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1,25 million people visited ''The Morozov Collection. Masterpieces of contemporary art,'' he exhibition TASS reports. It worked in Paris for six months.
The Louis Vuitton Foundation, which organized the exhibition, called this result an excellent number and recalled that the exposition worked during the restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The exhibition prepared by Russian museums has become one of the most popular in France over the past 50 years. Earlier in Paris, an exhibition of the treasures of fine art from the collection of another Russian collector, Sergei Shchukin, was held with the same success.It worked in 2016, the number of the visitors reached 1,3 million people. The organizers call it a record figure.
''The Morozov Collection. Masterpieces of Contemporary Art'' started working on September 21 last year at the Louis Vuitton Foundation. The guest of honor at the opening ceremony was French President Emmanuel Macron. The largest Russian museums became participants of the exhibition: the Hermitage, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Pushkin Museum.
Initially, the exposition was supposed to close at the end of February. But the huge interest from the public forced to extend it until the beginning of April.
Russkiy Mir
