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Restitution in the News: The Met’s return of two Cambodian Sculptures may aid Antonova
Last week, we reported how newly-appointed Chief Curator of Russian Museums Irina Antonova did not waste time, promptly petitioning Putin (on national TV, no less) to consider re-establishing the Museum of Modern Western Art. Originally founded in 1919, and 1923, the … Continue reading
Feeling Philanthropic (Sort of): Major Changes on the way for Russian Art Museums?
On April 11, Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky named Irina Antonova – director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts since 1961 – as Chief Curator of Russian Museums. While at 91 years old (far and away the world’s oldest director … Continue reading
The George Economou Collection brings “Degenerate Art” to the Hermitage
Following the news that the Hermitage’s newly-opened General Staff building will host Manifesta 10 in 2014, the Hermitage has announced that this summer it will continue its contemporary programming (which got off to a rocky start with the Chapman Brothers’ … Continue reading
Geography Lessons: Performa introduces Pavilions, Pacific Standard Time introduces Latin America..
In a Venice year – traditionally the time when the art world gets to gripe about the validity of national pavilions as an exhibition structure – the performance biennial Performa has announced that its 2013 Performa 13 edition will now feature … Continue reading
Manifesta 10 to take place in St Petersburg?
Today, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported that the 10th edition of Manifesta – the roaming European biennale, last sited in the Belgian mining town of Ghenk – will take place in St Petersburg in the summer of 2014. So far, Manifesta … Continue reading
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Tagged Dmitry Ozerkov, Hermitage, Manifesta, Manifesta 10, Mikhail Piotrovsky, New Holland, Olga Sviblova
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“The End of Fun” for the Russian Art World?: A Look Back at 2012
2012 will go down as the Year of the Balaclava for the Russian Art World, the year when all the world put on their Free Pussy Riot t-shirts and smiled for the cameras. (Which, admittedly, is still a big step … Continue reading
Baibakov Art Projects congratulates Laureates from the Art&Reality conference
This weekend in St Petersburg, the Petr Konchalovsky Foundation, in conjunction with the Russian Ministry of Culture, hosted an international conference on Art&Reality. The conference aimed to gather art world professionals from all over the globe to discuss this year’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Art & Reality, Dmitri Prigov, Hermitage, Petr Konchalovksy Foundation, Valentin Diaconov
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