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Fondation Louis Vuitton presents the exhibition “ICONS OF MODERN ART.
THE SHCHUKIN COLLECTION” from 22 October 2016, to 20 February 2017.
The exhibition is part of the official programme of the France-Russia year of cultural tourism 2016–17 and constitutes as one of its most prominent events.
The exhibition pays tribute to one of the greatest art patrons of the early 20th century, Sergei Shchukin, the visionary Russian collector of French modern art.
From 1898, Sergei Shchukin, a leading Moscow industrialist, quickly became an integral member of the Parisian arts milieu of the era, forging …