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Agence France Presse -- English
January 13, 2007 Saturday 5:12 PM GMT
Portuguese museum to remain open all night
LISBON, Jan 13 2007
A museum in Portugal will remain open all night to accommodate
throngs of visitors who have flocked to it in the final days of a
major retrospective of works by one the nation's top modern art
painters.
The Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon will remain open until 10 pm (2200
GMT) on Sunday, the last day of its show of 180 works by Amadeo de
Souza-Cardoso, who died of pneumonia in 1918 at the age of 30, a
museum spokesman said.
Named after a Turkish-born Armenian oil tycoon who left his fortune
and extensive art collection to the country, the museum opened its
doors on Saturday at 10 am.
The show has drawn more than 75,000 people since its inauguration on
November 14. It features 80 works by major 20th century painters such
as Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani in addition to the paintings
of Souza-Cardoso.
Little known internationally, Souza-Cardoso is considered by many to
be one of the most innovative artists of his time.
January 13, 2007 Saturday 5:12 PM GMT
Portuguese museum to remain open all night
LISBON, Jan 13 2007
A museum in Portugal will remain open all night to accommodate
throngs of visitors who have flocked to it in the final days of a
major retrospective of works by one the nation's top modern art
painters.
The Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon will remain open until 10 pm (2200
GMT) on Sunday, the last day of its show of 180 works by Amadeo de
Souza-Cardoso, who died of pneumonia in 1918 at the age of 30, a
museum spokesman said.
Named after a Turkish-born Armenian oil tycoon who left his fortune
and extensive art collection to the country, the museum opened its
doors on Saturday at 10 am.
The show has drawn more than 75,000 people since its inauguration on
November 14. It features 80 works by major 20th century painters such
as Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani in addition to the paintings
of Souza-Cardoso.
Little known internationally, Souza-Cardoso is considered by many to
be one of the most innovative artists of his time.