The opening of the exhibition ‘Fly to Baku: contemporary Azerbaijan art’ was held in Rome as part of the joint project of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, English version of the Baku magazine and the Azerbaijani embassy to Italy on 5 March.
SIA reports quoting AzerTAj that the opening ceremony which was held at the National Museum of Contemporary Art MAXXI in Rome was attended by president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva and vice president of the Foundation Leyla Aliyeva.
Before the start of the ceremony, the first lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with the President of the National Museum of Contemporary Art MAXXI Giovanna Melandri. Then Mehriban Aliyeva familiarized with the museum.
This was followed by the official opening of the exhibition ‘Fly to Baku: Contemporary Art of Azerbaijan’.
President of the National Museum of Contemporary Art MAXXI Giovanna Melandri noted with satisfaction the participation of the first lady of Azerbaijan in the ceremony and thanked the event participants.
The vice president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Leyla Aliyeva spoke at the ceremony. The vice president of the Foundation spoke about the importance of the exhibition, stressing satisfaction with the fact that she can provide the world community with the more detailed information about the modern part of Azerbaijan. Leyla Aliyeva noted that 21 artists take part in the exhibition. Some of these artists have already confirmed themselves and others are young and perspective.
Over 100 compositions are demonstrated at the exhibition, Leyla Aliyeva noted that they include video installations, art, performances and photos.
The curator of the exhibition Erve Mikaeloff spoke about the originality of the presented compositions. Noting the presence of a great number of talented youth in Azerbaijan Mikaeloff announced that this talent is today demonstrated worldwide via the indicated exhibition.
Then the participants familiarized with the exhibition ‘Fly to Baku: Contemporary Art of Azerbaijan’.
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