To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (KMFA) is to hold a special exhibition featuring a collection of highly valued art pieces by world-renowned artists such as Pablo Picasso on June 29.
The exhibition, titled “Capturing the Moment,” is to be held in collaboration with Taiwan’s Yageo Foundation and the Tate Modern, one of the top art museums in the UK, the KMFA said.
The Kaohsiung museum worked with the London museum in 2018 to curate the “Nude: Masterpieces from Tate” exhibition, which was especially well received in Taiwan.
Viewers would have an opportunity to explore the beauty of more than 50 iconic paintings and photography by 35 artists, including David Hockney, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Jeff Wall, Francis Bacon and Hiroshi Sugimoto, the Kaohsiung museum said.
The KMFA said Hockney’s famous painting, “Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures),” which sold for US$90.3 million in 2018, is to be at the exhibition.
At the time the painting was sold, it was the highest price ever paid at auction for a painting by a living artist.
Meanwhile, several of Picasso’s best-known works are also be displayed at the exhibition, which is to run until Nov. 17.
Tickets to the special exhibition are to be priced at NT$300 per person, with an early bird discount of NT$150 available for a limited period from May 25 to May 31.
As the Kaohsiung museum marks its 30th anniversary this year, admission would be free for visitors aged 30 this year, provided they present their national ID card at the entrance, KMFA acting director Lin Yi-wen (林羿妏) said.
However, this does not include special exhibitions, including “Capturing the Moment,” Lin added.
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