(AGENPARL) – lun 16 ottobre 2023 Alexandra Exter, Three Female Figures (1909-1910), National Art Museum of Ukraine, inv. ?-1769 (https://kmskbe.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/Down/EmxN7fviw_dOgpPIuA63z0oB17w6Qg6RUJnXEAIJ6JOFkA?e=Ew2bIV) Alexandra Exter, Three Female Figures (1909-1910), National Art Museum of Ukraine, inv. ?-1769
INVITATION
Dear journalists,
From 19 October, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium welcome In the Eye of the Storm (https://fine-arts-museum.be/en/exhibitions/in-the-eye-of-the-storm), a travelling exhibition of works from Ukraine, on loan from the National Art Museum of Ukraine (NAMU) and the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema of Ukraine to protect them from the risks of the current Russian invasion.
You are invited to preview the exhibition on Wednesday 18/10 at 11am.
With :
Thomas Dermine, Federal Secretary of State for Science Policy,
Arnaud Vajda, Chairman of the Management Board of Belspo,
Francisca Vandepitte, Curator of In the Eye of the Storm and Senior Curator of the Modern Art collection of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium,
Sara Lammens, Director General ad interim of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium,
Dr. Konstantin Akinsha, Curator of In The Eye of The Storm
Yuliia Lytvynets, General Director of the National Art Museum of Ukraine
Iryna Drobot, Director of The Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema of Ukraine
& Katia Denysova, Curator of In the Eye of the Storm, art historian and doctoral candidate at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
Exhibition organised by the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, the Belvedere Museum, Vienna and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, with loans from the National Art Museum of Ukraine (NAMU) and the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema of Ukraine.
The touring exhibition In the Eye of the Storm would not be possible without the support of Museums for Ukraine, an initiative founded by Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, to provide much-needed assistance to museums, curators, and artists in the war zone.
Press release & HD visuals (https://kmskbe.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/Down/EmxN7fviw_dOgpPIuA63z0oB17w6Qg6RUJnXEAIJ6JOFkA?e=Ew2bIV)
  REGISTRATION
Wednesday 18 october 2023 at 11am
11am: press conference
11.30am : guided tour
12pm: lunch & interviews by appointment
LOCATION
3 rue de la Régence – 1000 Bruxelles
Press contact
Hélène Lebailly 
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
3 rue de la Régence/Regentschapsstraat – 1000 Bruxelles