First lady and French minister visit Museum of Modern Art

First lady and French minister visit Museum of Modern Art
On 9 March, first lady of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva and French Culture and Communication Minister Frédéric Mitterrand visited the Museum of Modern Art.

The French minister views the expositions of the museum, formed at the initiative of Mehriban Aliyeva.

The guest was informed that the basis of the exhibition was the best vanguard paintings and sculptural works of Azerbaijani artists from the second half of the twentieth century to the present. The museum has collected about 1,000 works of venerable and young painters and sculptors of Azerbaijan operating mainly in vanguard style.

Guest familiarized with the works of folk artists of Azerbaijan Sattar Bahlulzade, Boyukaga Mirzazade, Elmira Shakhtakhtinski, Tahir Salakhov, Omar Eldarov, Nadir Abdurrahmanov and many other masters of the brush and sculptors.

The French minister was informed that the hall of Western European art displayed the works of such brilliant classics as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Marc Chagall.

Children's art room, library, video room, a restaurant and an art café also operate in this temple of art, the author of the design of which is well-known artist Altai Sadikhzade. The museum, along with almost 800 paintings also demonstrates more than 200 sculptures.

The catalogue of the museum was presented to the French Minister.

Frédéric Mitterrand thanked the museum staff.

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