Modigliani exhibition opens in Budapest MTI photo by Zsolt Szigetváry
The exhibition will be open from June 29 to October 2 and it presents the main periods and stylistic turns in the work of Modigliani (1884–1920), as well as his relationship to his contemporaries.
Director of the National Gallery and Museum of Fine Art Laszlo Baan told the press on Monday that Budapest will be on the map of the world’s most important museums in the next several weeks, with two simultaneous large-scale exhibitions, one devoted to Picasso and the other to Modigliani.
He highlighted that the Modigliani show includes a large photograph of Picasso’s studio with a Modigliani portrait on the wall, which Picasso had bought because he admired Modigliani.
The exhibition has been organised in partnership of the Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery, the Reunion des musees nationaux – Grand Palais in Paris, and the LaM in Villeneuve d’Ascq, in cooperation with the Ateneum Art Museum – Finnish National Gallery in Helsinki.
