei Shchukin — unprecedented number. Recall that an agreement to hold the exhibition was signed on 10 February 2016, between the Hermitage, the Pushkin Museum Pushkin and the Paris Fondation Louis Vuitton. Assists in the preparation of the exhibition Shchukin's grandson Andre-Марк Delok-Фурко (Andre-Marc Delocque-Fourcaud), not previously sudivshimsya times with Russian museums from-за collection of his grandfather. Now he, on the contrary, is supporting the project by acting as historical consultant. On the website of the Foundation Louis Vuitton in the announcement of the exhibition name Andre-Марка Delok-Фурко stands next to the names of the Directors of the Pushkin, the Hermitage and the Tretyakov gallery — M. D. Loshak, M. B. Piotrovsky, and Z. I. Tregulova. "They all put a lot of effort for the successful implementation of the project", — said in a release.

the exhibition will be Called "Masterpieces of new art. Collection Of Sergey Shchukin". Parisian audience will see outstanding examples of the work of Monet, cézanne, Rousseau, Derain, Matisse, Picasso, Degas, Renoir, Toulouse-Лотрека and van Gogh.

in Addition to acquaintance with the collection of Shchukin, one of the parallel tasks of the exhibition — on the example of the 30 works to demonstrate the impact of the collection of Shchukin on the formation of currents of Cubo-futurism, Suprematism and constructivism. The exhibition will feature the work of major representatives of Russian avant-garde — Malevich, Rodchenko, Larionov, Tatlin, Popova and Rozanova — from the collections of the state Tretyakov gallery, the Museum of contemporary art in Thessaloniki, the City Museum of Amsterdam, the Thyssen-Борнемисы, MOMA and the Pushkin Museum Pushkin. It will be 28 paintings, collages, reliefs, compositions, and 2 sculptures.

Accompanying the exhibition of the cultural program devoted to the creative dialogue of Russia and France in the early twentieth century, and particular attention will be paid to dancing and music. In February 2017 will be held international scientific Symposium, where scientists, in particular, will discuss the role of collectors in the formation of modernist art and contemporary art of the XIX and XX centuries, the Main curator of the exhibition, Director of cultural programs and scientific Director in the preparation of the catalogue of the exhibition was Baldassari Anne (Anne Baldassari).

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchina, AI

Source: fondationlouisvuitton.fr, artinvestment.ru