Showcase of 52 French masterpieces in Hong Kong sign of ‘strong friendship’
Hong Kong Museum of Art launches exhibition featuring works by painters Renoir and Cézanne
An exhibition of 52 French Impressionist masterpieces reflects the “strong friendship” between Hong Kong and the European country, while contributing to the city’s cultural exchange ambitions, curators have said.
The show, titled “The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Cézanne and Renoir Looking at the World – Masterpieces from the Musee de l’Orangerie and the Musee d’Orsay”, is being held at the Hong Kong Museum of Art and is the city’s first large-scale showcase of the two painters together.
“The fact that the paintings are here is a sign of this strong friendship. It’s a strong link,” said Cecile Girardeau, curator of the Musee de l’Orangerie in Paris.
She added that the exhibition was a continuation of celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and France that took place last year.
“The language of painting or art is universal, it’s a good tool so that even people from different cultures can share something together,” she said. “It’s nice that we have them in Paris, but it’s nice that we could share them also. It’s one of our missions.”
The exhibition opened on Friday and will run until May 7, with a standard ticket priced at HK$50 (US$6.40) and a concessionary one costing HK$25.
