Artists of the Society of Russian Sculptors
The artists' union “Society of Russian Sculptors” (ORS – Obschestvo Russkih Skulptorov) was created in 1925 in the course of revolutionary ev...
The State Russian Museum
Branches:
St Michael’s Castle
Benois Wing
The exhibition will present the propaganda art of the first years after the 1917 Revolution. The agitation art of this time was truly mass and embracing different aspects o...
Marble Palace
The works by painters, graphic artists, sculptors and masters of the applied arts, created in 1920-1980-s, provide a vivid image of the Soviet State smallest citizens’ ...
Marble Palace
Posters of the Revolutionary Era
The genre of political poster in the Russian art formed and developed in the first years after the Revolution of 1917. The exhibition at the Marble palace dedicated...
Benois Wing
The exhibition at the Russian Museum is aimed to present for the first time the complicated and multifaceted situation of the first decades of XX century. The exhibiti...
Stroganov Palace
Andrei Tarkovsky. Artist of Space
The exhibition is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986), famous Russian filmmaker and film director. A renowned master of cinem...
- 15 october 2017 > The State Russian Museum Marble Palace is closed due to technical reasons
- 5 october 2017 > St Michael’s Castle Changes in the exposition shedule of St. Michael's Castle on October 5
- 14 september 2017 > The State Russian Museum Assen/St. Petersburg
Exhibitions
Mikhailovsky Palace
Ancient Art of XIV-XVII Centuries
Permanent exhibition
Collection of the Old Russian painting of the Russian Museum is one of the largest and most significant in Russia. It includes around six thousand icons. The permanent exhibition housed in the first four halls of Mikhailovsky Palace represents a part of this collection, the most valuable works of XII-XVII centuries created in the major art centers of Old Russia: Novgorod, Pskov, Vladimir, Suzdal, Moscow, and Yaroslavl.
Also in the Mikhailovsky Palace:
- Permanent exhibition Russian Art of the XVIII Century
- Permanent exhibition Russian Art of the First Half of the XIX Century
- Permanent exhibition Russian Art of the Second Half of the XIX Century
- Permanent exhibition Folk Art of the XVII-XXI Centuries
Benois Wing
14 september—20 november 2017
The exhibition at the Russian Museum is aimed to present for the first time the complicated and multifaceted situation of the first decades of XX century. The exhibition will comprise around 100 artworks accompanied by the historical documents and literary materials by the poets and writers of that period.
Also in the Benois Wing:
- 17 august—20 november 2017 Art into Life. 1918–1925
- Permanent exhibition Art of the End of XIXth – Begining of XXth Century
- Permanent exhibition Decorative and Applied Arts in Russia. ХХ century
- Permanent exhibition Art of the XXth Century
Stroganov Palace
Andrei Tarkovsky. Artist of Space
20 september—20 november 2017
The exhibition is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986), famous Russian filmmaker and film director. A renowned master of cinema, Tarkovsky gained international recognition during his lifetime. He is considered the creator of a new language in cinematic art, having introduced new aesthetics and philosophy to it and influenced its further development.
Also in the Stroganov Palace:
- Permanent exhibition Mineral Study
- Permanent exhibition Russian Empire Style. Applied Art of the Epoch of Alexander I (1801 – 1825)
St Michael’s Castle
16 august—13 november 2017
The Russian Museum holds a large collection of works by A. Rylov including paintings and sketches of various periods, graphic works, and illustrations. A comprehensive retrospective exhibition at the St. Michael's Castle presents all stages of Rylov's path in art for the first time since his last solo exhibition in 1970.
Also in the St Michael’s Castle:
- 10 august—20 november 2017 Artists of the Society of Russian Sculptors
- Permanent exhibition St.Petersburg Society During the Romanov Era
- Permanent exhibition Faces of Russia. Portrait Gallery of the Russian Museum
- Permanent exhibition Sculpture Open Fund
Marble Palace
Inside the Marble Palace (Sound, Dance, Performance)
14 september 2017—30 june 2018
From the collection of the Centre National des Arts Plastiques, France
“Inside the Marble Palace” is a series of nine exhibitions exploring performativity in which dance and sound play a significant part. Each artwork will be on display for a month.
Also in the Marble Palace:
- 13 september—6 november 2017 Posters of the Revolutionary Era
- 7 september—20 november 2017 Children of the Soviet State
- Permanent exhibition Poet of the Silver age - Konstantin Romanov
- Permanent exhibition The Rzhevsky Brothers Collection
Cabin of Peter the Great
Modern exhibition of Cabin of Peter the Great
1 december 2015—31 january 2018
Modern exhibition of the museum comprises items dating back to Peter I’s time, including memorial paraphernalia, such as: red broadcloth uniform, an oriental cane, a model of Peter I’s hand based on an imprint made at Lipetsk foundry in 1707, a wherry, and Peter’s armchair.
Pavilions of the Mikhailovsky Castle
The high technology interactive exposition "Our Romantic Emperor"
25 march—31 december 2017
The high technology interactive exposition "Our Romantic Emperor" located on three floors of the Western Pavilion of St. Michael's Castle is devoted to Paul I, the author and owner of the ensemble of St. Michael's Castle.
Marble Palace
The Ludwig Museum at the Russian Museum
In 1994 famous German art collectors Peter and Irene Ludwig gifted to the museum their collection of art of the second half of the X...
Mikhailovsky Palace
Russian Art of the Second Half of the XIX Century
Even when it first opened back in 1898, the Russian Museum owned many canvases painted by such masters of the second half of the nineteenth century a...
Mikhailovsky Palace
Russian Art of the First Half of the XIX Century
The exhibition shows masterpieces representing the variety of trends in the Russian art of the time (classicism, romantism and beginning i...
Mikhailovsky Palace
Ancient Art of XIV-XVII Centuries
Collection of the Old Russian painting of the Russian Museum is one of the largest and most significant in Russia. It includes around six thousand icons. The ...
Events
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15.10.2017
The State Russian Museum
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05.10.2017
Changes in the exposition shedule of St. Michael's Castle on October 5
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14.09.2017
The State Russian Museum
Lecture hall
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18 october, wednesday. 18:00
КЕРАМИКА — ХРУПКАЯ КРАСОТА НА ФАСАДАХ ЗДАНИЙ СЕВЕРНОГО ГОРОДА.
Lecture Series: КЕРАМИЧЕСКОЕ УБРАНСТВО В АРХИТЕКТУРЕ ПЕТЕРБУРГСКОГО МОДЕРНА.
Lecturer: кандидат искусствоведения М.Д.Григорьева
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19 october, thursday. 19:00
САДЫ ИТАЛИИ: ВИЛЛА АДРИАНА, ВИЛЛА Д’ЭСТЕ, ВИЛЛА КАПРАРОЛЛА, САКРО БОСКО, БОБОЛИ, КАЗЕРТА, ИЗОЛА БЕЛЛА.
Lecture Series: САДЫ И ПАРКИ ЕВРОПЫ.
Lecturer: главный редактор журнала "Автобус" И.Э.Воеводский
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To purchase classes for individual groups of students, given according to special programs by a lecturer who will come to the school or another institute, please call: +7 (812) 570-52-23, +7 (812) 570-56-91.
All lectures are given in Russian.
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