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GATES AND DOORS

1. Severin Infante, Sofia Infante. From the Series “Practice of Light”. 2009. Photography light installation. 90х120
28 April 2011—20 June 2011
The exhibition reveals the variety of senses and meanings that the image of gates and doors acquired on different stages of the development of the Russian and World artistic culture. The sacral meaning of this image in the artworks of the Old Russian Art was replaced by the new approaches to its interpretation in the creative oeuvre of artists who worked in the 19th - beginning of the 21th centuries. The significant part of the exposition includes the works by the representatives of contemporary art. Together with the paintings and graphic works there are presented photographs, installations, art-objects and video-art works. The gates and doors in the works by I. Kabakov, O. Kulik, S. Bugayev (Afrika), Severin and Sofia Infante and the other modern artists are appearing first of all as the symbolic designation of the borders, crossings and transitions in a real environment of everyday life and in a cultural space connected with the centuries-old spiritual experience of the mankind.

Vladimir Kozin. Paradise. 2009. Tire, wire; twisting, backlighting. 61х65х20 Ilya Kabakov, Emilia Kabakova. Toilet. 2004. Installation. 228х126 Ivan Govorkov, Elena Gubanova. Entrance and Exit. 2010. Object. Plywood, metal, oil, enamel, silver print Petr Shvetsov. Tile. Installation. The sizes vary Leonid Borisov. Door. 1998. Oil on canvas. 65х50 Dmitry Shorin. Natasha Rostova. From the Series «Desktop “War and Peace». 2009. Oil on canvas. 147х198

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For the Glory of Russia. Entrepreneurs and Patrons in Russia in the 18th – Early 20th Centuries

6 June—5 August 2024

Merchants, the “third estate”, at that time, were the basis of Russia’s economic power. The Stroganovs, the Demidovs and other entrepreneurs sometimes established entire “empires” with their own settlements, roads and internal regulations. The richest merchants became nobles and patrons of the arts. The exhibition is unique, both in the themes it explores and in the works it presents.

Masterpieces from Taganrog Rescued at the Russian Museum

Masterpieces from Taganrog Rescued at the Russian Museum

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In July 2023, an explosion in the city centre of Taganrog damaged several artworks at the Golden Names of the Silver Age exhibition in the Taganrog Art Museum. The Russian Museum offered immediate support with the restoration of 22 art pieces. During the restoration, which lasted over 6 months, the staff of the Russian Museum not only eliminated the mechanical damage that the art objects had received at the time of the explosion, but also completely restored all 22 masterpieces, revealing their original appearance and artistic concept.

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