“In Between, Austria Contemporary” opens in Baku
Baku, September 29 (AZERTAC). The internationally acclaimed "In Between, Austria Contemporary" exhibition started to be showcased today in Azerbaijan`s National Museum of Art.
The exhibition, organized by Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture and Azerbaijan`s National Museum of Art, is featuring over 40 works of 36 Austrian artists.
Azerbaijani minister of culture and tourism Abulfaz Garayev addressed the event.
Garayev praised opening of “friendly” country`s exhibition in Baku.
At his words, the exhibition, which is a joint project of Azerbaijan and Austria, will make a great contribution to further expanding the cultural cooperation between the two nations.
Austrian ambassador to Baku Sylvia Meier-Kajbic, Rector of Azerbaijan Arts Academy Omar Eldarov talked about “high artistic potential” of authors of expositions.
The exhibition, “In Between, Austria Contemporary” presents several major themes and positions of contemporary Austrian art in loose thematic groups and different mediums. After first being shown in Israel, the exhibition traveled and showed in Croatia, Montenegro, Cyprus, Hungary, Turkey, China, Liechtenstein, Austria, Belgium and Lithuania.
The exhibition “In Between, Austria Contemporary” was commissioned and organized by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture. The exhibition will be on display until 14 October.
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