The National Museum of Korea will host an exhibition of masterpieces from Switzerland's Kunsthaus Zurich in November, bringing its modern art collection to South Korean audiences for the first time.
"Modern Art in Times of Change" will feature 85 modern art works spanning the 1760s to the 1950s. The era covers the development of European modern art from its early stages through impressionism and surrealism.
Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland's largest art museum, collects contemporary art spanning impressionism and classical modernism.
The collection includes paintings and sculptures by Swiss artists Paul Klee, Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Alberto Giacometti, as well as Auguste Rodin, Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Edvard Munch and Salvador Dali.
Highlights include "The Houses of Parliament, Sunset" by Claude Monet, "Black Spot" by Vasily Kandinsky, "The Hunter" by Paul Klee, and "The Forest" by Alberto Giacometti. The collaboration also introduces a rare collection by Swiss Symbolist painter Ferdinand Hodler dating to the World War I period.
Early-bird tickets will go on sale through Ticketlink on Tuesday at 10 a.m., offering adult admission for 12,000 won ($8.98), a 40 percent discount.
The exhibition runs from Nov. 27 to Apr. 18.
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