Masterpieces of the Savitsky Museum will be presented in the famous Uffizi Gallery in Florence

The famous Uffizi Gallery in Florence, which houses the masterpieces of world art of the Renaissance, will present an exhibition of works from the collection of the Savitsky Museum in Nukus in 2024. The beginning of its preparation was laid by a memorandum between the gallery and the Fund for the Development of Culture and Art of Uzbekistan.

Exhibition of works from the collection of the State Museum of Arts of Karakalpakstan named after I.V. Savitsky will be held in one of the oldest museums in Europe – the Uffizi Gallery in Florence – in 2024. The preparations began with the official visit of the gallery director Aike Schmidt to Uzbekistan.

The key event was the signing of a memorandum between the Uffizi Gallery and the Fund for the Development of Culture and Art under the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan. The document consolidated the bilateral cooperation of institutions in the framework of the preparation of a future joint exhibition, which will present to the foreign public the masterpieces of the collection of the Igor Savitsky Museum of Art, the largest in Central Asia.

“The planned project is the next step that meets the main mission of our foundation to spread the culture of Uzbekistan on a global scale, as well as increasing interest in our heritage and our country among an international audience”, – said the executive director of the foundation Gayane Umerova.

The delegation of the Uffizi Gallery during a five-day visit visited a number of state museums and other institutions in Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Nukus, including the Savitsky Museum.

“I am truly excited and shocked by the extraordinary collection of the Savitsky State Museum. This is a great discovery both for me personally and for specialists. I can congratulate you all on having such treasures. And it’s not just about the richness of the museum, but also about the variety of works of art that are presented in it thanks to Igor Savitsky” ,- said Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Gallery.

Collection of the State Museum of Arts named after I.V. Savitsky, founded in 1966 in Nukus, has about 100 thousand items and is considered one of the best in Central Asia. It ranks second in the world in terms of significance and volume among the collections of works of the Russian avant-garde. The museum also has a unique collection of the Turkestan avant-garde, as well as an impressive collection of arts and crafts of Karakalpakstan.

The world-famous Uffizi Gallery in Florence, founded in the 16th century, has at its disposal masterpieces of the world painting of the Renaissance. More than 45 rooms display paintings by prominent Italian artists: Botticelli, Giotto, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian and Caravaggio. The museum is one of the main attractions of the city and the entire region of Tuscany. More than a million people visit it every year.