On June 12, a public presentation of the painting Palace of the Shirvanshahs. Minaret (1911) by Danish-German artist Olaf Viggo Langer took place at the Azerbaijan National Museum of Arts, accompanied by a lecture titled "Baku in the Work of Viggo Langer" delivered by Sevil Karimova, PhD in Art History and Associate Professor.

The work, acquired in 2024 by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan from the Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen, was presented as part of the exhibition Chronicle of the City of Winds: Baku in the Works of Artists of the 19th–21st Centuries, held at the Azerbaijan National Museum of Arts.

The event featured addresses by Saadat Yusifova, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Shirin Malikova, Director of the Azerbaijan National Museum of Arts and PhD in Art History; and Telman Ibrahimov, PhD in Art History. The speakers emphasised the significance of depictions of Baku found in the works of foreign artists for the study of the country's historical and cultural heritage. It was noted that the return of this work by Olaf Viggo Langer to Azerbaijan, its scholarly examination, and the conduct of reattribution research are of great importance for the preservation of the national cultural heritage, the enrichment of museum collections, and the expansion of Azerbaijani art studies with new subjects.

In her lecture, Sevil Karimova surveyed the tradition of representing Baku in the works of foreign artists from the second half of the 19th century onwards, and shared the findings of her research — conducted on the basis of various foreign sources — into the life and work of Olaf Viggo Langer. Detailed information was provided on the artist's visit to Baku in 1911, his interest in the city's architectural monuments, and the place this journey occupies in his creative legacy.

Of particular interest to the attendees were the findings of the scholarly research concerning the reattribution of the work and the precise identification of the depicted location.

The participants subsequently visited the exhibition Chronicle of the City of Winds: Baku in the Works of Artists of the 19th–21st Centuries.

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