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Category Archives: Moscow
All For Nothing
Following its very public condemnation of anti – patriotic art (case in point – Leviathan, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Oscar – nominated film), the Russian Ministry of Culture has decided to put its money where its mouth is. This week, it has … Continue reading
Posted in London, Moscow
Tagged Russian Ministry of Culture, Tretyakov Gallery, VLADEY, Vladimir Medinsky, Vladimir Obcharenko
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Lost, Found, Sold
Remember the controversy surrounding Sergey Bugaev (aka Afrika) and his collection of “lost” paintings by members of Leningrad’s New Artitsts? Well, it came to a disheartening semi-conclusion this week when 24 works from Bugaev’s collection were offered at Moscow’s Vladey auction. Here’s a brief refresher: Bugaev, once a … Continue reading
Art, commerce and some broken locks
This week Cosmoscow, Russia’s sole remaining contemporary art fair, has announced its program and list of participants. The fair, which will happen for the second time (its debut happened in December 2010 at our old home in the Red October Chocolate Factory) will … Continue reading
Drama in the courtroom – and beyond
Last time we’ve heard from Oleg Vorotnikov aka Vor (“thief” in Russian), the self-proclaimed leader of Voina, an artist collective best known for drawing a 200-foot phallus on Liteinyi Bridge in front of the FSB building in St Petersburg, he was … Continue reading
In other news
It seems that in the past few weeks, Russia has been in the headlines for reasons that leave more to be desired. Stepping into the global conversation this month, Russia’s two greatest cultural institutions – the ballet and the avant-garde … Continue reading
Posted in London, Moscow, New York
Tagged Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, David Hallberg, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Kazimir Malevich, Lincoln Center, London, Maria Baibakova, Moscow, New York, Tate Modern
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That Time for Dreams Again? Young Biennale, Kabakovs in Paris, and Koenig expresses doubts on Manifesta
As June kicks in, Baibakov Art Projects will shift to its summer regime, but before taking any breaks, there were a few stories we had to get out there. The Dreamers Last week, the Moscow Biennale of Young Art unveiled … Continue reading
Swearbots, Pussy Riot, and a glimpse Out of Time
Admittedly, from the Western perspective, things have been a bit rocky in Russia lately. (In a piece for the New Republic, satirical bloggers Kermlin suggested giving up optimism and instead start placing bets on the worst possible outcomes, as either way you’re … Continue reading
The Show Must Go On for Pinchuk and Manifesta; Not So Much, Voina
Countdown to the Future Generation Art Prize Only five days remain until the close of the Pinchuk Art Centre‘s biennial Future Generation Art Prize. While escalating tensions around Ukraine had us wondering if the show would indeed go on – … Continue reading
Pavilion Politics, Power-Players and a lot of Prizes
We promised this post would be on prizes, and there were certainly plenty given out this week: the Art Newspaper Russia‘s new award, the St Petersburg-based Kurokhin Prize, and of course, the National Center for Contemporary Art’s Innovation Prize, which was awarded last … Continue reading
Posted in Moscow, St Petersburg
Tagged Art Newspaper Russia, ArtChronika, ArtChronika Foundation, Artguide, BREUS Foundation, Ekaterina Degot, Elena Selina, Grigory Revzin, Innovation Prize, Innovazia, Ivan Sotnikov, Kandinsky Prize, Katya Degot, Kuryokhin Prize, MEL Space, Navicula Artis, Nikolai Molok, Peter Aidu, Sasha Pirogova, Semyon Mikhailovsky, Sergey Kuryokin, Shalva Breus, Stella Art Foundation, Udarnik, Udarnik theater, Yuri Albert, ZIP Group
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Russian Minister of Culture fires commissioner Grigory Revzin just weeks before the Venice Architecture Biennale
In Russia this week brings a near-comical number of prizes – the St Petersburg-based Kurokhin Prize, the National Center for Contemporary Art’s Innovation Prize, the newly-formed Art Newspaper Russia Prize, the Moscow Museum of Multimedia Art’s Golden Camera… Basically, just … Continue reading
