DON’T MISS THIS SPRING! Major exhibitions of Russian art in Moscow

Exhibition project "THAW"/ State Tretyakov Gallery, 10, Krymsky Val, halls 60–61. 16 February — 11 June

Tretyakov gallery presents the largest exhibition project dedicated to the period of national history marked as "the thaw era". It spans the period from 1953, when after Stalin’s death the first amnesties of political prisoners took place, and up to 1968, when the Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia dispelling the illusion of building socialism with "a human face".

A hundred paintings from the collection of the State museum of the Republic of Karakalpakstan named after I.V. Savitsky / The main building of The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. 12, Volkhonka. 6 April — 20 May

The exhibition will present part of the unique collection from the State museum of the Republic of Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) named after I.V.Savitsky, which is estimated by the Russian and foreign specialists as one of the best art collections of the Asian region.

http://www.savitskycollection.org/?lang=ru

In 2010 there was the world premiere of the American documentary "Desert of forbidden art". The film created by Hollywood masters told the world the story of the museum lost in the sands of Central Asia, which turned out to have owned for almost half a century the world second-ranking collection of the Russian avant-garde artists of the start of the 20th century. This is the story of Savitsky Museum in Nukus

"On demand. Russian avant-garde collection from regional museums". Part II / Jewish Museum and Tolerance center. 11, Obraztsov street, bld. 1А, entrance from Novosuschevsky lane. 30 March — 28 May

The Jewish Museum in collaboration with the «Russian avant-garde encyclopedia» present the follow-up of a major exhibition project under the supervision of Andrey Sarabyanov – a unique collection of avant-garde art from the regional museums of 17 cities: Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Vyatka, Ekaterinburg, Ivanov, Kostroma, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Tagil, Omsk, Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Tula, Cheboksary, Yaroslavl, Yaransk. The main idea of the exhibition is to show forgotten artworks of well-known and little known or even unknown avant-garde artists from the collections of regional museums.

https://www.jewish-museum.ru/exhibitions/do-vostre..

This retrospective exhibition is one of the most complete shows of Zinaida Serebriakova’s artworks during the last 30 years. The emphasis of the exposition is made on the fruitful Russian period of the artist’s creative life. A significant place is allocated to Serebriakova’s favorite genre -portraits — and to landscapes. The exhibition will also put on display the sketches of frescoes created for Kazansky railway station in Moscow and a series of paintings uncovering the backstage world of Mariinsky theater. The artworks of the Paris period will come from French collections; these artworks will be presented in Russia for the first time. The Moscow viewers will also have an opportunity to see the ornamental panels from Brouwer’s villa which were long considered lost at the time of the Second World War.

"Triennal of Russian contemporary art" / Museum of contemporary art «Garage». Gorky Park grounds.

9, Krymsky Val, bld. 32. 10 March — 14 May

The first Triennial of the Russian contemporary art will unite artworks of over 60 painters all across Russia and will be dedicated to the "time spirit" and interpretation of social trends, forming today’s underinvestigated regional art stage.