The program “German video art in the Russian Museum” is organized in cooperation with Goethe-Institut and “Video-Forum” (Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin). The curators have selected eight pieces of art of video artists from Germany and other countries.
Revolutionary videograms (Videogramme einer Revolution), 1992
Harun Farocki (born in Neutitschein, 1944 - died in Berlin , 2014)
Andrei Ujica (born in Timişoara, 1952, lives in Berlin)
In his art Harun Farocki, renown documentary film director, reflects upon contemporary political and social history, criticizing the society of control and its institutions and analyzing the role of media nowadays. “Revolutionary videograms” were created together with Andrei Ujica on the grounds of Romanian state television records after its capture by the demonstrators in December 1989 as well as with use of amateur films made during the revolutionary protests in Bucharest and Timişoara. Romanian revolution was among the first where the television played key role. On 22 December 1989 demonstrators captured the state television and broadcasted the reportages on the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s regime, including the judicial process and the execution of the dictator and his wife. Farocki used to say that in the films the story tells itself, becoming the material and the protagonist at the same time. The director paid specific attention to the montage: reconstruction of the chronological order of the events is combined with the film-narration and meditation upon the ways of telling the story in the film. The critics compared “Revolutionary videograms” with Sergei Eisenstein’s “October”.
July 28 the lecture of Maria Godovannaya, feminist social theory expert, "Harun Farocki's Videograms" will take place (in Russian).
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
24 April—13 May 2024
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.
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.)
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