The poster of Moscow art exhibitions is replete with rich projects. As always, we have selected those that grabbed our attention; we believe that our readers will find it useful and pleasant to visit them.

Firstly, last week - November 16, 2017 - in the State Tretyakov Gallery opened exhibition of the solar Armenian artist Martiros Saryan (1880-1972). This exposition opened a series of cultural events dedicated to the Days of Armenian Culture in Russia. 13 valuable works are part of the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery, 16 more came from Armenia, the National Museum and the House-Museum of the artist.

The figure of Saryan is a vivid evidence of the intertwining of the fate of the Russian and Armenian peoples. Martiros Saryan was born on the territory of modern Russia - in the vicinity of Rostov-on-Don, where a large settlement of Armenians was formed in the 17th century. He studied in Moscow, at the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture with Korovin, Levitan, Serov and other brilliant Russian artists. There, the artist learned the skills of impressionist painting. Martiros Saryan first went to Armenia, with which he always felt a connection, at the age of twenty. Here in 1915 he witnessed the atrocities of the Turks against the Armenian people and for a long time could not recover from what had happened, he helped the refugees a lot. Later, he will create the coat of arms of Armenia, and although he will live in Russia and France for a long time, he will never break the connection with his country.

At the exhibition in the Tretyakov Gallery, we still see a joyful and loving attitude towards the Ottoman Empire, since the bulk of the works date back to 1910. A significant proportion of canvases describe what Saryan saw in Turkey, Egypt and Persia: “Constantinople. Dogs "(1910)," Date Palm. Egypt "(1911) and others.

Opening of the exhibition of paintings by V.M. Vasnetsov “Sirin and Alkonost. Song of joy and sorrow "in the Tretyakov Gallery

In the Tretyakov Gallery on November 21, 2017, a chamber was also opened, but important in terms of spiritual comprehension exposition of the work of V.M. Vasnetsov “Sirin and Alkonost. A song of joy and sorrow "... Read our separate report on the exhibition.

On November 23, 2017, an exhibition of Czech treasures will open at the State Historical Museum (SHM), which is called so - "Treasures of the Prague Castle"... 130 works of fine and decorative art will come from the fraternal Slavic people in response to the Russian treasures of the Moscow Kremlin Museums, which were exhibited five years ago in the Czech Republic.

Prague Castle (Pražský hrad) is the cultural and political center of the Czech lands, it is an old fortress and the current residence of the President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman, whose visit to Russia. In part, the hail is comparable to the Moscow Kremlin. Traditionally, jewels that have been hunted by enemies have been kept here for centuries. Some of these Czech jewels can be seen at the State Historical Museum until February 25, 2018.

Czechs will bring works of various purposes: spiritual, everyday, ceremonial, they will give Russians a feel for why their treasures attract 7.5 million tourists annually. The crown, scepter and orb are symbols of the power of Czech kings, their sculptural images, furniture, the famous Meissen porcelain (Meissen), supplied to all European imperial courts and carefully preserved in those collections in which it is kept today, and much more. Exhibits will come to us from the Museums of Prague Castle, the Cathedral of St. Vitus and the Archeological Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Archeologicky Üstav).

The treasures of the Czech Republic belong to different eras and styles, including such common European cultural trends as Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque.

From medieval stained glass windows and Goya's etchings to Gaudí furniture and sound art, we tell you what important art events await us in the coming months.

Caprichos. Goya and Dali

"Caprichos" by Goya Salvador Dali. A series of 80 prints "Let go". 1977. Source: From the collection of Boris Fridman.

Show of a series of etchings by Francisco Goya "Caprichos" - masterpiece satire of the Enlightenmentfilled with grotesque, caustic, pain and madness - and a surreal replica of Salvador Dali, who painted the graphics in motley colors, added his favorite motifs to the images and came up with alternative signatures.

Geometry of the present

The V-A-C Foundation, while demonstrating smart and relevant projects in friendly territories, will open its future permanent site for a week. An international team of artists and musicians led by curator Mark Fell will sound the spaces of the pre-revolutionary powerhouse with sound art.

Saint Louis and the relics of Sainte-Chapelle

Double engagement. Stained glass window of the 13th century Paris. Source: Center for National Monuments of France. Sainte-Chapelle

Artifacts of the "High Gothic" era associated with the reign of Saint Louis IX (1214-1270): sculptures, works of jewelry and miniatures of the 13th century, as well as stained glass windows of the most beautiful chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, which was built by the king as a repository of Christian relics mined with sword and gold ... The dark and mystical Middle Ages at its best.

Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art

An ambitious attempt to present contemporary Russian art, not limited to all well-known persons. Six curators were selected works of 60 artists from 40 cities, identified seven trends inherent in the art of all regions, and separately presented authors whose work has gone far beyond the borders of their small homeland.

Poste restante. Collections of the Russian avant-garde of regional museums. 1918-1930

The second part of a large-scale educational exhibition of one of the compilers of the three-volume Encyclopedia of the Russian Avant-garde, Andrei Sarabyanov. Like last year more than a hundred paintings will be brought from regional museums, including works by Wassily Kandinsky, Alexander Rodchenko, Lyubov Popova, Ilya Chashnik, Ivan Klyun, Alexander Labas, Robert Falk, Gustav Klutsis. The opening of the first part of the project, we recall, gathered a pleasantly surprised line at the Jewish Museum - Moscow is not the only one alive by Serov.

De Chirico. Nostalgia for infinity

Representative exposition founder of metaphysical painting, who knew how to create an otherworldly, surreal world on canvas with minimal means. Shown about 100 works - paintings, graphics, sculptures from the collections of the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation, the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome, the Pompidou Center, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A bonus is the theatrical costumes that the artist created for Diaghilev's 1929 play Ball.

Antonio Gaudi. Barcelona

Gaudí changed the face of Barcelona forever, and first of all the exhibition (in layouts, graphics, photographs) will tell about the most famous creations of the architect in this city: the grandiose Sagrada Familia Cathedral, the Guell Palace and other buildings. In addition, Gaudi's furniture will be shown in Moscow, no less elegant and intricate than his architecture.

Imperial Japan luxury

Incense burner in the shape of a karasu-tengu hatching from an egg. Japan, circa 1885. Source: Collection of Professor D.N. Khalili © The Nour Foundation.

Emperor Mutsuhito (1868-1912), who called himself Meiji, ended Japan's policy of self-isolation. Since then, the country has actively assimilated the achievements of the West and exported its ideas and heritage in return. Decorative art of the light era for Japan will be presented by kimonos, vases, incense burners, ceramics, metal and fabric items from the collection of British scientist and collector David Nasser Khalili.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

The works of one of the founders of the Magnum Photos agency, the first photographer to exhibit at the Louvre, have already been shown in Moscow, but an exhibition of a master of this level is always welcome. Cartier-Bresson is without exaggeration a great author: his pictures were never staged, but they always turned out aesthetic and eminently artistic.

Someone 1917

With the arrival of Zelfira Tregulova, the Tretyakov Gallery regularly shows projects, both artistic and ideological. This also applies to the attention to the artists of the "severe style" and the exhibition dedicated to the "thaw". The exposition about 1917, timed to coincide with the centenary of the Russian revolution, should be especially interesting and high in level. On the example of representatives of figurative (Petrov-Vodkin, Kustodiev, Serebryakova) and abstract (Malevich, Filonov, Popova, Kandinsky) painting will be designated the reaction of the main artists of the era to the events that determined the course of history.

Takashi Murakami

In the building of the State Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val there is the only large-scale museum exposition in Russia "Art of the 20th century", which presents all types, genres, and stylistic trends of Russian art of this period. The exposition combines various forms of work with both painting, graphics, sculpture, and unusual materials of contemporary art.

The Ministry of Culture decided to divide the entire exposition of the Tretyakov Gallery into two parts: pre-Soviet and Soviet. The pre-Soviet part is located in the main building of the Tretyakov Gallery in Lavrushinsky Lane. It was decided to place the Soviet part of the exposition in a new building, the construction of which began in the 60s of the 20th century. However, the construction took a protracted nature and was completed about 20 years later, in the mid-80s. This is how the Tretyakov Gallery was opened on Krymsky Val.

The building of the gallery is an example of Soviet architecture and looks like a large-scale rectangle with panoramic windows. A long white two-story pavilion stretches along the Moskva River embankment towards the Kremlin. The museum has been criticized more than once due to the fact that there is nothing remarkable about its interior. On the other hand, more than 12 thousand square meters of the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val are ideal for organizing large-scale events.

The Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val presented the audience with a wide picture of the creative heritage of Russian masters who worked in the 1920-1960s: "Black Square" by Kazimir Malevich, "Above the City" by Marc Chagall, "Bathing a Red Horse" by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, "Ringing" Aristarkh Lentulov and many paintings that convey the spirit of the era.

In addition, the halls underwent intensive exhibition activities, varied in topics and exposition material. If desired and by invitation, you can attend master classes by outstanding Russian and foreign artists of our day.

Ticket prices:

• 500 rubles - adults;
• 250 rubles - for preferential categories;
• Free - for persons under 18.

Every Wednesday admission to the permanent exhibition and temporary exhibitions at the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val is free for individual visitors.

Permanent exposure operating mode:

• tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday - from 10:00 to 18:00 (ticket offices and entrance to the exposition until 17:00);
• thursday, Friday, Saturday - from 10:00 to 21:00 (ticket offices and entrance to the exposition until 20:00);
• monday is a day off.

Moscow City Museum

August 30 - October 26

The exhibition is a dedication to the director, whose name is rarely mentioned without specifying “great”. “Lyubimov and time. 1917-2017. 100 years of history of a country and a person ”is a project comparable in scale to the size of its hero. His task is to tell as much about the director as possible, because throwing out at least one chapter of his biography would be an omission. The space of the Museum of Moscow comes to life, allowing you to get lost in your back streets, as in theatrical backstage corridors, and leads forward to new parts of the exhibition. Fragments of performances thundering throughout the city and their posters, recordings of rehearsals, elements of scenery and, of course, the personal archives of the actor and director, who left a mark in the history of the country, in its length equal to almost a century.

2. “Cai Guoqiang. October"

Pushkin Museum im. A. S. Pushkin

September 13 - November 12

The 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution, which has not been ignored by museums, is interpreted in each of them in its own way. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts A.S. Pushkin gave the halls of his main building to the Chinese artist Tsai Guoqiang, a master of truly large-scale and spectacular installations. Guoqiang's work reflects his biography: moving from China to Japan, and then to the USA, where he arrived as an accomplished artist, master of gunpowder painting. Creating his canvases using explosive substances, researching and experimenting, the artist reflects on the person and the world that surrounds everyone with a whole heap of social issues and problems. In the Pushkin Museum it will be possible to understand the techniques and methods that Guoqiang uses, and at the same time to see an installation called "Autumn", created especially for Moscow. The connection of a person with roots and history is personified by baby carriages and cribs through which Russian birches are striving upward.

3. Cosmoscow

Gostiny Dvor

September 8-10

Every year in early September, you can find out what is happening at international art fairs without leaving the Garden Ring, and at the same time think about purchasing your favorite art objects. The fifth anniversary Cosmoscow will bring together 54 galleries from all over the world in Gostiny Dvor, and will not forget about the traditional Off White charity auction and educational program.

4. Misha Most "Evolution 2.1"

Center for Contemporary Art "Winzavod"

September 6 - October 8

The next chapter of the anniversary cycle of "Winzavod" "Farewell to Eternal Youth" was the exhibition by Misha Most "Evolution 2.1". More than an exhibition in its usual form, it resembles an experimental space, where static is replaced by incessant processes. Thinking about whether the daily work of an artist will change with the development of robotics and artificial intelligence, Most finds himself an assistant in the person of a drone-drone, with which he embodies his concepts.

5. “Eden. Distant planets "

Cultural Foundation "Ekaterina"

September 15 - October 21

The Italian Marcello Lo Giudice, who managed to unlearn not only at the Venice Academy of Arts, but also at the University of Bologna, where he received a geology degree, creates abstract paintings. Lyrical and energetic at the same time, they represent types of terrestrial landscapes. Rare or already extinct landscapes, which can be seen at the personal exhibition of Lo Giudice in Moscow, are also in the collection of Prince Albert II of Monaco, a longtime admirer and friend of the artist. The opening of the exposition will not miss the Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco to Russia Mireille Pettiti.

6. “Constantin Brancusi. Sculptures, drawings, photographs, films "

Multimedia Art Museum

September 16 - November 12

Constantin Brancusi, The Sleeping Muse 1910, polished bronze 16x27.3x18.5 cm

Part of the parallel program of the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, the exhibition of Konstantin Brancusi arrived at the Multimedia Art Museum from Paris. Photos, drawings, films and sculptures that will be presented on it belong to the collection of the Center Pompidou and allow you to see new facets in the work of the eminent sculptor. The search for his own style ended for Brancusi with a triumph that turned his abstract works into real objects of desire.

7. 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art

New Tretyakov Gallery

September 19 - January 18

The main project of the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art is called “Forests beyond the Clouds” and is equated to a way of expressing an attitude both to life - if we talk about the whole - and to the present day, if we talk about particulars. Curator Yuko Hasegawa, well-known to the art world, remembers both crises and changed conditions of existence, associated, for example, with the fact that we now store our emotions, memories and plans in the "clouds". Likewise, the forest, transformed from an ordinary green forest into a transcendental one, is an attempt to understand the man-made changes. Among the 52 authors from 25 countries chosen by Hasegawa to participate in the main project, there are the names of Matthew Barney, Olafur Eliasson and Bjork - provocateurs and true artists who are not going to lose sight of the metamorphosis taking place in the world.

8. Takashi Murakami. "There will be gentle rain"

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

September 29 - February 4

"Eka danpi (" Amputation of Eki's Hand "): My heart is breaking with love for my teacher, so I decided to offer him my hand, Takashi Murakami, 2015. Canvas mounted on aluminum, sheet platinum, acrylic 100 × 100 × 5 cm . Courtesy of Perrotin

The five-part exhibition at the Garage Museum is the first solo exhibition of Takashi Murakami in Russia. The world-famous Japanese man reflects through his works about national culture, as well as about the multiple connections between "here" and "there", East and West, coming up with images in which there is no division into "high" and "low", intended for elite or accessible to the masses. From the first chapter, explaining the artist's painting techniques, the exhibition leads to important milestones in his career. For example, to the project of the mid-2000s "Kid", in which Murakami analyzed the impact of historical events - the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - on the cultural consciousness of his nation. The heroes of his works will even break out of the Garage exhibition spaces and will meet you on the stairs, in the cafe, or in the museum's bookstore.

9. “Alexander Labas. October"

Institute of Russian Realistic Art

October 1 - December 17

"Lenin's Arrival in Petrograd", AA Labas, 1930. State Tretyakov Gallery.

Alexander Labas met the October Revolution as a 17-year-old youth and, as he later admitted, strove to feel everything that was happening, to be constantly on the street and watch. With the help of his art, he always wanted to tell about the city and life in it and could not ignore the topic of revolution. Having conceived the cycle "October" in the late 1920s, Labas continued to work on it for many years, inventing new subjects and returning in memory to the events of those days when his life in art was just beginning.

Gustav Klimt's canvases have long become a symbol of Vienna, from which every tourist seeks to take, if not a reproduction of his "Kiss", then at least an umbrella, magnet or coffee service. Those who bypass the tourist paths usually linger just at the paintings of Schiele, choosing postcards and notebooks with once scandalous expressionist themes as a keepsake. In other words, both artists need no introduction, just like the Vienna Albertina Museum, from the collection of which the graphic works of the Austrian avant-garde artists will come to Moscow. They, unlike paintings, are not so well known to a wide circle of viewers, so with its exhibition the Pushkin Museum reminds of how expressive the drawings of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele can be.

11. “El Lissitzky. El Lissitzky "

New Tretyakov Gallery, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center

November 17 - February 4

Without overloading the name of the exhibition with additional meanings and calling it simply by the name of their hero, the Tretyakov Gallery and the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center are preparing an impressive retrospective of the Soviet avant-garde artist in terms of scale and significance. El Lissitzky's career includes painting, graphics, photography, and architecture. The inventor of the Prouns - "Projects of the New Approval", he began to implement them. After many decades, the prouns, and with them photographs, collages, book illustrations and manuscripts, can be seen at once in two Moscow museums, which jointly organize the largest retrospective of Lissitzky in history.

Photo: press materials; Anna Nova Gallery; Center Pompidou, National Museum of Modern Art - Center for Industrial Creativity / Adam Rzepka; Takashi Murakami, "Eka danpi (" Amputation of Eki's hand "): My heart is breaking with love for my teacher, so I decided to offer him my hand, 2015. Canvas mounted on aluminum, sheet platinum, acrylic 100 × 100 × 5 cm Courtesy of Perrotin; State Tretyakov Gallery; Egon Schiele, "Crouching", 1918. Black chalk on paper © Albertina, Wien bzw / © The Albertina Museum, Vienna

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