Trip to Jordan? visit the JORDAN NATIONAL GALLERY of FIne ARTS

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Check out their website: http://nationalgallery.org/
 The Permanent Collection
The Jordan National Gallery of  Fine Arts is one of the major art museums in the Middle East. Its unique and vast permanent collection of modern art from the Developing World is internationally recognized. From its inception, the Royal Society of Fine arts has pursued the highest professional standards of excellence in acquiring art works and running the gallery. The collection comprises over 2000 works including paintings, prints, sculptures, prints, sculptures, photographs, installations, weavings, and ceramics by more than 800 artists from 59 countries mainly in Asia and Africa.
- Countries Represented in the Permanent Collection
Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Denmark Egypt, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kabardino Balkaria, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal. Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, Yemen , and Former Republic of Yugoslavia.
too late for but it sounds interesting: 

 "Visible Differences"
18 women artists from Latin America, Europe and Jordan 
2 October 2013 - 12 February 2014

 In their  collection I noticed the following painting I would like to look at : 

Schiavo Louis

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