The State Russian Museum / The Benois Wing DIAGHILEV. BEGINNING
The exhibition is dedicated to the centenary of the triumphal "Russian Ballet Seasons" in Paris. It tells about the start of the creative activity of the great impresario Sergei Diaghilev, his surrounding at the end of the XIX - beginning of the XX century. Exposition is divided into 5 parts and presents Diaghilev as the impresario of the exhibitions, art critic, historian of art and the editor of the "The World of Art" magazine. The fragments of the exhibitions, that he organized will be reconstructed in the Russian museum halls: the parts of the exhibition of the Russian and Finish painters, that was held in 1898 in the Baron's A. L. Shtiglic' Museum of the School of Technical Drawing, the parts of the art and historical ( "Tavrichesky" ) exhibition of the Russian portraits in 1905 and the parts of the first international project by Diaghilev that was the "Two Centuries of the Russian Painting and Sculpture" exhibition in the Autumn Salon in Paris in 1906. The audience will have the opportunity to see for the first time the "Elisium" theater curtain by Leo Bakst, that was created for the Komissarzhevsky Dramatic Theater.
The works from the collections of the Russian Museum, Tretyakov Gallery and the Scientific-Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts are presented at the exhibition.
21 december 2017—26 march 2018
The exhibition amasses impressive handiwork by artisans of the Niznny Novgorod Region, including unique pieces of Khokhloma and Gorodets painting, metalware, women costumes, wooden toys, and ceramic ware.
Henryk Siemiradzki and Russian Artists’ Colony in Rome
20 december 2017—2 april 2018
Henryk Siemiradzki (1843–1902), graduate of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, is one of the most prominent masters of the late 19th century European academic painting. His career in art was closely interwoven with Rome. The exhibition will unite 125 artworks by Siemiradzki and his contemporaries, Russian academic painters and sculptors, who worked in the Eternal City in the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century.
- 20 september—20 november 2017 > Stroganov Palace Andrei Tarkovsky. Artist of Space
- 14 september—17 december 2017 > Russian Museum Russian Painting of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
The collection of masterpieces, chosen by the Russian Museum will allow you to make a first impression of the collection of the Russian Museum.
Russian Museum - one of the world's largest museums and is perhaps the only country where such a full treasure of national culture are presented.
Virtual tour of the museum complex. 2009 (Rus., Eng., Ger., Fin.)
In the online shop of the Russian Museum presented a huge range of souvenirs, illustrated editions and multimedia disks.
