NIKO PIROSMANI โ A Wanderer Between Worlds: The Vincent van Gogh Museum in Arles will host an exhibition of Niko Pirosmanashvili's works
With the support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, the Vincent van Gogh Foundation in Arles, France, will host an exhibition of Niko Pirosmanashvili's works. This will be the first time that the works of the Georgian painter and Vincent van Gogh are exhibited in the same space.
The exhibition "NIKO PIROSMANI โ A Wanderer Between Worlds" was on display at the Albertina Museum in Vienna for three months, attracting nearly 400,000 visitors. This time, visitors will have the opportunity to view Pirosmani's exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum in Arles, France. The exhibition will feature 29 works by Niko Pirosmanashvili from the collection of the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts, alongside 6 works by Vincent van Gogh created between 1884 and 1889, including such masterpieces as "L'Arlรฉsienne", "The Woodcutter", "A Pair of Shoes", and "The Sower at Sunset". The exhibition will also present the handmade book by Ilia Zdanevich titled "Pirosmani 1914", preserved in the Zdanevich Foundation in Paris. The book includes an engraving by Pablo Picasso titled "Portrait of Pirosmani".
The exhibition is implemented on the initiative of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, the Georgian National Museum, the "Infinitart Foundation Vienna", and the Vincent van Gogh Foundation in Arles. Within its framework, a contemporary art space will be dedicated to works by contemporary artists inspired by the painter's oeuvre. Among them will be a specially created table by the renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando titled "Table Of Pirosmani", which the Japanese artist dedicated to the memory of Pirosmanashvili. Visitors will also view works by Georg Baselitz, Yoshitomo Nara, Andro Wekua, Shirana Shahbazi, Cristina Forrer, Adrian Ghenie, and Raphaela Vogel.
The main objective of the exhibitions is to introduce Niko Pirosmanashvili's creative legacy and Georgian cultural heritage to the wider public.
