MOSCOW, April 18. /TASS/. All paintings that were on display in Paris at an exhibition of the Morozov brothers’ collection may return to Russia in mid-May, Special Presidential Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoy told TASS on Monday.
"Ideally - all paintings (from the collection of Mikhail and Ivan Morozov - TASS) will return to Russia from the exhibition in mid-May," he said.
He explained that the duration of the transportation of exhibits depends on the rules established by the insurance company. "The safe transportation will take certain time. There is nothing unusual in this, these are the rules that always apply to the transportation of cultural property," Shvydkoy explained
"The Morozov Collection: Icons of Modern Art" opened at the Louis Vuitton Foundation on September 21 with the participation of French President Emmanuel Macron. Initially, it was scheduled to run until February 22, 2022, but later a decision was made to extend it until April 3. The Paris exhibition features paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Monet, Sezanne, Renoir, Manet, Matisse and other outstanding European painters. Along with them, works by some of Russia’s best-loved painters from the Morozov brothers’ collection were on display, including paintings by Konstantin Korovin, Valentin Serov, Kazimir Malevich, Natalia Goncharova and Pyotr Konchalovsky.