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DIAGHILEV. BEGINNING

Ivan Argunov. Portrait of Catherine II. 1762. Oil on canvas. 245x176,3
15 october 2009—15 march 2010

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.

Evgeny Lanceray. Pegasus // World of Art, 1900. Nos 5-6. Half (bastard)title. Zinkography. 13,5x18,6 Valentin Serov. Portrait of Vasily Mathe (in a Coat and Hat). 1899. Etching (in the tone of sepia). 31,9x24,4 Leon Bakst. Eagle. 1899 Jan Ciaglinski. Portrait of the Artist Alexander Benois. 1896. Oil on canvas Leon Bakst. Portrait of Sergei Diaghilev and his Nanny. 1906. Oil on canvas

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Inspired by the Classics: Neoclassicism in Russia

Inspired by the Classics: Neoclassicism in Russia

15 june—11 september 2023

This exhibition is dedicated to Russian Neoclassicism, an early 20th-century art trend that, alongside avant-garde, was influential in shaping Russian architecture, theatre, music, fashion and everyday life, as well as the figurative arts.

Home and Family. Images of Peaceful Life

Home and Family. Images of Peaceful Life

16 december 2022—20 june 2023

The Russian Museum exhibition project Artists on War and Peace can be seen as a diptych comprised of two exhibitions: Images of Military Life in Russian Art of the 16th to 20th Centuries and Home and Family. Images of Peaceful Life. They explore two existential aspects of human life perceived as polar opposites. The first half of the diptych features scenes of everyday life during wartime, while the other focuses on the theme of the home and family as guardian of the moral values of the Russian people.

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