AZ Museum

About museum

Museum AZ is a museum dedicated to the Russian artist Anatoly Zverev (1931–1986), who occupied an important place in Moscow’s art life in the second half of the 20th century. It was founded in 2013 by collector and patron Natalia Opaleva and art curator Polina Lobachevskaya and opened in May 2015. The core of the Museum AZ collection is Natalia Opaleva’s personal collection and more than 700 works by Zverev, along with archival materials and artifacts donated to the museum by Aliki Kostaki. Today the museum’s holdings include more than 1,500 works by Anatoly Zverev and over 500 works by artists from his circle — nonconformists. In addition, a publishing program was developed that has produced books and albums featuring Anatoly Zverev’s works. The museum’s exhibitions are constantly changing, making them resemble an "iso-series." Each exhibition is recorded as a video documentary. Multimedia screens expand the space of each floor and allow visitors to see Zverev’s works from new angles.