Friday April 25 the Museum Catharijneconvent, the national Museum of Christian art in the Netherlands, organised an exclusive preview of the exhibition Painted with Passion, Masterpieces from the Golden Age. Two paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts are part of this beautiful exhibition as a result of the cooperation between the two museums. Quiet thoughtful, Guus van den Hout, general director of the Museum Catharijneconvent, wore a tie with the Maltese cross on it, referring to this cooperation and his visits to Malta.
This evening gave good opportunity to Aleid Wolfsen, Mayor of Utrecht, to meet Ivan Fsadni, Maltese ambassador in The Netherlands. Among the selected audience we could also welcome Cynthia de Giorgio, curator of St. John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation, and Cees van Eijk, alderman for Culture in Utrecht. Off course the nomination for European Capital of Culture was one of the subjects, as well as further cooperation between Utrecht and Malta.
Until September 14 it will be possible to visit the exhibition and participate in all kinds of activities and special tours.
