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Monet - Warhol

The National Gallery in Prague - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art is preparing
the extraordinary exhibition project

One of the most important European collections of Rita and Herbert Batliner, presented at the Albertina Museum in Vienna, will be exhibited at the National Gallery in Prague - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art - Veletržní Palace.

This extraordinary project will present 80 works of art by the great personalities of the modern European and American scene. Works of such quality and in such an extent have not been exhibited anywhere during the past 20 years.

The collection includes quite exceptional works such as Monet's famous Water Lilies, pictures by other French artists such as Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard, as well as works by German expressionists and representatives of the Russian avant-garde and surrealism. Post-war art is also represented by the resonant names of artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Yves Klein and Francis Bacon...

Advance ticket sales begin on 12 September 2010 at the Veletržní Palace box office as well as in the Ticketpro sales network.

Entrance fee: CZK 200

Exhibition dates: 13 October 2010 - 7 January 2011
National Gallery in Prague - Veletržní Palace - RESPIRIUM PREMISES, 1ST FLOOR
Dukelských hrdinů 47, Prague 7