The opening of the exhibition named Return took place in the library, the exhibition is dedicated to the heritage of the Khreptovichy family in Szczorsy. The guests of the event were waiting for paintings, sketches, watercolor sketches - the results of three plein-airs that took place in the Szczorsy.
The opening of the exhibition started with the welcoming speech by Elena Dolgopolova, First Deputy Director General of the National Library of Belarus.
The event was attended by the Deputy Head of the Department for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage and Restoration of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus, Natalya Khvir, Belarusian local historian and collector, Dmitry Shavnya, painter, portrait painter, the member of the Belarusian Union of Artists, Professor, Alexander Ksendzov, the researcher at the Center for Research on Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, PhD in history of arts, the mentor of the third plein-air named Art-Estate, Galina Flicop-Svita.
The special atmosphere of the historical place helped the artists in the plein air to send their thoughts to the distant past, in order to reflect it in their works later. Pictures return spectators to the times of the bloom of the estate and transfer the views of those days, architecture, vital structure of the inhabitants of Szczorsy. The exhibition also presents the reproductions of paintings included in the collection of Khreptovichy Counts' objects of art and exhibits from the modern collection of the Szczorsy estate.
The exhibition named Return is available in the Labyrinth Gallery. It will be delayed until spring. The organizers plan to complete its work on March 31, 2020, but the end date can be changed.
The opening hours of the exhibition correspond to the library’s opening hours.
Admission is by library card or by the ticket of the library's social and cultural center.
For more info: (+375 17) 293 28 33, 293 28 81.
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