OREANDA-NEWS. November 20, 2007. World’s No 1 luxury exposition  Millionaire Fair is taking place in Moscow from the 22 till the 25 of November. One of the incontestable sensations of this exposition are to be the works of Salvador Dali. The paintings of the outstanding  Spanish surrealist were exposed more than once in the capital of Russia, whereas his sculptural compositions, among which are “Cosmic elephant”, “Surrealist Newton”, “Saint George and the Dragon”, “Cosmic Venus” and “Woman on Fire” will come for the first time before the eyes of Moscow public.

CJSC North-West Oil Group acts as the sponsor of  the exposition “Dali. Sculpture collection”.   

 “By way of supporting the exposition of outstanding works of European sculptors, among which are the masterpieces of Salvador Dali, we want to show that we aspire to harmony with the world, art, beauty, - said President of North-West Oil Group Ernest Malyshev.- One shouldn’t think that people engaged in oil business are dry pragmatics. We are close with ideas of art, creative work of men of genius. The latter are useful for our society as a whole. Moreover the exposition enables private Russian collectors to enlarge their collections. I have personally acquired one of the sculptures “Young Contorsionist” (Mauro Corda).

We have good cultural connections with galleries in Switzerland and the Dali foundation, which is aimed at promoting the artist’s creative work in Europe and is involved in gathering his works all over the world, buying out those belonging to private collectors. We are pleased that we have contributed to the fact that Russian admirers of the talent of the great master have approached the asset of world culture".