10 most anticipated art events in Russia in 2016

10 most anticipated art events in Russia in 2016

Moscow & St. Petersburg

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Visit Russia to see 10 most anticipated art events of 2016

Don't miss out on the best Moscow and St Petersburg art exhibitions,

planned for 2016!

Contact Tsar Events team for more details!

MOSCOW

Moscow has always been a central point of Russian

and World’s culture. Now it remains the biggest

treasurer for every art specialist.

This is not surprising because there are over 75

museums and a great amount of art galleries and

exhibition halls – over three hundred.

St Petersburg is a major trade gateway, cultural, educational, and

financial center of Russia, it is a historical scientific center of Russia,

where the 1st Russian University was founded. City is known not

only for its palaces and museums but for famous concerts, night life a

top theatre festivals and the most contemporary avantgarde art

exhibitions.

ST.PETERSBURG

February 3 – April 30

"Frida Kahlo. Paintings and drawings from the collections of Mexico“

Fabergé Museum will open Russia's first large-scale retrospective of the famous

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Within the extensive exhibition will feature 34 works of

Frida — paintings, drawings, lithography, among them early works and the later works

of the period, which will allow to trace the stylistic evolution of the master. Will

complete the event more than one hundred photographs covering different periods of

the life of Frida Kahlo, Mexican folk costumes, such as those that loved to wear the

artist herself.

FABERGE MUSEUM ST.PETERSBURG

February 24 – May 31

Leon Bakst: 1866-1924

More than 150 works from the Russian Museum collection will take part in this

retrospective dedicated to the 150th birthday of this artist, stage designer and

illustrator. Bakst became famous for his theatrical sceneries when he collaborated with

the illustrious Sergei Diaghilev on his ballet and opera performances in Russia,

France, the U.S. and other countries. Bakst's costume and

decoration sketches will form a big part of the exhibition.

RUSSIAN MUSEUM ST.PETERSBURG

March 1 - May 15

Tony Cragg: Sculptures and drawings

Ten years after a major Moscow exhibition, British sculptor and Turner Prize laureate

Cragg is coming to Russia once again. One of the most vivid representatives of the

New British Sculpture movement will now have a retrospective in the General Staff

Building of the recently restored Hermitage, which has been configured for

showcasing modern art. The exhibition will also contain his world-famous abstract

figures with perplexed human profiles.

THE STATE HERMITAGE ST.PETERSBURG

March 4 - May 15

The Cranach family: between the Renaissance and Mannerism

The two Renaissance geniuses, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Lucas Cranach the

Younger, have never been shown together in Russia. This is the first attempt to unite

their subtle poetic work in one exhibition, which will include the masters' canvases,

drawings and wood carvings from museums and private collections in Germany,

Spain and Hungary.

THE STATE PUSHKIN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

MOSCOW

March 18 - June 14

Gely Korzhev: “I have the right”

This exhibition is a retrospective of the works of one of Socialist Realism’s main

artists for many years. Current director of gallery was preparing this it for many

years, while simultaneously displaying Korzhev's works in her curatorial projects in

Europe. The vision of the Korzhev will be exhibited in all its varying forms: from the

heroic-patriotic themes of the 1950s to his almost surrealistic works of the 1990s.

THE TRETYAKOV GALLERY MOSCOW

June 29 - August 14

The 5th Moscow Biennale of Young Art

This large-scale project, uniting young artists under 35 years of age from all over the

world, is being curated by the British art historian Nadim Samman. Samman also

came up with the main theme for the Biennale: Deep Inside.

The Biennale's principle project will be divided into two parts: one will be located at

the Trekhgornaya Manufaktura, a former 19th-century industrial building with the

other in a three-story branch of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Yermolaevsky

pereulok.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS: MOSCOW

July 29 - November 20

Ivan Aivazovsky- celebrating 200th Anniversary

The Tretyakov Gallery is celebrating the 200th birthday of this famous Romantic

painter a year in advance, which the world will commemorate on July 29, 2017. More

than 150 paintings and drawings from Russian museums will make up the

retrospective of this artist, who is best known for his maritime canvasses.

Aivazovsky’s most important works will be included: from “The Rainbow” to “The Ninth

Wave.” For the first time the public will see “Along the Shores of the Caucasus,” which

is normally stored in the Tretyakov Gallery's annex.

THE TRETYAKOV GALLERY MOSCOW

September 12 - November 13

Stephan Balkenhol

Without his public art projects it is impossible to imagine European cities today. It

seems that in each one you can find wooden sculptures that sometimes can be

mistaken for real people. This exhibition in Moscow, which has been anticipated for

three years, will unite sculptures and reliefs from the last 15 years of the artist's career,

as well as new works inspired by Moscow.

THE MOSCOW MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

September 30, 2016 - January 22, 2017

Witnessing Time

The Museum of Contemporary Art founded by Dasha Zhukova, the girlfriend of

billionaire Roman Abramovich, will open yet another blockbuster show (the first being

the exhibition of Louise Bourgeois). At its heart are giant drawings by the American

artist and sculptor Robert Longo, executed in the style of photorealism, as well as

sketches and films by Sergei Eisenstein and apocalyptic paintings and etchings by

Francisco Goya.

GARAGE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

MOSCOW

September 29, 2016 - January 11, 2017

Haute Couture Fashion Houses from the Art Deco Period: from the Kyoto

Costume Institute collection

One of the most authoritative museums in its field, the Kyoto Costume Institute,

which houses the largest collection of clothing and accessories from all over the

world, will hold an exhibition at the Kremlin Museum for the first time. About 40

women's suits from the 1920s-1930s will be brought to Moscow, including those

from the legendary Lanvin, Poiret and Chanel houses, as well as vintage Cartier

and Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry.

THE KREMLIN MUSEUM MOSCOW

October 2016 - January 15, 2017

Roma Aeterna: Masterpieces from the Vatican Pinacoteca

This exhibition promises to be an international sensation not only for its list of artists

but because most of the works very rarely leave the walls of the Vatican. Among the

highlights will be paintings by Raphael and Caravaggio, Giovanni Bellini, Guercino,

Pietro Perugino, Guido Reni and Nicolas Poussin.

THE TRETYAKOV GALLERY MOSCOW

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