National Gallery of Arts
Socialist realism kept on the wall rather than put in the cellar.
The State Collection of Albanian Painting Since the 19th Century
The National Gallery of Arts sits on the boulevard a few minutes south of the main square and holds the country's principal public holdings of visual art, run u…The National Gallery of Arts sits on the boulevard a few minutes south of the main square and holds the country's principal public holdings of visual art, run under the Ministry of Culture. The permanent display runs from the first academic painters of the 1800s through the socialist realist decades, which are the reason many visitors come: the regime's canvases of tractors, partisans and steelworks are kept and shown rather than hidden.
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Entry
$$ Mid-range
Area
Tirana
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