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Tag Archives: Hermitage
The Show Must Go On?
Apparently, we rushed to conclusions in our last post when we decided that the lynching of The Novosibirsk State Academy Opera and its contemporary take on Wagner’s Tannhäuser was over. After the opera’s director, Timofei Kulyabin, was found not guilty … Continue reading
An Oh So Quiet Manifesta
A month ago, the fate of Manifesta10, the European art biennial that was set to open in St. Petersburg on June 28th, was still undecided. Some artists were boycotting the exhibition, others were dropping out, staff was not being paid, … Continue reading
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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St Petersburg in the News: Manifesta does Matisse, Putin in Panties, Afrikan Politics and the close of New Holland
September is here, and with it, so come tumbling all the updates about what went on in August! Thankfully, Artguide is back to publishing their daily news updates, kicking off with a column by St Petersburg-based curator Anna Matveeva, who highlighted … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Anna Matveeva, APERTO Gallery, Artguide.ru, Bruce High Quality Foundation, Censorship in Russia, contemporary art in Russia, Hedwig Fijen, Hermitage, Kasper Koenig, Kasper Konig, Manifesta, Manifesta 10, Manifesta 2014, Museum of Power, New Holland, Sergey Bugaev Afrika
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Petitions, Propaganda and Manifesta 2014: A “Neutral Space for Discussion”?
So, speaking of petitions, we have had quite a few Manifesta-related versions sent to our inboxes recently. The most prominent was penned by Noel Kelly, on Change.Org. It states, very plainly that, in light of Russia’s recent, very controversial legislature … Continue reading
No “Museum of Modern Western Art” for Moscow
Just a week after Irina Antonova stepped down (/was removed? The jury is still out) from her post of Director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, (with the more than capable Marina Loshak stepping in to fill her shoes), … Continue reading
Kasper Konig to curate Manifesta 10?
This morning a very well known art critic and curator in Moscow started rumors flying when she posted that distinguished curator Kasper König will take the reigns for Manifesta 10, which is set to take place in 2014 in the Hermitage, in St … Continue reading
Posted in St Petersburg
Tagged Hermitage, Kasper Koenig, Kasper Konig, Manifesta, Manifesta 10
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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
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