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10:40, 07-Sep-2017
Mama mia! Bellini family collection to wow Shanghai art lovers
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In the world of fine art, the Bellini family name carries significant weight.
The Bellinis operate five private museums in Florence, Venice, Monaco, London, and New York and now some of the most precious items in the collection are headed to Shanghai.
More than 400 items collected by the Bellinis over six centuries will be on show in the exhibition which opens September 28.
It features works from Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, works by Baroque, Rubens and Canaletto and even more modern pieces by the likes of Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí and Marcel Duchamp.
(This report was originally broadcast in Culture Express on 6 September, 2017)
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