EMINENT FOLK ART COLLECTORS. From the "Not for personal gain:" series. "Collections and Collectors from the Russian Museum"
- OJSC Mobile TeleSystems
- Sistema Finance Investments
For the first time the exhibition sufficiently fully presents the most aesthetic valuable collections of the works by folk masters from the collection of the Russian Museum and clearly reflects the contribution of each collector in the treasury of Russian art. The exposition includes the art works from the collections of N. Shabelskaya, S. Davydova, N. Lihachev, A. Polovtsov, F. Pliushkin, the artists N. Dmitriev-Orenburgsky, V. Lebedev and the other Russian collectors. There are presented the unique samples of wood carving, wooden and clay toy, embroidery, lacquer miniature and the other forms of folk art from the Russian greatest art centers (Palech, Giostovo, Dymkovskaya Sloboda, Bogorodskoye, Velikiy Ustiug, Sergiev Posad and the others).
The exhibition presents not only the individual passions of the owners of the folk art works but also the main tendencies of gathering in Russia in the 19th - 20th centuries.
The exhibition is organized with the support of OJSC Mobile TeleSystems, Sistema Finance Investments
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
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.
- 27 april—19 june 2023 > Marble Palace Alexey Vaulin. Living Substance
- 13 april—3 july 2023 > St Michael’s Castle Leonid Sherwood (1871–1954)
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.
