Europe-Russia-Europe, 22.05-29.07.2007, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

(2007 06 12 12:45)

About 100 works from 48 largest national museums of 27 European Union member countries are on display in the remarkable exhibition Europe-Russia-Europe at the Tretyakov Gallery.

The project was developed by the Tretyakov Gallery and the European Commission, which also substantially participated in funding of the project. The preparations took over two years. The opening date of the exhibition was carefully chosen: this international project crowns the anniversary program “World Museums Congratulate the Tretyakov Gallery”, the EU and Russian leaders have their regular summit meeting on May 18 in Samara, and the European Union celebrates its 50th birthday. The significance of these events in the cultural as well as political sense was the background of implementation of the joint project.

The exhibition will demonstrate the national identity of each participating country in the context of the mutual influence and interpenetration of the European cultures, continuity of creative ties which have been uniting the European continent for centuries.

Tretyakov Gallery
Moscow, 10 Krymsky Val, halls 60 and 80–82.

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