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WE ARE BUILDING CAPITALISM! MOSCOW IN TRANSITION 1992-1997

WE ARE BUILDING CAPITALISM! MOSCOW IN TRANSITION 1992-1997

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 22/02/2020 10:15 AM

Few cities have undergone transitions as enormous as that endured by Moscow in the wake of the Soviet collapse. In his talk for the Great Britain – Russia Society’s spring programme Robert Stephenson takes us on an illustrated tour of the Russian capital’s transformation with his photographs of a remarkable city in an extraordinary historical […] Read More

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Yakov Chernikhov at TEFAF 2020 in Maastricht

Yakov Chernikhov at TEFAF 2020 in Maastricht

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 21/02/2020 10:05 AM

James Butterwick is back at stand 725 Read More

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Hibla Gerzmava: one of the great Russian singing stars of our time

Hibla Gerzmava: one of the great Russian singing stars of our time

BY Yulia Chaplina POSTED 20/02/2020 10:05 AM

Review of the recent concert at Cadogan Hall in London Read More

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Homo Mutabilis with Ilya Kolmanovsky

Homo Mutabilis with Ilya Kolmanovsky

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 19/02/2020 10:00 AM

Review by Natalia Rice Read More

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Rarities of Russian Vocal Music at Pushkin House Music Festival

Rarities of Russian Vocal Music at Pushkin House Music Festival

BY Matteo Morelli POSTED 18/02/2020 10:10 AM

Recent review of the first Pushkin House Music Festival Read More

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M.ART: Contemporary Russian Culture festival in Israel

M.ART: Contemporary Russian Culture festival in Israel

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 17/02/2020 10:00 AM

Most important things in the Russian-speaking culture today Read More

Art, Opportunities

Garage Travel Grant for International curators

Garage Travel Grant for International curators

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 16/02/2020 10:05 AM

Visit the 2nd Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art Read More

Music, Reviews

Glazunov, Medtner and Tchaikovsky open the Pushkin House Music Festival

Glazunov, Medtner and Tchaikovsky open the Pushkin House Music Festival

BY Matteo Morelli POSTED 15/02/2020 10:10 AM

Review of the recent week-long series of concerts Read More

Film, Reviews

THINKING ABOUT ARTISTS IN GULAG HISTORY

THINKING ABOUT ARTISTS IN GULAG HISTORY

BY Margy Kinmonth POSTED 14/02/2020 3:17 PM

Visit to Gulag History Museum in Moscow and new film Read More

Reviews

Yevgeni Kissin: A different side of Beethoven

Yevgeni Kissin: A different side of Beethoven

BY Olga Jegunova POSTED 14/02/2020 10:05 AM

Review of the recent performance at Barbican Read More

Art, News, Reviews

Deineka/Samokhvalov exhibition in St Petersburg

Deineka/Samokhvalov exhibition in St Petersburg

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 13/02/2020 10:10 AM

Review of the recent "Deineka/Samokhvalov" exhibition in Manege, St Petersburg Read More

News, Talks and Events

Doker FilmFest at Pushkin House

Doker FilmFest at Pushkin House

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 12/02/2020 10:00 AM

Screenings of three Russian documentaries Read More

Talks and Events

Russian icons: a sacred tradition which inspired modernism

Russian icons: a sacred tradition which inspired modernism

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 11/02/2020 10:05 AM

Talk by Dr Natalia Budanova Read More

Interviews, Music

RUSSIAN SOPRANO VLADA BOROVKO

RUSSIAN SOPRANO VLADA BOROVKO

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 10/02/2020 10:15 AM

in conversation with Alexander Smotrov and Yulia Savikovskaya Read More

Talks and Events

Jean Dawnay’s life as a Dior Model in the 1950s

Jean Dawnay’s life as a Dior Model in the 1950s

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 09/02/2020 10:05 AM

talk by Katya Galitzine Read More

Music, Talks and Events

Hibla Gerzmava at Cadogan Hall

Hibla Gerzmava at Cadogan Hall

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 08/02/2020 10:05 AM

Celebrated soprano Hibla Gerzmava is making a long-awaited return to London Read More

Art

THE KNIGHT OF BEAUTY

THE KNIGHT OF BEAUTY

BY Margy Kinmonth POSTED 07/02/2020 10:05 AM

Review of Vasiliy Polenov works at New Tretyakov Gallery Read More

News, Talks and Events

A Voice Between Nations: Confluences of Russia and Britain in Words and Music

A Voice Between Nations: Confluences of Russia and Britain in Words and Music

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 06/02/2020 10:15 AM

Concerts, masterclasses, and a conference within the UK-Russia Year of Music Read More

Talks and Events, Theatre

THE STEAMBOAT AS A GIFT FROM AMERICA

THE STEAMBOAT AS A GIFT FROM AMERICA

Two-act play in Russian at The Tabernacle on 28 and 29 February Read More

Art, Reviews

Sergey Sapozhnikov at the New Tretyakov Gallery

Sergey Sapozhnikov at the New Tretyakov Gallery

BY Kamila Kocialkowska POSTED 04/02/2020 10:05 AM

Explore the review and visit before 29 March 2020 Read More

Talks and Events

Music Concert: From Russia with Love

Music Concert: From Russia with Love

Celebrate St. Valentine's Day with beautiful Russian Music composed on a theme of love Read More

Books

“Exit Rostov” by Henry Virgin

“Exit Rostov” by Henry Virgin

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 02/02/2020 10:15 AM

Set in post-Soviet Rostov-on-Don in the 90s, where Henry Virgin was an English teacher at the time Read More

Music

Aria: The First Soviet Heavy Metal Band to Achieve Mainstream Success

Aria: The First Soviet Heavy Metal Band to Achieve Mainstream Success

BY Issa Brookes POSTED 01/02/2020 10:20 AM

Follow their journey from inception to present Read More

Art, News, Talks and Events

Sima Vassilieva at ARBUZZ J-FEST

Sima Vassilieva at ARBUZZ J-FEST

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 31/01/2020 3:10 PM

“Pirosmani is With Us Again” and cat Petya Rabinovich Read More

Art, Reviews

The Siege of Leningrad in Art and Memories of Russian artists

The Siege of Leningrad in Art and Memories of Russian artists

BY Ksenia Afonina POSTED 31/01/2020 10:35 AM

Ksenia Afonina reviews current St Petersburg exhibitions of artworks created by artists who went through the siege Read More

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February 2020

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👜👒 Russian fashion through film 📽️ 🔜

👜👒 Russian fashion through film 📽️ 🔜

Join @n.v.stylist for the second of three masterclasses that will explore Soviet society, the country’s political and economic state and the films that were shown at the time, focusing on the fashion they inspired.

The event is on at @pushkinhouselondon
On February 26, don't miss out!

🔜 We are Building Capitalism! On February 26 a

🔜 We are Building Capitalism!
On February 26 at the Open Russia Club, Robert Stephenson will hold a talk on the transition what Moscow underwent between 1992 and 1997. 🇷🇺 @m_khodorkovsky

To catch Robert's fascinating insights visit our website and find out how to get tickets ➡️

➡️ Yakov Chernikov at TEFAF 2020 in Maastricht

➡️ Yakov Chernikov at TEFAF 2020 in Maastricht 🔜

Mayfair dealer @james_butterwick_gallery is back on Stand 725 at this year’s @tefaf in Maastricht (March 7-15) with 39 sensational Avant-Garde works on paper in gouache and/or Indian ink by Yakov Chernikhov, dubbed the ‘Soviet Piranesi’ on account of his powerful architectural visions. The late Zahar Hadid was one of many modern architects to be inspired by his flights of compositional fancy.

To read more visit our website! 🌐

🎶 Hibla Gerzmava: One of the Great Russian Sing

🎶 Hibla Gerzmava: One of the Great Russian Singing Stars of Our Time ☀️ Yulia Chaplina attended Hibla's iconic concert at @cadoganhall, visit our website to find out how it was! 🌐➡️

🗯️ Homo Mutabilis with @ilyakolmanovsky On 9

🗯️ Homo Mutabilis with @ilyakolmanovsky

On 9th February Russian London saw the premiere of a multimedia, one-man science show 'Homo Mutabilis' with Ilya Kolmanovsky in the starring role.

Natalia Rice wrote a review of the show organised by @birdandcarrot, to read her impressions visit our website 🌐

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🎶➡️ The first @pushkinhouselondon Music Fe

🎶➡️ The first @pushkinhouselondon Music Festival launched in London this January, with a week-long series of concerts consisting of a programme that included a variety of Russian composers, from Rachmaninov and Stravinsky to lesser known names such as Kashperova and Taneev.
Matteo Morelli wrote about the opening concert which featured music by great Russian classics Glazunov, Medtner and Tchaikovsky.

To read his impressions visit our website 🌐

➡️ Yevgeni Kissin at the @barbicancentre 🔝

➡️ Yevgeni Kissin at the @barbicancentre 🔝

Pianist Yevgeni Kissin needs no introduction. Unique and different, he first appeared as a twelve-year old Soviet pioneer performing and recording both Chopin piano concertos with Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. It was back in 1984 when he was seen as a prodigy of a rare musical maturity and technical freedom. Last week he performed at the Barbican in London.

Olga Jegunova reviewed his performance, read her impressions on our website 🌐

➡️ M.Art: Contemporary Russian Culture Festiva

➡️ M.Art: Contemporary Russian Culture Festival in Israel 🇷🇺 🇮🇱 @mart.foundation festival is a multi-genre festival in Tel Aviv that showcases the diverse and exciting landscape of contemporary Russian culture. The festival’s founder, M.ART project, which promotes the contemporary Russian culture in Britain, Israel and the United States, has brought together in one program all the most important things in the Russian-speaking culture today.
@telavivmuseumofart
@habimatheatre

The festival takes place from 20 February 2020 until 07 March 2020

For more information and the full programme visit our website 🌐

UK critic who cast doubt on #RussianArt wins libel

UK critic who cast doubt on #RussianArt wins libel case 👏🏻

🔜 Garage announces an open call for grants for

🔜 Garage announces an open call for grants for international curators allowing them to visit the 2nd Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art entitled A Beautiful Night for All the People, due to open in June 2020.

@garagemca

To get the full information on deadlines and how to apply visit our website 🌐

Thinking about Artists in Gulag History @margy_ki

Thinking about Artists in Gulag History

@margy_kinmonth visited the @gulagmuseum in Moscow, read what she experienced in her article on our website 🌐

Doker FilmFest is on at @pushkinhouselondon and to

Doker FilmFest is on at @pushkinhouselondon and today is the last day to catch a movie!

The screenings are part of the @midff festival curated by Sergei Kachin, an independent filmmaker based in Moscow and one of the organisers of independent Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer.

To find out what they have to offer visit our website to access the full programme 🌐

Beautiful show of the fashion collection from @roh

Beautiful show of the fashion collection from @rohmir_

🎨 Deineka/Samokhvalov exhibition in St Petersbu

🎨 Deineka/Samokhvalov exhibition in St Petersburg 🖼️ Last November Manege in St Petersburg presented a new exhibition “Deineka/Samokhvalov”. Yulia Savikovskaya managed to catch a glimpse of the exhibition in its final days this January.

In 2017, to mark the 100thanniversary of October Revolution, the Royal Academy of Art in London ran a very popular exhibition Revolution: Russian Art 1917-1932 that traced how Soviet Art developed from being experimental and avant-garde in the 1910s and 1920s to more conservative and mainstream, serving the needs of the established Soviet regime. The exhibition clearly marked the works in the final pavilions as indicating the decline of Soviet art – the works of both Alexander Deineka (1899-1969) and Alexander Samokhvalov (1894-1971) representing muscular youths either engaged in sports or working in manufactures were there.

@manegespb
@royalacademyarts

Photo credit Mike Vilchuk/Manege

The get all the fascinating details about the artists and the exhibition visit our website and subscribe for exclusive content 🌐➡️

@christiesrussia held their evening auction of pos

@christiesrussia held their evening auction of post-war and contemporary art. The final proceedings amounted to £56 629 000.

The top lot was Andy Warhol's 'Mohammad Ali' sold for £4,973,250.
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▫️Вчера прошел вечерний аукцион Christie’s «Послевоенное и современное искусство», суммарная выручка которого составила £56 629 000.
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Топ-лотом вечера стала работа Энди Уорхола «Мохаммед Али», проданная за £4 973 250. Портрет относится к состоящей из 10 шелкографий серии «Атлеты», заказанной художнику в 1977 году Ричардом Л. Вайсманом.
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Вторым по стоимости лотом стала «Мечеть» (1982) Жана-Мишеля Баскии, купленная за £3 951 729.
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За рекордные для художницы £515 250 ушла с молотка «Мама» Джордан Кастил, а работа Тшабалалы Селф «Свободное время» была продана за £212 500, вдвое превысив нижнюю планку оценочной стоимости лота.
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▫️Yesterday, the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale in London realised £56,629,000.
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The top price of the night was achieved by Andy Warhol’s ‘Muhammad Ali’, which sold for £4,973,250. In 1977, Richard L. Weisman commissioned Warhol to paint the ‘Athletes’ series', a set of ten silkscreen portraits of the leading sports stars of the day.
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The second and third highest prices of the sale came for works by Jean-Michel Basquiat 'The Mosque' (1982) sold for £3,951,729.
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Jordan Casteel’s 'Mom' from 2013 realised £515,250, a record price for the artist at auction; while 'Spare Moment' by Tschabalala Self fetched £212,500, more than double the pre-sale low estimate.

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🎨 Leonid Shishkin Gallery at Parallax Art Fair

🎨 Leonid Shishkin Gallery at Parallax Art Fair 🇬🇧 The first ever mixed-art exhibition as part of the “Russian and British Plein-air Art” project by Leonid Shishkin Gallery opens on 14-16 February at the Parallax Art Fair in Kensington Town Hall. The event is unique in bringing together exhibitors – both artists and dealers – from all over the world to share their cultural artistry and diversity of novel ideas with London audiences.

Find @leonidshishkingallery at booth C4 at the Parallax Art Fair ➡️ Private viewings will take place Friday, 14 February, 7.30–9.30PM

Contact Leonid Shishkin Gallery at shishkingallery@yahoo.co.uk to be added to the guest list 📄

Dates: 14 February 2020 - 16 February 2020

For the full information visit our website 🌐

🎨 Marc Chagall at the Museum of Russian Art 🖼️ Mystical Imprints: Marc Chagall, Ben-Zion, and Ben Shahn presents the print work of three prominent 20th century Jewish artists born in the Russian Empire. Among these seventy pieces are etchings and lithographs from Chagall’s Bible series, Ben-Zion’s full 1980 portfolio The 36 Unknown, Shahn’s iconic The Alphabet of Creation, and more. Organized in partnership with the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) at Saint John’s University, the exhibition draws on HMML’s remarkable collection of works on paper. Most of the works in Mystical Imprintshave never been exhibited by HMML before.

The exhibition is on until February 23 2020

For more information about exhibitions and events visit our website and subscribe 🌐➡️

➡️ Interview with Soprano Vlada Borovko 🎶

➡️ Interview with Soprano Vlada Borovko 🎶

Vlada Borovko, Jette Parker Young Artist, is currently performing at the @royaloperahouse in La Traviata and La Boheme. Alexander Smotrov and Yulia Savikovskaya spoke with Vlada about how she started her career, what role languages play in opera, how to give the best performance, and what the life of the opera diva looks like today.

To find out what @vladasoprano had to share visit our website and subscribe for more exclusive content 🌐

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