Italian Futurism. From the Collection of Mattioli. Russian Cubo-Futurism. From the Russian Museum and Private Collections in Moscow
The futurism desire of search for figurative means, consonant with the age of technological progress and high speeds, acquired a truly international character after the famous manifesto by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was issued in 1909. The creative program of Italian futurism in the 1910s stroke a chord in different countries, including Russia. In their manifestos and speeches at disputes, Russian artists strove to defend the originality of the Russian version of this trend, which clearly manifested itself both in visual arts and in literature.
The exhibition at the Russian Museum brings together the works of Italian and Russian futurists, which allow a viewer to witness the originality of each of the two national versions of this large-scale creative movement. The fundamental works of Italian futurism are shown in dialogue with the iconic works of Russian masters. This will provide an opportunity to see their similarities and differences and deeper perceive the era of avant-garde experiments that swept across Europe.
The major masterpieces of Italian futurism from the collection of Gianni Mattioli (Milan) are shown for the first time in Russia: 26 unique works by G. Balla, U. Boccioni, C. Carrà, L. Russolo, G. Severini, M. Sironi and many more other, truly significant for the historical and cultural context in which Italian futurism was born. Paintings and graphic works from the Russian Museum and private collections appear next to them in the exhibition space. The authors of these works are D. Burliuk, N. Goncharova, A. Lentulov, K. Malevich, L. Popova, I. Puni, O. Rozanova, N. Udaltsova, A. Exter and other famous representatives of the Russian avant-garde.
teaser of the exhibition
General partner
Cultural and Charity Foundation U-Art
CMS.Cultura agency
Pirelli Company
Under the patronage and support:
The Embassy of the Republic of Italy in Moscow
Consulate General of Italy in St. Petersburg
Italian Cultural Institute of Saint Petersburg
The Ministry of Culture of Italy
From Peter the Great to Elizabeth Petrovna
1 June—23 September 2024
This exhibition, unique in its scale, covers the period from the death of Peter the Great to the accession to the throne of his daughter Elizabeth Petrovna (1725–1742). The main events of the internal Russian life in the time of struggle for Peter the Great’s legacy shown on the material from the collections of 21 museums, including State Hermitage Museum, the State Historical Museum, the Moscow Kremlin Museums, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of the History of St Petersburg, the Peterhof State Museum and Reserve, the Pavlovsk State Museum, the Arkhangelskoye State Museum and Reserve and others.
Master of Painting. 325th Anniversary of Ivan Vishnyakov’s Birth
26 April—1 July 2024
Ivan Vishnyakov is one of the leading artist of the 18th century, portraitist, mural painter, restorer and teacher. However, not much of the artist’s vast legacy, the result of thirty years of untiring creative activity, has survived to the present day. All the more valuable are the eleven surviving portraits in the collections of the Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of Vasily Tropinin and Moscow Artists of His Time, art museums in Tver and Rybinsk, and the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus.
- 15 March—13 May 2024 > Mikhailovsky Palace Mstislav Farmakovsky. 150th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
- 21 February—13 May 2024 > Benois Wing Anna Golubkina (1864–1927). 160th Anniversary of the Artist'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.
