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Tobolsk - the heart of Siberia

10:12 04.03.2019

Tobolsk - the heart of Siberia

Tobolsk is one of the oldest cities in the Urals and Siberia, the birthplace of many famous people, including the chemist Dmitry Mendeleyev, painter Vasily Perov, composer Alexander Alyabyev and many others. It is also the place where Decembrists Ivan Annenkov, Wilhelm Kuchelbecker, Alexander Muravyov, Mikhail Fonvizin, as well as …

“Opening Russia-2019” Art Symposium Brings Indians and Russians Closer

21:34 26.02.2019

“Opening Russia-2019” Art Symposium Brings Indians and Russians Closer

While ties between India and Russia continue to scale newer heights following an informal summit last year, more and more Indians are being exposed to rich Russian culture. The spacious exhibition halls of Lalit Kala Akademi in Kota (Rajasthan) was the last venue hosting a moving art symposium “Opening Russia-2019”, …

Jaan Toomik’s Solo Show on View at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art

11:51 21.02.2019 Elena Rubinova

Jaan Toomik’s Solo Show on View at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art

Seagull. video, 2004. Music: Rainer JancisThe Moscow Museum of Modern Art presents an extensive solo show of Jaan Toomik, a world-famous video artist, painter and film director, often described as Estonia's most brilliant figure on the world art scene. The exhibition at 10 Gogolevsky boulevard entitled 'My End Is My …

Music battle without losers

21:25 12.02.2019 Katerina Gotta

Music battle without losers

On the 1st and 2nd of February, 2019, the First International World Music Heritage Competition was held in Moscow in the P.I.Yurgenson Music Library, the purpose of which was to give young participants a chance to try their hand and get an independent professional assessment of their skills. The competition …

Outpost of Russian Art in Switzerland

12:02 30.01.2019 Elena Rubinova

Outpost of Russian Art in Switzerland

The official presentation of the Nadja Brykina Foundation was held in mid-January in the gallery space in central Moscow where since 2010 Nadja Brykina Gallery has hosted numerous retrospectives and solo shows of the Nonconformist artists of the 1960s-80s as well as artists of the younger generation. The Foundation marked …

Picasso & Khokhlova. Treasure of the travel trunk

14:05 29.01.2019 Katerina Gotta

Picasso & Khokhlova. Treasure of the travel trunk

At the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, the exhibition “Picasso and Khokhlova” is coming to an end, displaying paintings and drawings from the collection of the National Picasso Museum in Paris, and almost unknown works of the artist and archival materials from the family collection, which were provided by …

Photographers of Magnum Photos agency will create an exposition about modern Moscow in Zaryadye

12:38 29.01.2019

Photographers of Magnum Photos agency will create an exposition about modern Moscow in Zaryadye

The Notting Hill Carnival, London, England, 2018 ©Alex Majoli/Magnum PhotosFrom 28 January till 9 of February worldwide knows photo agency Magnum Photos will be first time presenting experimental laboratory Magnum Live Lab/19 in Moscow. Tree photographers will take a part in this project – Thomas Dworzak (Germany), Alex Majoli (Italy), …

“Mini Wonders” Exhibition Showcases Iconic Czech Toys

12:08 23.01.2019 Elena Rubinova

“Mini Wonders” Exhibition Showcases Iconic Czech Toys

The timing of “Mini Wonders: Czech Toys Past and Present”, a touring exhibition hosted by the All-Russian Decorative Art Museum in partnership with the Czech Centre in Moscow, was darkly fortuitous. It opened in the end of 2018 to coincide with the holiday season, when traditionally more visitors including families …

"Frida and Diego"

12:22 21.01.2019 Katerina Gotta

"Frida and Diego"

In the Moscow Central Manege from December 21, 2018 to February 22, 2019, the Link of Times cultural and historical foundation and Faberge Museum in St. Petersburg present the exhibition project "Viva la Vida. Frieda Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Paintings and drawings from museums and private collections”, dedicated to the …

First China-Russia co-production to hit Chinese cinemas

14:40 16.01.2019 Zhang Rui

First China-Russia co-production to hit Chinese cinemas

Actors Vitaliy Khaev, Dong Chang and director Xia Hao answer questions from the media at a promotional event for "How I Became Russian" held at the Embassy of Russia in Beijing, Jan. 11, 2019. [Photo courtesy of Huace Film & TV]The first-ever China-Russia co-production, a comedy titled "How I Became …

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