"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. His oeuvre acquaints with almost all problems of topical creative practice. The exhibition comprises works by contemporary St Petersburg, Moscow and Rotterdam artists L. Belova, D. Goryachev, Mikhail Karasik, V. Kozin, V. Pushnitsky, A. Chezhin, P. Perevezentsev, S. Yakunin and A. Shroiders. It presents objects, photography, books, video and installations. The masters working in different styles, genres and techniques reflect their understanding of phenomenon of Daniil Kharms' personality, his life, character and idea of the world in their works. The visual material is accompanied by sounds, voices and reading of texts. The premiere of the On Phenomena and Existence № 3 film, directed by A. Shroiders after the stories of Daniil Kharms, is timed to the opening of the exhibition.

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“He Conquered Both Time and Space...” 225th Anniversary of Alexander Pushkin’s Birth

7 June—9 December 2024

This is the first ever large-scale exhibition held in the Russian Museum to address the genius of Russian and world culture, whose anniversary will be an international event. The museum rich depositories enable to characterize the oeuvre of the great writer most fully and diversely and to reconstruct the cultural and historical background, which witnessed the formation and heyday of Pushkin’s unique talent.

Military Parades: Porcelain and Watercolour

15 December 2023—13 May 2024

The exhibition is dedicated to a hundred-year-old tradition of producing decorative “military plates” depicting imperial army uniforms. Besides plates, the exhibition includes drawings and lithographs that served as sources or preliminary studies for paintings by such famous artists of the “uniform” genre.

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21 March—8 July 2024 > St Michael’s Castle Drawings and Watercolours by the Wanderers
15 March—13 May 2024 > Mikhailovsky Palace Mstislav Farmakovsky. 150th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth

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