Serbian Minister of Culture Dragan Kojadinovic attended an event promoting the Amsterdam-based Stedelijk Museum exhibition at Belgrade’s Museum of Contemporary Arts. Kojadinovic expressed gratitude to the Netherlands Embassy for assistance in organising the exhibition, stressing that the importance of this exhibition taking place in Belgrade is immeasurable.
He said that the exhibition will certainly be of interest to people in neighbouring countries as well.
Counsellor at the Netherlands Embassy to Serbia-Montenegro Hans Hageman said that he is impressed with the exhibition space holding the works of art and expressed hope that a great number of visitors, especially youth, will see these post-war arts from the West.
Director of the Museum of Contemporary Arts Branislava Andjelkovic said that all video clips, printed promotion material and radio jingles prepared by the museum’s associates will be forwarded to the media with an appeal to promote the exhibition at no cost, thus assisting this cultural event.
This is the first time that the Stedelijk Museum has exhibited works from its collection in Belgrade. The exhibition was supported by the Serbian government and the Dutch Fund Mondrian. The Stedelijk Museum decided to offer Belgrade its works free of charge because, as they say, Serbia-Montenegro is part of the European cultural heritage and is entitled to view some of this heritage.
The Museum of Contemporary Arts is the oldest museum of modern arts in the Balkans, celebrating its 40th year in 2005.