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Exhibitions, News

Katja Novitskova Presents ‘Invasion Curves’ at the Whitechapel Gallery

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 21/06/2018 6:30 PM

Installation artist Katja Novitskova (b. 1984, Tallinn) presents an immersive environment at the Whitechapel Gallery, offering an unsettling vision of the future. Novitskova’s work focuses on issues... Installation artist Katja Novitskova (b. 1984, Tallinn) presents an immersive environment at the Whitechapel Gallery, offering an unsettling vision of the future. Novitskova’s work focuses on issues of technology, evolutionary processes and ecological realities. It explores the materiality and circulation of images – how they are used, recycled and re-contextualised. She is known for her dramatic, cut-out […] Read More

Opera, Talks and Events

PUSHKIN THE OPERA: MARITA PHILLIPS IN CONVERSATION WITH SASHA DUGDALE

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 21/06/2018 3:01 PM

Marita Phillips is the great-great-great granddaughter of both Pushkin and Nicholas I. She has spent many years writing the libretto for Pushkin – The Opera, which will premiere in the UK on July... Marita Phillips is the great-great-great granddaughter of both Pushkin and Nicholas I. She has spent many years writing the libretto for Pushkin – The Opera, which will premiere in the UK on July 11th and 12th at Grange Park Opera, with a score by Russian composer Konstantin Boyarsky. In conversation with writer, translator and poet Sasha […] Read More

Exhibitions

THE COMPLETE PUSHKIN: BOOK LAUNCH AND READING

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 21/06/2018 10:53 AM

A book launch and reading from the first volume of Alma Classics’s new complete edition of Pushkin’s lyrics and shorter poetry – well over 700 verses – with Pushkin’s original Russian (or occasionally... A book launch and reading from the first volume of Alma Classics’s new complete edition of Pushkin’s lyrics and shorter poetry – well over 700 verses – with Pushkin’s original Russian (or occasionally French) texts and English translations on facing pages. The collection is to appear in four successive volumes over the next few years. Volume […] Read More

Exhibitions, Gallery

EXHIBITION OPENING – AMATEUR BIRD WATCHING AT PASSPORT CONTROL

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 20/06/2018 7:21 PM

The graphic series Amateur Bird Watching at Passport Control (2016-17), by Alina Blumis lends this show its title and explores the human relationship with freedom and nature. It is built around a paradox,... The graphic series Amateur Bird Watching at Passport Control (2016-17), by Alina Blumis lends this show its title and explores the human relationship with freedom and nature. It is built around a paradox, revealed by Bliumis in her study of the passport covers of nations all over the world: that birds, the ultimate symbol of freedom, […] Read More

Books and Literature, Online Shop

Fabergé: His Masters and Artisans

PRICE: £30 including P+P

... Book available in our Online Shop. Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm. Published on 01 Jun 2018 by Unicorn. 272 pages - 270 x 230 mm More Information

Music

Stravinsky, Les Noces and Orff, Carmina Burana

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 20/06/2018 12:07 PM

Hear Carl Orff’s ever-popular cantana Carmina Burana, and Stravinsky’s groundbreaking Les Noces (The Wedding), sung here in English, by Crouch End Festival Chorus in a matinee concert at Queen Elizabeth... Hear Carl Orff’s ever-popular cantana Carmina Burana, and Stravinsky’s groundbreaking Les Noces (The Wedding), sung here in English, by Crouch End Festival Chorus in a matinee concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall Orff’s playfully suggestive Carmina Burana borrows shamelessly from Les Noces, and yet the two could hardly be further apart. The startlingly original Les Noces was first conceived as a dance cantata […] Read More

Talks and Events

The Romanovs & their Tzarinas – Talk

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 20/06/2018 9:36 AM

A talk by Irena Lingard about the Romanov family and Russian culture. The Romanov House celebrates their 450th anniversary and it is 100 years since the murder of the last ruling Tzar. We shall look at... A talk by Irena Lingard about the Romanov family and Russian culture. The Romanov House celebrates their 450th anniversary and it is 100 years since the murder of the last ruling Tzar. We shall look at the most interesting characters, relationship within the family, power, and love. The talk includes a slide show. Read More

Exhibitions, News

SPECTACULAR, RARE PORTRAIT OF LAST TSAR OF RUSSIA, NICHOLAS II, IS LOANED TO NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 20/06/2018 9:30 AM

A highly accomplished and vibrant portrait of the last Tsar of Russia, in the uniform of The Royal Scots Greys, has been placed on loan by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Regimental Trust with the National... A highly accomplished and vibrant portrait of the last Tsar of Russia, in the uniform of The Royal Scots Greys, has been placed on loan by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Regimental Trust with the National Galleries of Scotland, where it will go on public display this week. Read More

Art Market, Exhibitions

Hermitage Fine Art Auction House announces its sales in Monaco

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 19/06/2018 6:00 PM

... Rare manuscripts and autographs of famous people, works of Russian art of the 19th and 20th centuries, vintage jewellery and luxury items from private collections from leading international brands. Read More

Books and Literature, Online Shop

The Hermitage: The Biography of a Great Museum

PRICE: £30 including P+P

... Book available in our Online Shop. Geraldine Norman. Published 2 July 2018 by Unicorn. Dimensions 400pp 234 mm x 156 mm More Information

Dance

St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Presents Swan Lake

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 16/06/2018 10:00 AM

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ST PETERSBURG BALLET THEATRE PRESENTS SWAN LAKE LONDON COLISEUM The internationally acclaimed St Petersburg Ballet Theatre are set to make a welcome return to the London... INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ST PETERSBURG BALLET THEATRE PRESENTS SWAN LAKE LONDON COLISEUM The internationally acclaimed St Petersburg Ballet Theatre are set to make a welcome return to the London Coliseum this summer, with their full-length classic production of Swan Lake. The Company’s 2015 season was a total sell out with over 25,000 seats sold. The 2018 season is strictly limited and takes place between Wednesday 22nd – Sunday […] Read More

Art Market, Research, Russian Art Week

LOW-KEY, LOW TURN-OUT. LONDON RUSSIAN AUCTIONS 4-6 JUNE 2018

BY Simon Hewitt POSTED 15/06/2018 9:30 AM

THIS WAS THE DULLEST Russian Auction Week anyone can remember…. Our International Editor Simon Hewitt presents a comprehensive overview of Russian art sales that have taken place in London earlier... THIS WAS THE DULLEST Russian Auction Week anyone can remember…. Our International Editor Simon Hewitt presents a comprehensive overview of Russian art sales that have taken place in London earlier this June. With Anglo-Russian relations at an all-time low, there had never been a less encouraging time to consign. A number of Moscow collectors stayed […] Read More

Essays, Research, Special Project

IF IT WERE NOT FOR RAILWAYS, VITEBSK WOULD NOT HAVE BECOME THE PARIS OF THE EAST.

BY Regina Khidekel POSTED 14/06/2018 1:59 PM

From the Archive of Lazar Khidekel. An artist’s archive is a peculiar storage chamber not only of historical documents, but also of ideas. And if it is the archive of a Suprematist artist and architect,... From the Archive of Lazar Khidekel. An artist’s archive is a peculiar storage chamber not only of historical documents, but also of ideas. And if it is the archive of a Suprematist artist and architect, the relevance of these ideas continues to grow, as is the case with Lazar Khidekel – the ‘revolutionary Suprematist’ in […] Read More

Exhibitions

Imaginary voyages : Picasso and the Ballets Russes

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 13/06/2018 2:30 PM

From the Mucem to the Centre de la Vieille Charité, Picasso, Imaginary Voyages is the major exhibition of 2018 in the museums of Marseille. At the Mucem Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations,... From the Mucem to the Centre de la Vieille Charité, Picasso, Imaginary Voyages is the major exhibition of 2018 in the museums of Marseille. At the Mucem Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations, the exhibition is presenting the exhibition Picasso and the Ballets Russes, between Italy and Spain. Picasso’s strong links with popular arts and traditions […] Read More

Festival, Workshops

CARDBOARDIA WEEK WORKSHOP IN SLOUGH (UK)

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 13/06/2018 9:00 AM

Cardboardia returns to UK this summer!!!! Imagine if you could build your ideal world. How would you create it? What would it look like? What characters and people would you see? Starting from 26 and... Cardboardia returns to UK this summer!!!! Imagine if you could build your ideal world. How would you create it? What would it look like? What characters and people would you see? Starting from 26 and until 29 June Moscow-based artist Sergej Korsakov and his indefatigable team will be setting up a Cardboardia Embassy in Slough, in order to organise a […] Read More

Film, Talks and Events

Assa (1987), Sergei Solov’ev, Kinoklassika Foundation

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 12/06/2018 8:22 PM

This cult crime film is widely seen as bringing Russian rock music from the underground into the mainstream. Assa’s main plot takes place in winter of 1980 and tells the story of a young nurse (Tatyana... This cult crime film is widely seen as bringing Russian rock music from the underground into the mainstream. Assa’s main plot takes place in winter of 1980 and tells the story of a young nurse (Tatyana Drubich) who stays in Yalta with her patient and lover, Krymov, head of a criminal gang. She meets Bananan, […] Read More

Exhibitions, Film

THE «NEW FLIGHT to SOLARIS» AT FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI FOUNDATION, FLORENCE

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 11/06/2018 10:39 PM

The exhibition New Flight to Solaris associatively connects outstanding paintings, drawings and sculpture by Soviet nonconformist artists from the AZ Museum and the private collection of Natalia Opaleva... The exhibition New Flight to Solaris associatively connects outstanding paintings, drawings and sculpture by Soviet nonconformist artists from the AZ Museum and the private collection of Natalia Opaleva with the masterpiece of the great Russian film director Andrey Tarkovsky. The New Flight to Solaris, named after his film Solaris (1972), is the third in a trilogy of […] Read More

Books and Literature, Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: ‘OTHER RUSSIAS’ BY VICTORIA LOMASKO

BY Emily Couch POSTED 10/06/2018 12:18 PM

OTHER RUSSIAS is published by Penguin, and has been translated into English by Thomas Campbell. It is available to purchase from Foyles, Watersones, Hive, Amazon & WH Smith. RRP: £16.99 Monograph,... OTHER RUSSIAS is published by Penguin, and has been translated into English by Thomas Campbell. It is available to purchase from Foyles, Watersones, Hive, Amazon & WH Smith. RRP: £16.99 Monograph, graphic novel, modern history book, short story collection – Victoria Lomasko’s latest book, Other Russias, is all of these things and none. The book […] Read More

News

INTERVIEW WITH VICTORIA LOMASKO

BY Emily Couch POSTED 10/06/2018 11:36 AM

The following interview was conducted via email by Emily Couch. The answers were translated from Russian into English by Emily Couch and Irina Kukota. You recently collaborated with Pushkin House in London... The following interview was conducted via email by Emily Couch. The answers were translated from Russian into English by Emily Couch and Irina Kukota. You recently collaborated with Pushkin House in London to create the exhibition ‘On the Eve’ which featured your drawings of Russian grassroots movements from LGBTQ activists to Russian truck drivers protesting the […] Read More

News

“Choreographic Jigsaw Puzzle”: Review of ENB’s “Sleeping Beauty”

BY Valeria Stračevská POSTED 09/06/2018 10:30 AM

When in 1986 Kenneth MacMillan resolved the “choreographic jigsaw puzzle” of The Sleeping Beauty by adding “missing” episodes to the ballet choreographed by Marius Petipa a century earlier, he... When in 1986 Kenneth MacMillan resolved the “choreographic jigsaw puzzle” of The Sleeping Beauty by adding “missing” episodes to the ballet choreographed by Marius Petipa a century earlier, he essentially extended the lifespan of this ballet for at least another century. Thanks to its unique combination of classical choreography with modern dancing language, it is as […] Read More

Conferences, Research

International Conference ‘St Nicolas, Bari and Russian Icons’ to Take Place in Bari

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 08/06/2018 9:50 PM

On June, 28-29, the Italian city of Bari will play host to the international academic conference St Nicolas, Bari and Russian Icons’ . The conference will coincide with the final days of the exhibition... On June, 28-29, the Italian city of Bari will play host to the international academic conference St Nicolas, Bari and Russian Icons’ . The conference will coincide with the final days of the exhibition Russian Icon. Prayer and Mercy, and will be attended by the leading historians, philologists and art historians from Russia, Italy and USA. […] Read More

Music

CELEBRATION OF PROFUNDITY AND BEAUTY: BEETHOVEN AMIDST SPANISH AND RUSSIAN COLOURS

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 08/06/2018 1:05 PM

Prior to launching their Far Eastern tour, the London Symphony Orchestra presented their programme of works by Ravel, Beethoven and Mussorgsky at the Barbican Hall on Sunday, 3 June 2018. Gianandrea... Prior to launching their Far Eastern tour, the London Symphony Orchestra presented their programme of works by Ravel, Beethoven and Mussorgsky at the Barbican Hall on Sunday, 3 June 2018. Gianandrea Noseda, the Principal Guest Conductor of LSO, has already made a lasting and deep impression conducting Shostakovich’s Symphony No 8, and he will continue his Shostakovich […] Read More

Exhibitions, Icons

The Russian Icon: Prayer and Mercy in Bari

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 07/06/2018 11:25 PM

After its great success at the Museum of Rome in Palazzo Braschi (October — December 2017), the exhibition Russian Icon: Prayer and Mercy is now on display at the Castello Svevo di Bari. ... After its great success at the Museum of Rome in Palazzo Braschi (October — December 2017), the exhibition Russian Icon: Prayer and Mercy is now on display at the Castello Svevo di Bari. The concept of the exhibition is founded on age-long existential ideals shared by the Christians of both, the East and the West, to whom […] Read More

Interviews

Interview with Gvido Trepsa, Director of the Nicholas Roerich Museum in NY

BY Jonah Locksley POSTED 07/06/2018 9:43 PM

Rounding up the Russian Art Week in London, follows the interview of our new US contributor Jonah Locksley with Gvido Trepsa, director of the Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York. Nicholas Roerich... Rounding up the Russian Art Week in London, follows the interview of our new US contributor Jonah Locksley with Gvido Trepsa, director of the Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York. Nicholas Roerich was born in Saint Petersburg in 1874, and is today a famous and honoured figure in Russia, Asia and in the West. He was […] Read More

Music

Shostakovich Violin Concerto with Nicola Benedetti. London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 07/06/2018 4:20 PM

Shostakovich’s music is such an important chronicle of life in 20th century Soviet Russia, and here are two pillars of that story. Composed during Stalin’s reign of terror, the First Violin... Shostakovich’s music is such an important chronicle of life in 20th century Soviet Russia, and here are two pillars of that story. Composed during Stalin’s reign of terror, the First Violin Concerto is one of a handful of works which were hidden away unpublished until after the dictator’s death in order to avoid arrest by the […] Read More

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Analysis of the Russian auctions results 4 - 7th June

INTERVIEW WITH Pushkin House Book Prize nominee VICTORIA LOMASKO

THESSALONIKI. COSTAKIS COLLECTION. RESTART

Railways in Art History. From the Archive of Lazar Khidekel

Simon Hewitt reports on TAF • Tbilisi Art Fair

Analysis of Goncharova and Larionov Works in the Museum Ludwig Collection: Findings

Russian sales in Monaco: Hermitage Fine Art Auction House, 29-30 June

Early Chagall at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao

Katerina Gregos and Agniya Mirgorodskaya on the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art

Katja Novitskova Presents ‘Invasion Curves’ at the Whitechapel Gallery

PUSHKIN THE OPERA: MARITA PHILLIPS IN CONVERSATION WITH SASHA DUGDALE

THE COMPLETE PUSHKIN: BOOK LAUNCH AND READING

EXHIBITION OPENING – AMATEUR BIRD WATCHING AT PASSPORT CONTROL

Fabergé: His Masters and Artisans

Stravinsky, Les Noces and Orff, Carmina Burana

The Romanovs & their Tzarinas – Talk

SPECTACULAR, RARE PORTRAIT OF LAST TSAR OF RUSSIA, NICHOLAS II, IS LOANED TO NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND

Hermitage Fine Art Auction House announces its sales in Monaco

The Hermitage: The Biography of a Great Museum

St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Presents Swan Lake

LOW-KEY, LOW TURN-OUT. LONDON RUSSIAN AUCTIONS 4-6 JUNE 2018

IF IT WERE NOT FOR RAILWAYS, VITEBSK WOULD NOT HAVE BECOME THE PARIS OF THE EAST.

Imaginary voyages : Picasso and the Ballets Russes

CARDBOARDIA WEEK WORKSHOP IN SLOUGH (UK)

Assa (1987), Sergei Solov’ev, Kinoklassika Foundation

THE «NEW FLIGHT to SOLARIS» AT FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI FOUNDATION, FLORENCE

BOOK REVIEW: ‘OTHER RUSSIAS’ BY VICTORIA LOMASKO

INTERVIEW WITH VICTORIA LOMASKO

“Choreographic Jigsaw Puzzle”: Review of ENB’s “Sleeping Beauty”

International Conference ‘St Nicolas, Bari and Russian Icons’ to Take Place in Bari

CELEBRATION OF PROFUNDITY AND BEAUTY: BEETHOVEN AMIDST SPANISH AND RUSSIAN COLOURS

The Russian Icon: Prayer and Mercy in Bari

Interview with Gvido Trepsa, Director of the Nicholas Roerich Museum in NY

Shostakovich Violin Concerto with Nicola Benedetti. London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda

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