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Category Archives: St Petersburg
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
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
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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Love Stories: Margarita Tupitsyn curates the Russian Pavilion, while much ado in Baku and London
In her monthly column for Artspace, Baibakov Art Project’s Maria Baibakova writes under the banner “Women of the Art World Unite!”, recounting her encounters with strong women in challenging art scenes, whether that be Moscow, Baku, Dubai or even Paris. Allow … Continue reading
Posted in London, Moscow, St Petersburg, Venice
Tagged Aida Mahmudova, Calvert 22, Club of Friends, Dina Nasser-Khadivi, Evgeny Kozlov, Georgy Guryanov, Heydar Alijev Center, Irina Nakhova, Katya Andreeva, Love Me Love Me Not, Margarita Tupitsyn, Russian Pavilion, Slavs and Tatars, Stella Art Foundation, Taus Makhacheva, Timur Novikov, Vadim Zakharov, Venice Biennale, Vlad Mamyshev-Monroe, YARAT!, Zaha Hadid
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From Matisse to Alys in Manifesta 10, while Moscow contemplates an Absolute Wine Factory
Manifesta 10 reveals its artist roster, new website While curator Kasper Koenig has given us plenty to speculate on earlier, yesterday, Manifesta 10 revealed the list of artists whose work will be featured in the Hermitage this summer via a press conference … Continue reading
Posted in Moscow, St Petersburg
Tagged Absolute Investment, Alexander Svetakov, Artguide, Ekaterina Degot, Francis Alys, Henri Matisse, Hermitage, Joanna Warsza, Joseph Beuys, Kasper Koenig, Kathrin Becker, Katya Becker, Katya Degot, Manifesta, Manifesta 10, Moscow contemporary art galleries, Pavel Althamer, Ragnar Kjartansson, Roman Trotsenko, Slavs and Tatars, Sofia Trotsenko, Winzavod
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Principles’ Day Out: Manifesta’s Destiny, Posthumous Petition-signers and Boycotters branded as Hypocrites
Sydney’s Saga Continues: Boycott Artists branded as Hypocrites These past two weeks we have reported on how the artists boycott of the Sydney Biennale over its ties to Transfield (a holding company that had recently expanded to include the detention … Continue reading
Posted in Moscow, St Petersburg
Tagged Ahmet Ogut, ArtLeaks, Chto Delat?, Dmitry Vilensky, Irina Antonova, Kasper Koenig, Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, Malcolm Turnbull, Manifesta, Manifesta 10, Marat Guelman, Pro-Putin petition, Russian Ministry of Culture, Sydney Biennale, Transfield, Vladimir Tsigal, Zurab Tsereteli
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Let’s Change It All: Sydney Biennale’s parting with Transfield gives hope to Manifesta protests
Let’s Change It All: The Biennale and Transfield Part Ways This Wednesday, four artists – Agnieszka Polska, Sara van der Heide, Nicoline van Harskamp and Nathan Gray – joined their colleagues Libia Castro, Ólafur Ólafsson, Charlie Sofo, Gabrielle de Vietri and Ahmet Öğüt to announce their withdrawal … Continue reading
Posted in St Petersburg
Tagged Agnieszka Polska, Ahmet Ogut, Charlie Sofo, Franco Belgiorno-Nettis, Gabrielle de Vietri, Hubert Czerepok, Kasper Koenig, Libia Castro, Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, Manifesta 10, Nathan Gray, Nicoline van Harskamp, Olafur Olafsson, Sara van der Heide, Sydney Biennale, Transfield, Victor Misiano
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