Dutch master Hieronymus Bosch exhibit draws record crowdsMay 10, 2016 - 17:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An unprecedented exhibition of bizarre and nightmarish works by Dutch master Hieronymus Bosch has drawn record crowds, organisers said Monday, May 9 half a millennium after they were painted, Art Daily said. "Hieronymus Bosch -- Visions of Genius" wrapped up Sunday in the southern Dutch town of Den Bosch with more than 421,000 people visiting over the last three months. "It was easily the best visited exhibition in the almost 180-year history of the Noordbrabants Museum," the museum said in a statement. A feature-length film about the event is set to screen next year in more than 2,000 cinemas in 42 countries across the world. Seventeen of the artist's surviving 24 paintings and 19 of his 20 drawings were gathered in a major coup for the tiny museum in the town where Bosch lived. "Never before had so many works of Hieronymus Bosch come back to 'his' city, Den Bosch, the place where the paintings were created more than 500 years ago," the museum said. The exhibition's opening kicked off a year of events in the medieval town to honour its most famous son, who was born Jheronimus van Aken in around 1450 and died in 1516, 500 years ago this year. Bosch's most famous work, a triptych called "The Garden of Earthly Delights" which journeys from a scene of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden to descend into a terrifying vision of hell -- was, however, not on display. It hangs in the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, and the Noordbrabants Museum knew Spain would never let it travel abroad. But in a major victory for the museum, the Prado did agree to allow Bosch's "The Haywain" to leave Spain for the first time in 450 years. It was on display among other important works such as "Death and the Miser" currently owned by the National Gallery in Washington, and "The Ship of Fools" from the Louvre in Paris. Photo: AFP Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |