Articles By Natasha Butterwick

Constructivist Naum Gabo at Tate St. Ives

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 28/01/2020 9:01 AM

Constructivist Naum Gabo at Tate St.Ives Read More

Shtager Gallery: Interview with Vitaly Pushnitsky at the London Art Fair

BY Marina Shtager POSTED 19/01/2020 9:50 PM

Interview with Vitaliy Pushnitskiy whose work is exhibited at the London Art Fair Read More

Noseda conducts Shostakovich London Symphony Orchestra

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 19/01/2020 7:47 PM

Classical and Contemporary music meet as Gianandrea Noseda conducts music by Russian composers Read More

Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms at South Bank Centre

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 19/01/2020 1:01 PM

Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms at the South Bank Centre Read More

The Bourne supremacy. The red shoes ballet review

BY James Butterwick POSTED 24/12/2019 11:04 AM

Review of the Red Shoes Read More

Mariinsky Orchestra in London

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 01/10/2019 11:16 PM

Mariinsky Orchestra in London Read More

Screening of musical Cossacks of Kuban

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 24/09/2019 1:52 PM

Screening of musical Cossacks of Kuban,1949 Read More

Ilya and Vladimir Paleev collection. Book review

BY James Butterwick POSTED 19/06/2019 2:47 PM

The Paleev Collection book review Read More

Doyle auction house sale of The Estate of Oleg Cassini in New York , June 27

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 10/06/2019 11:33 PM

Doyle auction house sale of The Estate of Oleg Cassini in New York , June 27 Read More

Russian Auctions in London 3-5 June 2019 – Statistical Summary

BY Simon Hewitt POSTED 08/06/2019 4:39 PM

Simon Hewitt reports on the results of Russian art sales Read More

Soviet women and their art , a new book by R.Lavery & I.Lindsay

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The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk 1918-1922

BY Kseniia Klimova POSTED 22/05/2018 10:00 AM

The turbulent twentieth century history has evidenced how artistic human creativity is closely interlaced with power, economics, ideology and propaganda. The art of that particular era led to revision of past ideas and perceptions of the world stemming from the previous centuries. This new art propagating new aesthetics and content soon started to serve as […] Read More

Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov’s Play, On the London Stage

BY Anna Prosvetova POSTED 19/05/2018 11:00 AM

Uncle Vanya is, perhaps, one of the most hopeless plays by Anton Chekhov. Talking about unfulfilled dreams and unrealised loves, it makes one recall their personal regrets and failures. However, its adaptation by the Maly Drama Theatre directed by Lev Dodin is surprisingly light, seemingly effortless, and inspiring. The show was staged at the Royal Haymarket […] Read More

An Unknown Friend and The Following Auction Raise over £16,000 for Children’s Charity

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 11/05/2018 10:00 AM

Musical performance starring Kseniya Rappoport and Polina Osetinskaya in London has raised more than £16,000 for the treatment of Russian children. On the 9th of May 2018 London hosted a premiere of the musical performance based on Ivan Bunin’s short story “An Unknown Friend”.More than £16,000have been raised from special ticket sales and charity auction for […] Read More

Heist Gallery presents Maria Kreyn’s Polyphony Exhibition

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 05/05/2018 6:00 PM

Marya Kreyn Polyphony Heist gallery announce secret location for their latest show taking an experiential approach to exhibition staging Heist gallery will present Polyphony an inaugural review show of Maria Kreyn’s work at a secret London location from 10—28 May. For the first time, Heist gallery – who are on a mission to turn […] Read More

Mikhail Romadin. Solaris

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 15/04/2018 1:14 PM

The exhibition will show works by iconic artist, painter, graphic designer, cinema production designer and illustrator, creator of the flying machine for the film Andrei Rublev (1966), production designer and creator of the style of Tarkovsky’s Solaris (1972). Totibadze Gallery, Vinzavod Contemporary Art Centre Read More

Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov live at the Royal Albert Hall

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 21/03/2018 12:41 PM

Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov live at Royal Albert Hall, London BERIN ART MANAGEMENT PRESENTS A celebration of the world’s best opera voices Anna Netrebko (soprano) and Yusif Eyvazov (tenor) on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 live at Royal Albert Hall in London with accompaniment of Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. The concert will be conducted by […] Read More

Translating Cultures: Virginia Woolf On Russian Literature

BY Emily Couch POSTED 13/03/2018 1:25 PM

In 1908, a twenty-six year old Virginia Woolf read Leo Tolstoy’s War & Peace for the first time. Twenty years later, she recalled: ‘lying in bed one summer, I was enthralled […] and [have] called Tolstoy the greatest of novelists ever since’. Read More

VENERA GIMADIEVA – LONDON SOLO RECITAL

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 13/03/2018 10:39 AM

“Even an earthquake could not have dislodged the extraordinarily powerful Venera Gimadieva from her richly toned sonorities, expressive penetration and superb stagecraft.” The Times She is one of the most sought-after lyric coloratura sopranos in Europe. Her performances as Violetta in La traviata have earned sensational reviews, with the Guardian describing her performance at […] Read More

Group Exhibition New Landscape, Yeltsin Centre, Yekaterinburg

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 08/03/2018 10:30 AM

The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center is pleased to announce upcoming exhibition New Landscape presenting seven photography projects reflecting on the transformation of the post-Soviet landscape. The exhibition opens in the Art Gallery space on March 16, 2018. Group exhibition New Landscape features seven photography projects exploring the landscape as a means to reflect on the […] Read More

Launch of RUSSIAN BALLET DAY UK with BRILLIANT PETIPA BRIDGES & ‘NAPOLEON’ CAKE and TEA CEREMONY

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 05/03/2018 11:22 PM

Each year the Russian Ballet Day UK will bring to the UK audience an exciting program introducing highlights of the new and restored productions, the highlights in the schedule of the world’s leading artists and choreographers, unique ballet collaborations, created by both world known and emerging Russian choreographers to the international audiences. Theatre and dance professionals […] Read More

MALY DRAMA THEATRE ST PETERSBURG IN LONDON

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 01/03/2018 12:46 PM

The legendary Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg – described by Peter Brook as ‘the finest ensemble theatre in Europe’ – returns to London this spring for a strictly limited engagement for the first time in over a decade. They present the UK première of Vasily Grossman’s epic novel Life and Fate and their celebrated […] Read More

Golden Time of Russian Music: Magic of Rimsky-Korsakov, VIP Offer, THE IVY, 5 March

As the LPO launches its STRAVINSKY epic project, we are delighted to introduce you to the creative and extraordinary world of NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, IGOR STRAVINSKY’S teacher. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV became the one, whom Sergei Diaghilev, the founder of the Ballets Russes, celebrated in Paris as one of the founding fathers of Russian classical music. We exclusively offer […] Read More

Interview with Grigoriy Yaroshenko, Artist and Author of the Night in Norilsk

BY Borimir Totev POSTED 28/02/2018 9:57 AM

Borimir Totev: What is it about Norilsk in particular, out of all the so-called former mono-cities in Russia – that attracted you and your camera lens? Grigoriy Yaroshenko: In 2015 I was invited to take photographs in Norilsk by Olga Sviblova, head of the Multimedia Museum in Moscow. The subject was the 80th Anniversary of […] Read More

TURETSKY SOPRANO CELEBRATES LONDON MASLENITSA FESTIVAL ON ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY

BY Matteo Morelli POSTED 20/02/2018 8:49 PM

Founded in 2009, the London Maslenitsa Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Under the organisation of Ensemble Production and with the support of different entities, including Russkiy Mir Foundation and Russian Art and Culture, the Moscow City Goverment , Rossotrudnichestpvo ; the Festival presented various events ranging from film screenings and art exhibitions to fashion shows, culminating […] Read More