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Travels with Sushi in the Land of the Mind

Travels with Sushi in the Land of the Mind

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 18/10/2019 8:50 AM

Literature debut of Eduard Shyfrin Read More

Music Is Nothing Without Expression

Music Is Nothing Without Expression

BY Irene Kukota POSTED 26/09/2019 10:00 AM

Interview with Jan Latham-Koenig Read More

Pianist Yulia Chaplina: on Russian music in London

Pianist Yulia Chaplina: on Russian music in London

BY Marina Maximova POSTED 14/09/2019 2:21 PM

Interview with Yulia Chaplina Read More

Nijinsky’s Last Dance that God Only Knows

Nijinsky’s Last Dance that God Only Knows

BY Irene Kukota POSTED 09/09/2019 10:00 AM

Kate Tiernan’s project God Only Knows Read More

Interview: opera director Anna Kelo

Interview: opera director Anna Kelo

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 06/09/2019 10:31 AM

On training in Moscow and the new sold-out Ring Cycle tetralogy Read More

Russian Culture Abroad: Herzen in London, 1852-1865

Russian Culture Abroad: Herzen in London, 1852-1865

BY Maria Kruglyak POSTED 24/06/2019 8:39 AM

Explore the interesting Russian culture related sites in London. Read More

Lev Dodin on why the theatre is so important today

Lev Dodin on why the theatre is so important today

BY Marina Maximova POSTED 18/06/2019 8:06 AM

Interview with the director of St Petersburg Maly Drama Theatre Lev Dodin Read More

Ekatherina Iragui on market for drawings by Russian artists

Ekatherina Iragui on market for drawings by Russian artists

BY Eloise Melville POSTED 07/06/2019 10:00 AM

Interview with Galerie Iragui ’s Founder Ekatherina Iragui Read More

American Ballet Theater celebrates 10 years with Ratmansky

American Ballet Theater celebrates 10 years with Ratmansky

BY Alisa Goz POSTED 16/05/2019 12:00 PM

The most sought-after man in ballet Read More

Artist Monica Dubinkaite on her work and inspiration

Artist Monica Dubinkaite on her work and inspiration

BY Nadezhda Kirianova POSTED 30/03/2019 3:09 PM

Interview with Russian artist and photographer Read More

LSO conductor Gianandrea Noseda on his passion for Russian culture

LSO conductor Gianandrea Noseda on his passion for Russian culture

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 26/03/2019 10:00 AM

Yulia Savikovskaya meets the Principal Guest Conductor of London Symphony Orchestra Read More

Playwright Yulia Savikovskaya: I don’t want a play to be my “selfie”

Playwright Yulia Savikovskaya: I don’t want a play to be my “selfie”

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 22/03/2019 10:00 AM

Yulia Savikovskaya on her inspiration plans and plays Read More

Diana Vishneva: Ballet is in our blood

Diana Vishneva: Ballet is in our blood

BY Marina Maximova POSTED 12/03/2019 4:23 PM

The famous Russian prima talks about contemporary dance Read More

What does Russia celebrate on March 8th?

What does Russia celebrate on March 8th?

BY Alisa Goz POSTED 08/03/2019 10:00 AM

On March 8 women across Russia will receive boxes of chocolates, tulips, and cards in honor of International Women’s Day. Between it being the first public holiday of spring and all the flower-giving, it can seem like a light and joyful holiday celebrating tenderness, motherhood, and beauty. And in many ways, that is what the […] Read More

Sakari Oramo, the Chief Conductor of BBС Symphony Orchestra

Sakari Oramo, the Chief Conductor of BBС Symphony Orchestra

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 17/02/2019 12:00 PM

Conversation with with Yulia Savikovskaya on his work and music Read More

Artist and filmmaker Alyona Larionova: on storytelling and the issues of control

Artist and filmmaker Alyona Larionova: on storytelling and the issues of control

BY Marina Maximova POSTED 11/02/2019 11:21 AM

Marina Maximova talked to Alyona Larionova about her exhibition in Exposed Arts Projects Read More

Zurab Tsereteli on his exhibition in Saatchi Gallery

Zurab Tsereteli on his exhibition in Saatchi Gallery

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 24/01/2019 11:26 AM

RA+C interviewed the artist on occasion of his 85 anniversary and the opening of his solo exhibition Read More

Kristina Krasnyanskaya and her passion for Soviet Design

Kristina Krasnyanskaya and her passion for Soviet Design

BY Marina Maximova POSTED 15/01/2019 10:30 AM

RA+C conversation with the founder of Heritage Gallery, Moscow, Read More

Pavel Kolesnikov: Rising Russian Star of Classical Music

Pavel Kolesnikov: Rising Russian Star of Classical Music

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 14/01/2019 10:49 AM

Interview with Yulia Savikovskaya Read More

Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu on his work, Russian musicians and performing in Russia

Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu on his work, Russian musicians and performing in Russia

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 15/12/2018 10:30 AM

Yulia Savikovskaya meets Hannu Lintu Read More

Ivan Vyrypaev on cinema, theatre and his dreams.

Ivan Vyrypaev on cinema, theatre and his dreams.

BY Arthur Rakovskis POSTED 11/12/2018 11:16 AM

Artur Rakovskis talks to the famous writer and playwright. Read More

Vladimir Jurowski: on challenges and pleasures of performing with London Philharmonic Orchestra

Vladimir Jurowski: on challenges and pleasures of performing with London Philharmonic Orchestra

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 24/11/2018 2:00 PM

Yulia Savikovskaya interviews Vladimir Yurowski, Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of London Philharmonic Orchestra Read More

Levan Lagidze: Interview with iconic and reclusive Georgian painter

Levan Lagidze: Interview with iconic and reclusive Georgian painter

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 13/11/2018 10:30 AM

Conversation on the occasion of the first solo-exhibition in London in 20 years Read More

The mystery of Faberge eggs and legacy of the Romanovs today

The mystery of Faberge eggs and legacy of the Romanovs today

BY Emily Couch POSTED 07/11/2018 10:30 AM

Interview with art consultant and author Sophie Law Read More

Russian treasures in the Royal Collection

Russian treasures in the Royal Collection

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 30/10/2018 9:00 AM

Interview with Caroline de Guitaut, curator of a new Queen’s Gallery exhibition Russia: Royalty & the Romanovs Read More

Calendar

November 2019

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➡️ New book out: RUSSIAN SILVER. ENAMELS. FABERGÉ 📖

PRICE: £30 + PP

To get your copy today visit our website! A perfect Christmas gift for anyone who loves art and history.

The tradition of gold- and silversmithing in Russia reaches back well into the Middle Ages. Beginning in the mid-16 th century, throughout the 17 th century, until the reign of Peter the Great, the Kremlin workshops (Oruzhenynaya palata) produced superb jeweled and enameled gold and silver-gilt artifacts, many of them commissioned by the tsars. Many of them can today be admired in the Kremlin Armoury Museum. The forms of these objects were essentially Russian: the oklad (icon covers), kovsh (duckshaped drinking vessel), charka (vodka cup), bratina (bowl), stakan (beaker), as well as arms and liturgical implements. Neglected throughout most of the 18 th century and early 19 th century when they were supplanted by Western shapes and decorations, all these forms resurfaced during the Russian national revival beginning in the 1840s and remained popular until the 1917 Revolution.

@ruzhnikov_art

To place an order visit our website!

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🎨 ARE YOU READY FOR THE RUSSIAN ART WEEK? The auction schedule for this winter's RAW is out now.

It is an exciting period when the major auction houses host their Russian sales in London. Here are all their schedules and preview dates so you don’t get lost in the whirlwind of Russian culture.

@christiesinc 25 NOVEMBER 2019

They kick off the week with the sales held on25 November at 10:30 and 13:30.

The viewing is open 22 November: 9:00 – 16:30 and 23 – 24 November 12:00 – 17:00

On 27 November Christie’s will also hold Russia: Important Books and Manuscripts sale.

@macdougallsauction 25 AND 27 NOVEMBER 2019

On 25 November MacDougall’s will also hold its sales of Contemporary Russian Art at 14:30.

It will be followed by Important Russian Art Auction in 27 November 2019 the Important Russian Art sale at 10:30.

The viewing is open 23–26 November 2019, 11:00–17:30. (For more details please consult the website)

@sothebys 26 NOVEMBER 2019

On 26 November Sotheby’s holds 2 sales: Russian Pictures at 10:00 and Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons at 14:30.

The viewing is open 22 – 26 November: 9:00 – 17:00

@bonhams1793 27 NOVEMBER 2019

Finally, on 27 November Bonham’s holds the Russian Art sale at 15:00.

The viewing is open 24 November: 11:00 – 15:00, 25 – 26 November: 9:00 – 16:30, 27 November: 9:00 – 12:00

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➡️ Roseberys London Auction

@roseberysauctioneers will host an online auction on December 4th starting at 12pm GMT.

Impressionist, Modern, Post War & Contemporary Art the Catalogue is now live on the official website.

Viewing Times at Roseberys

Sunday 1 December 10.00am - 2.00pm

Monday 2 December 9.30 am - 5.30pm

Tuesday 3 December 9.30 am - 5.30pm

Wednesday 4 December 9.30 am - 11.45am

For more information contact Tess O'Brien

tessobrien@roseberys.co.uk.

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➡️ The second auction of the week takes place on November 21 at 11.00am in the Meridian hotel, Monte Carlo.
The auction catalogue of Russian art contains more than 500 art items and includes paintings and graphic works, engravings and placards, ancient books, items of decorative and craft art, silver and porcelain.

Sea moonscape by Ivan Aivazovsky, a portrait of an elegant lady by Konstantin Makovsky, ‘Gardens of Beijing’ by Camille Benoit (making its first appearance at auction), ‘Firebird’ by Nikolas Kalmakoff, and ‘Sisters of mercy’ by Mikhail Klodt are the main lots of the opening section of the Russian art auction, painting.

Decorative art The most important auction lot will be a large presentation silver kovsh (Moscow, circa 1696) (Peter the Great) with the gift inscription in Russian Church Slavonic language : ‘By God’s mercy, the Great Sovereign, Tsar, Grand Duke Peter Alekseevich, Autocrat of All Russia, granted this ladle to the sotnik Kozma Kamenev while being in the customs in 1695, who took 104 rubles, 3 altyns, 2 dengas.’ A rich collection of silver will also be exhibited at the auction. This collection contains such significant lots as a samovar from 1827 (lot 813), wedding silver glasses from the 19th century (lot 814), a Faberge blotter 1908-1917 with a silver plate (lot 816), a silver mug with the image of the Emperor of the Russian Empire Nicholas II (lot 817), and 4 silver plates by Faberge from the private collection of Elizabeth Obolenskaya Demidova of the famous Ural Industrialists Demidov dynasty (lot 824). For more information and to see the full catalogue visit our website!

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➡️ ICEBREAKER DREAMING: AN EXHIBITION BY RUTH MACLENNAN

An outdoor projection will animate the exterior wall of @pushkinhouselondon on Bloomsbury Square on the opening night of Icebreaker Dreaming, a new solo exhibition by the artist Ruth Maclennan. The exhibition explores the Russian Arctic, as a place to live in, to travel through, to project onto, to control and exploit for its natural resources, in the context of the climate emergency.

The exhibition opens 21 November 2019 and is on until 08 February 2020.

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🎶 Chamber Music Box Concert

Concluding its fourth successful season, the popular Hampstead concert series Chamber Music Box continues today, Sunday, 17 November 2019 to present another concert of exceptional chamber music playing in the beautiful, yet informal setting of Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel.

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Less than a week left until the Russian Art Week kicks off! Our beautiful guide is now available in print across different locations in central London, make sure you look out for your copy 📖

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🎨 HERMITAGE FINE ART: UPCOMING AUCTIONS

On November 17th and 21st Hermitage Fine Art will auction collections of numismatics, objects of vertu, Russian and international fine art in the Meridian Beach Plaza hotel, Monte Carlo. The preview of the sales will be held on 14th of November. The auction house will exhibit outstanding masterpieces by great Russian and European painters including Camille Pissarro, Eugene Boudin, Ivan Aivazovsky, Konstantin Makovsky.

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➡️ “Recycling People”, exhibition by Masha Trotzky at @saaslondon Art Gallery

22 November - 22 December 2019

The series “Social Madness” is dedicated to the new aesthetic and ideology dictated to us by social networks. How did Facebook and YouTube change our habits and behaviour and language? How fake materials and fake news became an obligatory part of our life? And who are they - the People of the Future? This project was created in 2019 and will be shown in London for the first time.

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📢 Just a little over a week left until Russian Art Week starts, have you checked out our guide yet?

Available in PDF on our website, get your copy today!

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🎼 MOISEY WEINBERG CENTENARY CONCERT

A concert celebrating the centenary of the unique Russian composer of Polish origin, Moisey (Mieczysław) Weinberg (1919-1996). Friend and disciple of Shostakovich, his musical style was also influence by Prokofiev and Myaskovsky. The programme is curated by an award- winning pianist Yulia Chaplina and features the newly appointed leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Igor Yuzefovich as a guest soloist, in addition to Weinberg-expert Yuri Kalnits.

On December 3rd at @pushkinhouselondon

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📖 New English translation of Doctor Zhivago

Nikolas Pasternak Slater, doctor, translator of Russian classical literature, grandson of the artist Leonid Pasternak and nephew of Nobel Prize winner Boris Pasternak, invites everyone to the evening dedicated to the release of his new English translation of the novel “Doctor Zhivago”. Come by for the presentation on November 21!

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📢 Irina Khakamada will present her new master-class “The Dao of life. Three steps to success” at London School of Economics on November 16th.

To find out more and get tickets visit our website!

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➡️ Art Impression 🎨

@rusartculture and @malabartgallery present the work of Mariya Primachenko, Grigor Kruk, Tetiana Yablonska.

The exhibition is on 22-26 November at @shaperorarebooks

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➡️ Get your copy of Ruzhnikov - Fine arts & antiques!

The featured collection of the Russian works on paper encompasses more than 100 years and includes works of such artists as Aleksandr Briullov, Petr Sokolov, Vladimir Gau, Petr Balashov, Ilya Repin, Filipp Maliavin, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky and others. The collection represents the key stages of the development of Russian works on paper as an independent art medium starting from the age of Romanticism to Modernism of the early XX century.

@ruzhnikov_art

To order your copy visit our website!

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🎼 Noseda: Russian Roots

A mythical, magical tale, a fate-filled journey from darkness to light, and pure Romantic lyricism – Gianandrea Noseda conducts Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Bruch.

Thu 28 Nov 2019 7.30pm - 9.30pm

@barbicancentre

Programme:
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh – Suite
BRUCH Violin Concerto No 1
Interval
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 5

Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Janine Jansen violin
London Symphony Orchestra

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❌ Zero f*cks given exhibition

This unique exhibition by Anna Dobrovolskaya-Mints was open on 31 October at the very centre of Zurich and will be on until 24 November. 'In the classical sense, astrophotography is a method of conducting astronomical observations based on photographing celestial bodies.

Using classical methods of astrophotography, Anna creates night landscapes, experimenting with the properties of time and reflecting on philosophical escapism.' Read more on our website!

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🖋️ James Butterwick previews the RA+C November sales:

This winter, 2019, the London auctions of Russian Art are headed by a Kliun from the Costakis collection. Actually, let me re-phrase that. This winter, 2019, the London auctions of Russian Art are headed by Kliun of such mega, out-there brilliance that we might as well all pack up and go home. Best picture to come up at Russian Art Week for years? Go on! Tell me I’m wrong!

Indeed, it’s pretty difficult to find anything at the four auction houses that even holds a candle to this masterpiece... Read the rest on our website!

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🎥 Vysotsky... Odessa notebook

On 30th November, The Antropov Foundation jointly with Apollo Film and Russian Day, launches its first London event – the premiere of the documentary film Vysotsky… Odessa Notebook directed by Anatoly Balchev and produced by Mark Ivasilevitch.

To find out more visit our website!

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🎼 Italian arias and Russian romances

Celebrated soprano Hibla Gerzmava is making a long-awaited return to London to give a recital with her long-time pianist partner Ekaterina Ganelina. Ms Gerzmava has enjoyed a meteoric rise on the international opera stage since winning the Grand Prix at the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition. Her brilliant technique and luminous voice have captivated audiences at Teatro alla Scala, Zürich Opera House, Bolshoi Theatre, Opéra national de Paris and the Royal Opera House. In 2019-20 she returns the New York Metropolitan Opera to appear as Liu in Puccini’s Turandot.

The concert is on 13 February 2020. To find out more and find out how to secure your ticket visit our website!

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