Show at Victoria & Albert Museum Puts Diaghilev Among Greats of Modern Art

LONDON (REUTERS)- Russian dance impresario Sergei Diaghilev once sat down to dinner with Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, Marcel Proust and Igor Stravinsky. For many, his name is the least familiar amid the roll-call of early 20th century artistic greats, but a major exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum seeks to explain why Diaghilev deserved his seat at the table. “It is curious organising an exhibition when you know that your central figure is much less well known than many [...]