On January 21, 2020 Mr. Mohamed Anas, Sri Lanka's Charge d' Affairs in Russia, attended the Thomas Gainsborough exhibition, co-organized by the State Museum of Fine Arts named after Pushkin, the Diplomatic Academy and State Protocol Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The exhibition was devoted to the development and establishment of the artistic style of the outstanding painter Thomas Gainsborough, one of the founders of the 18th century British artistic school.

The Heads of Diplomatic Missions accredited in Moscow with their spouses were welcomed by the Director of the Museum Mrs. Loshak, who underlined that the Museum was always open for collaboration with the diplomatic community.

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia is planning to organize the exposition of the Sri Lankan artists at the museum to enhance cultural cooperation between the countries.
The official part of the event was followed by the excursion through the main exposition which featured about 100 art pieces by Thomas Gainsborough from 11 leading British museums, as well as from collections of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts and the State Hermitage Museum.
Unique exhibits from the UK include the ceremonial portrait "Mrs. Elizabeth Moody with her sons Samuel and Thomas," the last large-scale landscape of the master "The Market Wagon," and landscapes on glass which almost never were exhibited abroad before.