The exhibition of masterpieces from the Shchukin collections, which has already been visited by 600 thousand people, is extended until 5 March

The exhibition "Masterpieces of new art. Shchukin Collection" in Paris will be extended by two weeks, said the Louis Vuitton Foundation, who initiated and organized the event.

The fund statement said that the decision to postpone the closing of the exhibition from 20 February to 5 March, was made in collaboration with the St. Petersburg Hermitage Museum and Moscow's Pushkin Museum. Pushkin.
According to Agence France-Presse, with the opening of the exhibition was visited by more than 600,000 art lovers.

The exhibition "Masterpieces of new art. Shchukin Collection" opened in Paris on 20 October. The exhibition consists of 22 paintings by Matisse, Picasso, 29 works, 12 of Gauguin masterpieces eight - Cezanne and Monet. Just Louis Vuitton Foundation museum displays 158 works on four floors.

The bulk of the exhibits for a trip to Paris gave the Hermitage and the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin - 62 and 64, respectively, 15 more arrived paintings from the Tretyakov Gallery. Complement the exhibition of paintings that were obtained from Rostov, Saratov, Kirov region, as well as foreign collections - from the Netherlands, Greece, France, Monaco and the United States.