France’s Macron welcomes Russian art exhibition to Paris
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 5:55 PM PT – Wednesday, September 22, 2021
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes a Russian exhibition of
impressionist art to Paris amid warming ties between France and Russia.
Macron delivered a speech at the opening of the exhibition, which was
organized by the Foundation Louis Vuitton.
Macron also met with the curators and looked at the exhibit himself.
The art collection was gathered by Russian industrialist brothers Ivan
and Mikhail Morozov in the early 20th century.
The exhibition featured the work of Monet, Renior and Van Gogh, among many others.
“This dialogue between our artists and our intellectuals, as we know,
travels back ages, and in the intimacy of this vision, in the
convictions established by these two brothers, there is the evident
trace that Russia is a great European power,” he stated. “…Our work lies
in knowing that the collectors and the artists were able to reunite
talents, gain back this string of thought to once again build common
projects beyond what separates us.”
Macron
praised the scientific work performed by Russian collectors on the
exhibition. He added that France and Russia must “get closer together,”
despite the circumstances of today.
