Miró, Monet, Matisse. The Nahmad Collection

The Museum for Modern Art in Zürich (Switzerland) is staging the first-ever exhibition of masterpieces from the private collection of the Nahmad family. This show, entitled Miró, Monet, Matisse. The Nahmad Collection, features more than 100 paintings by Miró, Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Monet, Magritte and many others.

Based in Monaco but with members as far away as London and New York, the Nahmad family has been collecting great art for two generations, ranging from Impressionism to Surrealism and beyond.
 
Magritte, Léger and Max Ernst are shown side by side with an outstanding group of works by Joan Miró. Monet's Canotiers à Argenteuil (1874), Kandinsky's Study for Improvisation 3 and Kazimir Malevich's important Suprematist Composition (1916) have been picked to appear in Zurich. Together with Matisse's Portrait au manteau bleu and Modigliani's portrait of the art dealer Paul Guillaume, they offer a truly astonishing tour of some great moments in modern art.

Among the more than 100 works are a number that the family has not parted with for decades. One prominent example is Picasso's charming Petit pierrot aux fleurs. Painted in 1923/24, it was presented by Picasso to the paediatrician who tended his son Paulo -shown wearing a harlequin costume- following an accident. The Nahmads acquired it for their collection in 1988. Out of the public eye for many years, the original of this popular motif can now at last be viewed by a wider audience.

Date: until January 15.
Location: Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1, CH. 8001 Zurich. Switzerland.
Opening hours: Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday from 10am to 6pm. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am to 8pm.