KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 113 artworks by local and foreign artists from the collections of 14 former Malaysian top diplomats are on display at National Art Gallery until April 24.
Deputy Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Maglin D’Cruz, representing minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim, said the exhibition features artworks that have high aesthetic values.
“The exhibition shows that Malaysian diplomats are keen art enthusiasts and they buy these art pieces for their collections,” he told a news conference after launching the exhibition yesterday.
The artworks will be returned to them at the end of the exhibition.
Among the former envoys who have lent their collections to the exhibition are Tan Sri Ahmad Kamil Jaafar, Tan Sri Razali Ismail, Tan Sri Abdul Halim Ali, Tan Sri Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak, Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa and Tan Sri Hasmy Agam.
Among the artworks on display are those by Abdul Latiff Mohidin, Ahmad Zakii Anuar, Awang Damit Ahmad, Hussein Enas and by artists from the Netherlands, Slovenia, Poland, Turkey and Peru, among others. — Bernama