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Moscow's cultural scene is famously enormous and varied - but where to start? Our arts-savvy editorial team trawl what's on offer, to bring you our selection of Culture Picks for your leisure time. Current and upcoming recommendations are:
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| 21.03.24-08.09.24 |
The Imprint of the Epoch. Vladimir Lagrange | |
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 Lumiere Gallery presents the exhibition project “The Imprint of the Epoch. Vladimir Lagrange”, dedicated to the anniversary of the author. Vladimir Lagrange (1939-2022), who would have turned 85, went down in the history of Soviet photography primarily as an outstanding reporter of the “Thaw” era. The sharpness of perception and sensitivity to the heroes of his time became decisive in the work of the master. His lust for life and tireless creative searches have been embodied in a rich visual archive, with which the Lumiere Gallery has been working for more than twenty years. The project was based on little-known works by Lagrange, revealing one of the most productive periods of the author’s work: “Installation of power lines, 1971”, “Intermission in the Kremlin, 1960s”, “Hooray, holidays! 1984”. The presented plots with portraits of workers, images of thawed childhood and essays on the instructions of the publishing house offer a deeper study of the author’s work. Read more
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| 04.06.24-15.09.24 |
Gugong. Openins Seals | |
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 The Moscow Museum of Modern Art presents the exhibition Gugong. Opening Seals. Contemporary Art of the People’s Republic of China from the Collection of Alexander Chistyakov. It will showcase the art scene of the People’s Republic of China over the past decades: from the works of nonconformist artists to the so-called Cynical Realism, a recognizable and commercially successful brand of the 2000s. This project continues the MMOMA exhibition programme that aims to explore and display private Russian collections. The show will introduce works from Alexander Chistyakov’s collection, which features leading names of contemporary Chinese art. The works by Chinese artists will be exhibited along with the Russian art from the collection of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Each room of the exhibition will be organized around a particular topic reflected through different periods, trends and narratives of Chinese contemporary art. Most of the works deal with rethinking the national culture and identity in an international context. One of the main influences on contemporary Chinese art was American pop art. It was this movement, that addressed templates and stereotypes, the crisis of consumer society and the problem of the overproduction of images in mass media, that largely set the vector of artistic research after the Cultural Revolution. Read more
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