Gifts to the Russian Museum from Artists and Collectors. Selected Works. 1898–2019
Throughout the history of the Russian Museum the most important role in the forming of its collection belongs to the donors. Among them are artists, collectors and other people who care about art and its preservation. Since the 1980s, the Russian Museum has gratefully acknowledged the contribution of donors in new acquisitions exhibitions, annual reports, and publications. However, the museum has never shown to the viewers the artworks donated from the moment of its foundation till the end of the twentieth century, though they formed the core and glory of the collection of the first museum of national art in Russia.
To mark the 125th anniversary of the Russian Museum, such an exhibition will be shown in all of its palaces, bringing together items of different epochs and donors, including the imperial family (Alexander III, Nicholas II, Grand Dukes), famous patrons of the arts (M. K. Tenisheva, D. N. Tolstoy, V. N. Argutinsky-Dolgorukov and many others), artists (I. E. Repin, V. A. Serov, I. I. Shishkin, and others). The artworks will be shown in chronological order of their creation (from ancient icons to works of the twentieth century) in four palaces of the museum: in the St Michael's Castle, Marble Palace, Benois Wing of the Mikhailovsky Palace and in Stroganov Palace.
The Marble Palace displays works of 1960-1980s whose authors tend to work on the opposite side to official art. These are works by nonconformist artists (Ely Bielutin, Sergey Kovalsky, Tatiana Kerner, Oleg Tselkov, Vladimir Yankilevsky, Mikhail Shvartsman, Gleb Bogomolov, Vladimir Viderman, and others). The graphic section dedicated to the art of the second half of the 20th - early 21st century and represented by the works of Vladimir Bashlykov, Oleg Kudryashov, Latif Kazbekov and two great gifts that the museum has received in recent years from prominent masters of Soviet graphics (a collection of watercolors by Vera Matyukh presented by her son, and the legacy of Levon Ayrapetyants presented by his students). The sculpture collection of the 1990s-2010s introduces the works presented to the museum by the authors mostly in recent years (Sergey Karev, Marina Spivak, Irina Yaroshevich-Guseva, Vladimir Tsivin, Sergey Borisov, Alexander Kozhin, Daria Surovtseva, Mikhail Yedomsky, and others).
A significant section of the exhibition displays samples of Russian contemporary art of the late 20th - early 21st century. These works reflect the character of the Department of Contemporary art collection. Most of the works donated in recent years are shown for the first time; the smaller part consists of " fundamental" works which are often shown at the exhibitions of the Russian Museum. This section contains works by the "New Artists" association (Timur Novikov, Oleg Kotelnikov, and others), works that came as a gift from Marat Guelman, from large galleries or presented by the authors. These works are related to the aesthetics of contemporary art by Igor and Catherine Pestov, Vadim Grigoriev-Bashun, Tatiana Akhmetgalieva, Leonid Tse, Valery Grikovsky, Boguslav Horak, Kirill Koteshov, Alexander Shishkin-Hokusai, and many other artists.
General sponsor of the exhibition - VTB Bank
Russia and Belarus: Crossed Destinies
15 September—2 December 2024
The State Russian Museum and the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus open the unprecedented exhibition Russia and Belarus: Crossed Destinies. The Marble Palace presents works by Belarusian artists who graduated from Russian art schools and whose art became the world heritage.
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Cossackdom: Support of the Russian State
11 September—14 October 2024
The exhibition at the Marble Palace brings together about 100 works of painting, graphic and applied arts on the Cossack theme from the collection of the Russian Museum. It includes portraits, landscapes and works on historical subjects by Ilya Repin, Vasily Polenov, Valentin Serov, Vasily Surikov, Alexei Venetsianov, Aleksander Orłowski and other outstanding masters of Russian art.
- 30 August—11 November 2024 > Mikhailovsky Palace The "Taffeta Church" of Tsar Feodor Ioannovich and Tsaritsa Irina, 1592
- 9 August—14 October 2024 > St Michael’s Castle A Talent with Tragic Fate. 200th Anniversary of Grigory Soroka’s Birth
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.
