White Nights Images 2010: International Biennale of Enamel Art Tsereteli Art Gallery hosts an International Biennale of Enamel Art: White Nights Images 2010 organized by the Russian Academy of Arts, Organizing Committee of the International Art Project “Contemporary Art Enamel” under the auspices of the St. Petersburg Committee for Culture, the State Hermitage, Artists’ Union of Russia, CKI-WWA International Association of Enamellers. On show are works by enamel artists from Russia, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Hungary, Lithuania, Rumania.
13.07.2010 - 25.07.2010
Hymn to Beauty: Jubilee Exhibition of Works by Mukhadin Kishev in the Russian Academy of Arts Organized to mark the 70th anniversary of the People’s Artist of Kabardin-Balkar Republic, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Mukhadin Kishev, the exhibition features over 150 recent paintings and graphic works by the artist including the latest series “Caucasus”, “Protection of Wild Nature” and others. On display are also his works from the private collection of Maxim Voznesensky, head of a jewelry house.
13.07.2010 - 22.08.2010
Nickolai Mukhin. Anatomy of Painting. Bible for “Illiterates”. Fragments of Life The Russian Academy of Arts and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art present a solo show of Nickolai Mukhin, the People’s Artist of Russia, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts. The large-scale exhibition features early and the latest works by the artist: drawings; sketches; fresco fragments, paintings and sculptures; video installations, photographs and a documentary about the artist.
08.07.2010 - 19.09.2010
Successors of the Great Art: Annual Show of Diploma Work by Graduates of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture The exhibition continues the tradition of showcasing diploma work by the final year students of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in the gala halls of the historical building of the Russian Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. This annual show marks the culmination of the six-year study at the Institute and provides visitors with a rare opportunity to view works of the generation of artists who having studied the best specimens of the classical art heritage question what it means to be producing art in 2010.
08.07.2010 - 01.08.2010
Paintings by Irina Starzhenetskaya Are on Display in the Russian Academy of Arts The exhibition features paintings by the Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Irina Starzhenetskaya from her cycles “Biblical Hills” and “The Beginning of the Existence”. The color, expressive and distinctive, creates a visual image consonant with a poetic image - texts of the Holy history. The paintings have become illustrations to books of the same names: Biblical Hills (2009) and the Beginning of the Existence (2010).
Russia – Connection of Times: Solo Show of the People’s Artist of Russia Vasily Nesterenko in the “Manezh” Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow The Moscow Government, the Russian Academy of Arts, Vasily Nesterenko Moscow State Picture Gallery and the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall present a solo show of paintings by the People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Vasily Nesterenko. The title of the exhibition “Russia – Connection of Times” is not accidental, as the topic of Russian history and nature takes a special place in the artist’s creative work.
17.06.2010 - 04.07.2010
Paintings and Graphic Works by Evgeni Bachurin Are on Show in the Russian Academy of Arts The Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, presents a retrospective of works by the Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation Evgeni Bachurin created by him in the 1960s – 2010. The celebrated singer poet and artist Evgeni Bachurin belongs to the generation of the sixties. His creative work is integral, in his painting and poetry he personifies his own world. “The solitude of soul in a silent landscape” is the definition of his main theme given by the artist himself.
15.06.2010 - 04.07.2010
Anti-Terror: Solo Show of Works by the Noted Master of Decorative and Applied Art Olga Pobedova in the Russian Academy of Arts Organized to mark the 40th anniversary of the creative work by the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Olga Pobedova, the exhibition presents the artist’s optical glass objects, installations and photographs. Olga Pobedova is one of the leading masters of art glass. Her works show a distinctive creative style, a wide range of themes and high level of professional craftsmanship. In this exhibition Olga Pobedova acts as an artist- receptualist who showing her works as if in a slide-film makes the “invisible” art process “visible”.
15.06.2010 - 11.07.2010
Under the Roof of Paris: Inner Salem. Paintings, Graphic Works The Russian Academy of Arts and the Embassy of France in Moscow present an exhibition “Inner Salem. Under the Roof of Paris. Paintings, Graphic Works”. The opening will take place in Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka street, Moscow on June 15, 2010. Within the framework of the exhibition on June 16, 2010 at 7.30pm the director Inner Salem and Mylene Demongeot playing the leading part will present to the public the film Under the Roofs of Paris.
15.06.2010 - 11.07.2010
Show of Photographs by Marc Riboud and Vladimir Lagrange in Tsereteli Art Gallery The Russian Academy of Arts, Fine Art Gallery, Lumier Brothers’ Photo Gallery present a show of photographs by Marc Riboud (France) and Vladimir Lagrange (Russia) to be opened on June 15, 2010 in Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka street, Moscow.
The Order for Services to Motherland 1st Rank Was Presented to the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli On July 26, 2010 at the Kremlin award ceremony President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev presented state awards to prominent representatives of Russian politics, science and culture. The President of the Russian Academy of Arts, People’s Artist of the USSR and the Russian Federation Zurab Tsereteli was decorated with the Order for Services to Motherland 1st Rank.
09.07.2010
The First in Germany Monument to the Russian Empress Catherine the Great Was Unveiled in Zerbst The first in Germany monument to the Russian Empress Catherine the Great, born Princess Sophie Auguste Friderike von Anhalt-Zerbst was unveiled in the city of Zerbst on July 9, 2010. It has been designed by the renowned sculptor, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Michael Pereyaslavets.
06.07.2010
The Highest Award of the Republic of North Ossetia “To the Glory of Ossetia” Was Presented to Zurab Tsereteli for His Monument to Victims of Beslan On July 6, 2010 the Plenipotentiary of the Republic of North Ossetia under the Russian President Alexander Totoonov presented the highest award of the Republic of North Ossesia-Alania - “To the Glory of Ossetia” to the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli for his monument to victims of Beslan. The monument was unveiled on June 1, 2010 in the downtown of Moscow in front of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin at Kulishki, 5/2 Solyanka street.
27.06.2010
Zurab Tsereteli Took Part in the 10th Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors The UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Zurab Tsereteli participated in the 10th Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors that took place in the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on June 24, 2010. The meeting traditionally devoted to the discussion of urgent problems and efficient means for the implementation of UNESCO goals was inaugurated by the UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.
The Order for Services to Motherland 1st Rank Was Awarded to the People’s Artist of the USSR Ilya Glazunov By a decree of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, the People’s Artist of the USSR, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Ilya Glazunov who marked his 80th anniversary last week has been awarded the Order for Services to Motherland 1st Rank for his distinguished contribution to the promotion of Russian fine arts, his many years’ creative and teaching activities.
Zurab Tsereteli: the Language of Art Does Not Need a Translation. Interview to RIA Novosti 08/06/2010 RIA Novosti – The President of the Russian Academy of Arts is leaving for the United States – to open his solo show in the halls of the National Arts Club and to receive the Gold Medal of Honor for his significant role in the promotion of art. In various years the winners of this prestigious award were Salvador Dali, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, and now it will be presented to Tsereteli for his contribution to the promotion of cultural ties between Russia and the United States. From America Zurab Tsereteli will go to Paris to foster closer relations between Russia and France. On the eve of his visit the sculptor spoke about history, art education, royalties and Andrei Voznesensky with RIA Novosti reporter Ann Shelepova.
07.06.2010
Russia-France: Three Centuries of Cultural Ties The exhibition project of the Russian Academy of Arts “Russia-France: Three Centuries of Cultural Ties” to be launched in Paris on June 11, 2010 aims to show the history and main development stages of the Academy of Arts in Russia. One of the principle goals of the project is to specify the originality of the Russian academic art school, as well as to emphasize the significant role of the French culture, the contribution of the French eminent figures of architecture, fine arts and science to the formation of Russian art and academic art school representing a unique model of classical art education based on the centuries-old European fine arts development.
