Society and Culture: Exhibition “The Roerichs. Preserving the Culture” to be launched in Moscow to mark the centenary of the Museum of Oriental Art

The exhibition “The Roerichs. Preserving the Culture” is opening on September 3, 2018 at VDNH, pavilion 13 (Moscow). The exhibition is timed to coincide with the centenary of the foundation of the State Museum of Oriental Art.

The exposition is a unique one judging by the number of artworks on display: more than 300 paintings in total. The collection features paintings by Nicholas and Svyatoslav Roerich, Eastern sculpture, Tibetan paintings, known as ‘thangkas’, and archival documents from the collections of the State Museum of Oriental Art and the Soviet Roerichs Foundation.