Russian Museums and Culture (2024)

10/04/2023

The Ernst Neizvestny Museum of Art
Life and Art of Ernst Neizvestny
Permanent Exhibition

Exhibits of the Ernst Neizvestny Museum of Art are displayed in five halls, where each is dedicated to a specific aspect of the sculptor’s career.

The first hall is devoted to the development of the artist’s creative career. It features his portraits that were painted by renowned artists.

The second hall is devoted to the formation and development of the artisan’s outlook. The main exhibit is the Heart of Christ statue, which was created in the 1970s. The artist presented the original sculpture to Pope John Paul II, and it is exhibited in the Vatican. The casting of this work was donated by Ernst Neizvestny to the Yekaterinburg Museum on the eve of its opening.

The third hall displays the artist’s works that were created between 1940 and 1960. Visitors can see his famous works: Centaurissa with Child, Atomic Explosion, Two Faces, and Lotus Flower.

09/04/2023

Brullov K. P.
1799, St Petersburg -1852, Manziana (near Rome)
The Last Day of Pompeii
1833

The subject of the canvas is the destruction of the ancient Roman town of Pompeii during an eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in the year 79 AD. Brullov’s historical sources were the letters written by the ancient Roman historian Pliny the Younger, a witness of the catastrophe, to Tacitus, and a study of the ruins of Pompeii, where archaeological excavations had begun in the middle of the eighteenth century. The scene of the action is the Strada dei Sepolcri (Road of Tombs), the Pompeii necropolis and a kilometre perspective from the Gates of Hercules to the Villa Diomedes in the direction of the Villa of Mysteries. The Last Day of Pompeii was exhibited at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan in 1833. It was then sent to the annual Paris Salon, which had opened in the Louvre in March 1834, winning Brullov a first gold medal. The painting was shown at the Imperial Hermitage in St Petersburg in 1834 and at a special exhibition organized by the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1835. Among the characters in the painting, Brullov depicts himself (the artist on the steps of the temple) and Countess Yulia Samoilova (the mother embracing her daughter).

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27/10/2021

Museum of Russian Impressionism will present ‘Other Shores. Russian Art in New York. 1924’, a research exhibition about the largest US show of Russian paintings, sculptures and graphics by a hundred prominent artists. Almost one hundred years later, visitors will have the opportunity to view more than 70 signature works from museum and private collections in Russia and abroad, including the Albertina Gallery Vienna.

In 1924 more than 1000 items were displayed at the Russian Art Exhibition in New York. This was a unique cross-section of Russian art from the first two decades of the 20th century, and since the works were offered for sale, the artists selected their best pictures to send overseas. After the exhibition the paintings were scattered all over the world.

The Russian Art Exhibition was held in 1924 at the Grand Central Palace in the center of Manhattan. Thereafter the Exhibition was displayed in twenty cities in the United States and Canada. Many eminent American figures and business representatives assisted in its organization. The board of trustees included the publisher William Hearst. During the exhibition in New York, more than 90 works worth more than $50,000 were sold. Among the buyers were the designer Louis Comfort Tiffany, businessman and politician Charles Crane, Fyodor Chaliapin and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

A large-scale publication is being prepared for the exhibition. This includes information about more than 200 works from the Russian Art Exhibition, many of which cannot be delivered to Russia. The published results of research conducted by the Museum will be complemented by archival photographs and analytical materials. One article has been written by art historian and professor at the University of Southern California, John E. Bowlt. Another article was authored by Edward Kasinec, Slavist and Research Associate at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University.

In addition to paintings, guests of the museum will see graphic works, objects of decorative and applied art, book illustrations and archive photographs.

Adress: Leningradsky avenue, h.15, b.11, Moscow

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25/10/2021

MUSEUM PARK

Address: 3/4 Novaya Square, Moscow, Russia

In the contemporary city, the museum long since ceased to be simply a place for storing exhibits, school trips and the “cultural leisure” of adults on their days off. It should be a full-fledged participant in urban life, able to compete on equal terms with parks, cinemas and restaurants. Museum Park is a pedestrian zone and public space that helps draw city dwellers into the Polytechnic Museum

A park-amphitheatre in front of the Museum - an open-air. It will be able to host events while uniting the new pedestrian zone in the building’s lower ground level with the outdoor area alongside Lubyanka Square, attracting pedestrians and providing them with a convenient and pleasant route into the Museum complex.

The differences in level play out in the form of a gigantic amphitheatre, descending in steps from the garden square to the square beside the Museum. The Museum can be accessed from this level and over a pedestrian bridge or from the direction of Lubyanka Square, where a new entrance has been organised from the lower ground level into the Polytechnic’s new educational and cultural centre, set up around the Grand Lecture hall famous in the 1960s with its poetic recitals. The hall and rooms around it are set aside as a separate complex in the Museum to focus on varied public events, including lectures, discussions and concerts. This part of the Museum can be accessed from both the lower ground and street-level by a pedestrian bridge.

Thanks to the reduced number of lanes along Novaya Square, two pedestrian routes are set out along the facade of the Polytechnic Museum: one on the lower ground level of the 'Museum Square', and one forming a 6-metre wide pavement at street level, separated from the first by trees and planting.

The lower ground street became a ‘vertical’ garden of specially selected plants arranged on its slopes. It goes in parallel with the Museum facade and has arcades opening onto it from its lower level. Shops, cafes and galleries will be located here. From this area, visitors will be able to make their way onto Museum Square.
Photo: Daniil Annenkov

14/10/2021

The largest art event of 2021 in Europe - the IV International Interactive Festival of Contemporary Art ARTLIFE will take place from October 25 to 31 at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

During the week, visitors will have access to more than 400 works of 64 artists from 23 countries.

54 lectures from leading experts, 24 masterclasses held by artists

The concept of the festival this year is "The Way Of a New Reality". Our goal is to allow everyone to touch the incredibly powerful and beautiful force of art, which helps to revive the belief that reality is amazing and beautiful, and changes only open up new opportunities.

This year, ARTLIFE FEST will introduce the public to the masterpieces of artists and sculptors, made in a variety of techniques, trends and styles — from academism and hyperrealism to digital and fashion illustrations.
Headlining artists of the event in 2021: Mark Constantine Induсil (Australia), Arantzazu Martinez (Spain), Susana Mata (Spain), Michal Korman (France), Etienne Quesnay and Gabrielle Rul (France), Mark Tennant (USA), Wendelin Wohlgemuth (USA) and Lo Chan Peng (Taiwan).

Our lecture hall – an educational space for 500 listeners - will work every day of the festival. Its busy schedule includes more than 30 lectures dedicated to the most relevant topics given by leading speakers and artists of the festival.

At ARTLIFE FEST 2021 there will be a lot of interesting lectures.

We are waiting for you at ARTLIFE FEST 2021 💜

13/10/2021

MUSEUM QUARTER MOSCOW

Rhizosphere. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts extension.
2014 – 2027

Rhizosphere provides a unified platform for the discordant parts of The Pushkin Museum territory with its diverse buildings, sites, passages, and green corners.

The spirit of the Main Building extends to the whole area and ties together elements of the Museum City. Spaces grow into the underground, extending the museum and providing a new order of internal connectivity.

An underground passage for both visitors and staff links the Main Building with the other museum buildings: The Old Masters, The Repository, Restoration and Exhibition Center, Museion, Library, and The Private Collections.

In the following publications, we will share more detailed information about Museums Quartier Moscow.

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