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15.06.2009, 20:18 3 comments

Welcome to Cardboardia – Moscow’s alternative city

A team of professionals and creative amateurs spent the past week with scissors and glue building a cardboard city at a factory in Moscow.

30.09.2009, 08:59 2 comments

Sand-animating artist moves hearts

She has gained worldwide fame and became an Internet phenomenon, but her art is as down-to-earth as it gets.

William Bruyere (image from www.museum.ru) 29.06.2009, 16:59

Long awaited abstraction from eccentric emigrant

His abstract paintings represent the schools of St. Petersburg, New York and Paris all at once. He’s often called eccentric, strange, and even mad. William Bruyere is even a friend of Joseph Brodsky and Eduard Limonov.

Claudia Rogge Taktile II 24.09.2010, 18:13

Elements of ovoid art

From painting to sculpture, video art and weird art…A far-reaching display of works from artists from all over the world, from Japan to Finland, is in full swing at Moscow’s Central House of Artists.

Brenda Ann Kenneally (USA) first prize Daily Life (image from www.worldpressphoto.org) 23.06.2009, 13:40

World Press Photo comes to Moscow

A display of works by the winners of the most prestigious contest among photo-journalists opens in Moscow on June 27. Three Russian photographers are among the winners of the 62 World Press Photo finalists.

16.05.2009, 22:05 1 comment

Night at the museum

One of the most highly anticipated and popular events in the Moscow art calendar is held on the night of May 16 – May 17, when the city’s museums are open to the late hours and are free of charge.

Russian Art Fair Limited 07.06.2009, 14:47

Russian art in London and vice-versa

This weekend, the “Hermitage Garden” in Moscow turns into ‘goode olde England’, while the British capital is swept up with Russian art.

25.07.2009, 19:44

Airplanes now departing from deep in the woods

Going against the CGI effects of today, a group of artists and architects are in a remote Russian forest in the Kaluga region, some 200 kilometers south-west of Moscow, to literally take the 21st century back to nature.

"Fuck It, Free Yourself" by Tony Matelli 22.09.2009, 15:25

The Idiot visits Moscow

“The Idiot” is the title of one of the most famous novels by Dostoevsky. It’s also become the name of a Moscow exhibition by the unconventional American artist Tony Matelli.

Vladimir Sychyov "The Kiss (Love)" (1972) 23.09.2009, 19:29

Tretyakov Gallery’s trio on display

From children's toys to might-have-been architectural monuments, the Tretyakov Gallery has prepared three projects as their contribution to the Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art.

Turning a crisis into an opportunity

Published: 27 May, 2009, 21:02

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So far, the economic crisis has not seriously affected education in Russia. But it certainly has hit the real estate sector, of which architecture is a part, says Anna Bokova of the Moscow Architectural Institute.

“One of the biggest things that have happened here is that the curator, Bart Golhoorn, has taken a very challenging situation of the economic crisis and has turned it into a great opportunity to present the next generation.”


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Photo from http://kremlin.ru 27.05.2009, 20:48 3 comments

Access granted: log on to Russia’s past

The new digital library in St. Petersburg is said to be without comparison in the world. It houses scanned copies of the entire Russian state historical archive.

29.05.2009, 16:36

Chopped-off fingers win children’s drawings contest

A scandal has arisen around a children’s drawing competition organized by the police of the Lithuanian city of Neringa. An image of chopped-off fingers was recognized as one of the best on show.