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A museum in Portugal will remain open all night to accommodate throngs of visitors who have flocked to it in the final days of a major retrospective of works by one the nation's top modern art painters.
The Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon will remain open until 10 pm (2200 GMT) on Sunday, the last day of its show of 180 works by Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, who died of pneumonia in 1918 at the age of 30, a museum spokesman said.
Named after a Turkish-born Armenian oil tycoon who left his fortune and extensive art collection to the country, the museum opened its doors on Saturday at 10 am.
The show has drawn more than 75,000 people since its inauguration on November 14. It features 80 works by major 20th century painters such as Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani in addition to the paintings of Souza-Cardoso.
Little known internationally, Souza-Cardoso is considered by many to be one of the most innovative artists of his time.
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AFP 131712 GMT 01 07
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