Mikhail Makhayev’s St Petersburg
14 october 2022—13 february 2023
The sketches and drawings of Mikhail Makhayev (1717–1770), the great Russian 18th-century veduta master, are the only way we have of appreciating St Petersb...
The State Russian Museum
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St Michael’s Castle
Benois Wing
Images of Military Life in Russian Art from the 16th to the 20th Centuries
Images of Military Life is an extensive exhibition featuring icons, paintings, sculptures, and applied and decorative artwor...
Benois Wing
Home and Family. Images of Peaceful Life
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...
St Michael’s Castle
Drawings and Watercolours of the 18th century
23 december 2022—27 march 2023
This exhibition offers visitors the rare opportunity to appreciate the more interesting and notable specimens of 18th century drawing and watercolour f...
Stroganov Palace
This exhibition celebrates 150 years since the birth of Konstantin Fyodorovich Bogayevsky (1872–1943), one of the most prominent artists of Russia’s Silver Age. A pupi...
Marble Palace
Natalia Zemlyanaya. World Creation. Painting and Graphic Art
St Petersburg artist Natalia Zemlyanaya’s solo exhibition features approximately 80 of her paintings and pastels from the 1990s and 2000s.
Mikhailovsky Palace
The exhibition in the Garden Vestibule of the Mikhailovsky ...
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Exhibitions
Russian Art of the Second Half of the XIX Century
Permanent exhibition
Even when it first opened back in 1898, the Russian Museum owned many canvases painted by such masters of the second half of the nineteenth century as Ivan Aivazovsky, Konstantin Makovsky, Ilya Repin, Vasily Polenov and Vasily Surikov. Although the selection of works before the revolution was often hampered by the conservative tastes of museum officialdom, the collection nevertheless grew in breadth thanks to the efforts of Alexander Benois, Albert Benois, Igor Grabar and Pyotr Neradovsky.
23 february—17 april 2023
The exhibition in the Garden Vestibule of the Mikhailovsky Palace is dedicated to the restoration of a large-scale painting National Fête During Shrovetide on Admiralty Square in St Petersburg (215 х 321 cm) by Konstantin Makovsky and its original frame.
Images of St George the Victorious in Old Rus. In Memory of Tatyana Vilinbakhova
22 december 2022—13 february 2023
The exhibition spotlights old Russian icons, wooden sculptures, personal sacred objects and jewellery created in various places and at different times, yet sharing the same theme. St George is one of the most highly venerated saints in Russia. His image is viewed as symbolic of Russian history. “St George and the Dragon” is the most frequently recurring subject in the Russian St George iconography.
Lev Smorgon. Form the 'Jubilees-2004' series
19 may 2004—27 june 2004
The personal exhibition of the St. Petersburg sculptor Lev Smorgon is dated to his 75th jubilee. It shows more than 20 sculptures along with some 30 works of graphics.
Gavriil Skorodumov (1754-1792)
18 march 2004—10 may 2004
The exhibition is devoted to the oeuvre of Gavriil Skorodumov, one of the first Russian engravers, an exceptionally gifted and educated artist.
4 march 2004—31 may 2004
The exhibition, devoted to the development of animalism in all branches of Russian fine arts of the 18th-21st centuries, displays almost 300 works from the collection of the Russian Museum created by sculptors, graphic artists, painters, medalists, masters of decorative, applied and folk art from the collection of the Russian Museum.
Natalia Grigorieva. Painting and Graphic Art
11 may 2006—12 june 2006
The State Russian Museum presents the solo exhibition of the Moscow artist Natalia Grigoryeva.
2 february 2006—24 march 2006
The exhibition is held within the framework of the Kurultai (Congress) cultural programme of public unions of Bashkirs of the European part of Russia and Europe.
"THE MIRACLE MAN WAS OF LARGE STATURE". Dedicated to the 100-th anniversary of Daniel Harms
22 december 2005—30 january 2005
The project is dedicated to the centenary of Daniil Kharms' birth. He was one of the most renowned writers of the 20th century.
13 april—3 july 2023
Initiated to coincide with 152 years since the artist’s birth, this exhibition follows extensive research undertaken to elaborate on certain aspects of Leonid Sherwood’s artistic biography and reconstruct the history and destinies of many of his works.
2 march—15 may 2023
This exhibition spotlights the work of Malevich’s closest pupils and associates Ilya Chashnik (1902–1929) and Nikolai Suetin (1897–1954), and follows on the heels of the first two exhibitions of works from the Leporskaya archive, which featured previously unknown drawings by Kazimir Malevich and works by Leporskaya herself. It represents the final stage in the processing and study of the Russian Museum’s Leporskaya Archive.
Drawings and Watercolours of the 18th century
23 december 2022—27 march 2023
This exhibition offers visitors the rare opportunity to appreciate the more interesting and notable specimens of 18th century drawing and watercolour from the museum’s extensive collection. Because of their fragility, these works are seldom presented for public viewing.
25 april 2019—17 june 2019
The exhibition of paintings and graphic works by the Russian artist, now living and working in France, in which the main characters are... pillows.
Pyotr Fomin. Nikita Fomin. In the Land of Pskov
18 april 2019—10 june 2019
The exhibition presents a hundred paintings by Pyotr Fomin and Nikita Fomin, united by the love for the native landscape, for the hills and trees of the Pskov Region.
The 5th Photobiennale of Contemporary Photography
31 january 2019—1 april 2019
Engaging both professional and amateur photographers, the Biennale aims to reflect the diversity of techniques, genres, and stylistic trends in contemporary photography.
A. Morozov's: Memories of the Past Exhibition. Painting, Graphic Art
5 june 2006—28 june 2006
Anatoly Larionov. Petersburg Suite
3 may 2006—28 may 2006
The exposition presents the oeuvre of the Petersburg photographer Anatoly Larionov.
Anatoly Gromov. Magic of light
6 march 2006—3 april 2006
Modern exhibition of Cabin of Peter the Great
Permanent exhibition
Modern exhibition of the museum comprises items dating back to Peter I’s time, including memorial paraphernalia, such as: red broadcloth uniform, an oriental cane, a model of Peter I’s hand based on an imprint made at Lipetsk foundry in 1707, a wherry, and Peter’s armchair.
CLOSE TO NOT. VLADIMIR TARASOV AND SARAH FLOHR. SOUND INSTALLATION
16 june 2005—24 july 2005
The installation of the Lithuanian musician Vladimir Tarasov and the American artist Sarah Flohr will be shown in the Mikhailovsky Garden of the State Russian Museum on 16 June.
The “Inner Book” of the G. A. V. Traugot Brothers
14 january 2022—12 february 2022
The creative tandem of brothers Alexander and Valery Traugot does not need a special introduction. It became a truly significant phenomenon in the artistic life of post-war Leningrad, and a huge number of book illustrations signed with the memorable triple initial “G.A.V.” together represents one of the brightest pages in the history of the Soviet post-war art of the book.
The high technology interactive exposition "Our Romantic Emperor"
25 march 2017—31 december 2017
The high technology interactive exposition "Our Romantic Emperor" located on three floors of the Western Pavilion of St. Michael's Castle is devoted to Paul I, the author and owner of the ensemble of St. Michael's Castle.
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