The exhibition 'Rare & Essential' closed its doors on Sunday. Since October 31, 2023, museum MAS in Antwerp exhibited nearly 100 Masterpieces from across Flanders. This must-see exhibition attracted almost 100,000 visitors to MAS in just a few months.
A staggering 99,717 visitors, that's the final count of visitors to MAS since October 31. The museum was sold out on many days since the opening for this unique exhibition. In the final week of the exhibition, MAS exceptionally extended its opening hours to give everyone the chance to come and admire the Masterpieces.
'Rare & Essential' brought together a unique selection of about hundred works from the Flemish Masterpieces list to MAS. World-renowned artworks from across Flanders converged in one place to honor the twentieth anniversary of the Flemish Masterpieces Decree. In the coming days, all those works, including pieces by Magritte, Francis Bacon, Ensor, Henry Moore, and Rubens, will be carefully checked and packed again. They will return home or go on loan to another museum.
Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.
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