Exhibition "Magnificent Witnesses": Time and People. 1910s–30s
Where: Moscow, New Tretyakov Gallery
When: until August 25, 2024; ticket prices 350–600 rubles
K. S. Malevich, Self-portrait, 1908–1910. Photo: State Tretyakov Gallery (GTG)
The exhibition includes about 70 graphic works from the 1910s–1930s. Portraits and self-portraits of cultural figures of the early 20th century — artists, writers, poets, directors: K. S. Malevich, El Lissitzky, M. Larionov, N. Goncharova, I. Klyun, Andrey Bely, A. Lunacharsky, V. Meyerhold, V. Mayakovsky, V. Khlebnikov, N. Gumilyov and many others. The graphic works are complemented by sculptural portraits. Juxtaposing portraits or self-portraits made in different years marks milestones in the creative and life paths of the subjects; the same figures appear in the renditions of different artists. It is equally interesting to compare artists' self-representations in self-portraits with their portraits painted by other authors. The exhibition demonstrates a variety of graphic techniques and portrait approaches — from quick sketches to carefully executed images.
Exhibition "Maxim Nikiforovich Vorobyov and His Students: Drawings and Watercolors from the Russian Museum's Collection"
Where: St. Petersburg, Russian Museum, Mikhailovsky Palace
When: until April 22, 2024; ticket prices from 350 to 700 rubles
M. I. Lebedev. Roman Landscape. 1835. Paper, graphite pencil. Photo: rusmuseum.ru
Maxim Vorobyov (1787–1855) was the leading master of Russian landscape painting in the first half of the 19th century. Alongside his creative work, he taught at the Imperial Academy of Arts for more than half a century and trained a whole generation of painters working in various genres. The exhibition presents works by his students, including drawings by the artist's son, Sokrat Vorobyov. Among the pupils' works are those by Mikhail Lebedev (1811–1837), the Italian-period watercolors of Vasily Sternberg (1818–1845) and Mikhail Elson (1816–1857), as well as the watercolors of Nikanor Chernetsov (1805–1879) with views of the Caucasus and Crimea. The work of Vasily Sadovnikov (1800–1879), one of the most prolific watercolorists of the mid-19th century, is represented by rare views of Pargolovo near St. Petersburg and the cities of Vilna and Revel.
Exhibition "Don't Believe Your Eyes. Illusions in Art"
Where: Kazan, Hermitage–Kazan Center
When: until September 29, 2024; ticket prices 150–350 rubles
Exhibition display. Photo: neverglazam.ru
Paintings, graphics, sculpture and decorative-applied arts from the State Hermitage collection dating from the 16th to the early 19th century play with viewers' perception. The exhibition's creators immerse visitors in the illusory world of unusual art with play zones, multimedia, and scented and tactile stations. Flat objects become three-dimensional, the near becomes distant, and illusion becomes reality.
Exhibition "Ancient Egypt. The Art of Immortality" from the collection of the A. S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Where: Vladivostok, V. K. Arsenyev Museum-Reserve of the History of the Far East
When: until June 9, 2024; ticket prices 150–650 rubles
Exhibition display. Photo: arseniev.org
A sarcophagus and elements of mummy decoration, statues and reliefs, ritual objects and jewelry — original exhibits are combined with digital technologies at this unique exhibition. The project vividly and engagingly shows how the Egyptians imagined life after death. Central to the exhibition are 3D reconstructions of the appearances of ancient Egyptians. These "reviving" mummies make it possible to imagine how the inhabitants of the long-vanished Nile Valley civilization looked. The exhibition is supplemented by genuine ancient Egyptian texts in which the voices of the Nile Valley's inhabitants reflect on overcoming death and eternal life.
Exhibition "Bosch and Bruegel. Mysteries of a Mystical Era"
Where: Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk State Art Museum
When: until May 1, 2024; ticket prices 300–450 rubles
Pieter Bruegel the Elder "Hunters in the Snow", 1565 © Museum of Art History, Vienna
The exhibition features more than 70 reproductions of paintings by the great Netherlandish artists Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. These names are known worldwide, yet both masters are among the most enigmatic figures in world art. Biographical information about them is very scarce: there is not a single contemporary portrait or self-portrait of these artists, no letters or diaries have survived, and the pictorial legacy of both Bosch and Bruegel is very small and dispersed across various museums and private collections. Using reproductions, the exhibition organizers have tried to reunite the artists' famous masterpieces.
