Exhibitions of the Museum of the Petersburg Avant-Garde

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The Museum of the Petersburg Avant-Garde is located in a wooden house on Professor Popov Street, formerly called Pesochnaya. In 1912, apartment No. 12 became the residence of one of the founders of the Russian avant-garde — the artist, author of the theory of "expanded seeing", musician, teacher and publisher M. V. Matyushin (1861–1934) together with E. G. Guro (1877–1913), a well-known artist and writer. For several decades the House of M. V. Matyushin was one of the centers of cultural life in Petersburg — Petrograd — Leningrad, bringing together artists, musicians and writers. In the 1910s–1920s, frequent visitors included K. S. Malevich, P. N. Filonov, A. E. Kruchenykh, V. V. Mayakovsky, V. V. Khlebnikov, V. V. Kamensky and the Burliuk brothers; Matyushin's students: the Ender siblings, V. E. Delakroa, N. I. Kostrov, E. S. Khmelevskaya, E. M. Magaril, O. P. Vaulina, I. V. Valter, E. Ya. Astafieva, V. P. Besperstova. During the Great Patriotic War (World War II) writers A. A. Fadeev, N. S. Tikhonov, V. M. Inber, M. A. Dudin and A. A. Kron often gathered here. A ticket to the Museum of the Petersburg Avant-Garde entitles the holder to visit the following exhibitions: an artistic-memorial exhibition demonstrating the main stages in the development of avant-garde culture in Russia and the diversity of Petersburg avant-garde art before and after 1917; a memorial exhibition dedicated to the owners of the house on Pesochnaya Street, M. V. Matyushin and E. G. Guro; temporary exhibitions (please check details by phone: +7 (812) 347-68-98).