The publication is a representative excerpt giving adequate description of the contents and specificity of the collection of the department of contemporary art.
The introductory articles are dedicated to the history of the department, conception of its work and foundation of the Ludwig Museum in the Russian Museum. The main part of the catalogue consists of essays on artists in alphabetical order. The book is supplemented with a list of publications from 1988 to 2001, an index of selected publications dedicated to the oeuvre of single artists, an illustrated list of exhibitions organised by the department from 1990 to 2001 and information on general programmes developed by the staff of the department of contemporary art.
The Knave of Diamonds in the Russian Avant-Garde
Palace Editions, St Petersburg, 2004
352 pages with 186 colour illustrations, 4 colour and 49 black-and-white photographs
Format: 25 x 30.5 cm; Russian and English
Princess Ingeborg of Schleswig-Holstein
St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004
216 pages; 100 colour illustrations, 25 colour and 15 black and white photographs
Format: 24.5 x 31.5 cm; Russian/German.
St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004
144 pages; 80 colour illustrations, 32 colour and 6 black and white photographs
Format: 25 x 30.5 cm; Russian/English
St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004
120 pages; 84 colour illustrations, 1 colour photograph
Format: 22.5 x 24.5 cm ; Russian/English
St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004
108 pages, 80 black and white and 17 colour illustrations
Format 22.5 x 24.5 cm; Russian
St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004
160 pages, 108 colour and 3 black and white illustrations, 2 colour and 3 black and white photographs
Format 24.5 x 32 cm; Russian/English
St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004
152 pages, 217 colour illustrations and 149 colour photographs
Format 25 x 31.5 cm; Russian/English
St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004
60 pages, 75 colour illustrations
Format 22 x 24; Russian/English
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