April 18, 2020 In this painting, Lenin speaks on Red Square for the celebration of the 1st anniversary of the October Revolution, on November 7, 1918. Why November? By that time, the new Bolshevik government changed the calendar from Julian to Gregorian, with 13 days difference. On the original photograph of the event, you see […] Read more
April 15, 2020 We are back online with Art-a-Day from The Museum of Russian Art. Sorry for the lapse – trying to deal with the quarantine situation. So “Leaders and the Masses” – A few days ago I asked the question: What will this exhibition have to say about this theme [of leaders and the […] Read more
April 7, 2020 Today we continue talking about our exhibition, ready to be seen as soon as we reopen. “Leaders and the Masses” … It’s a big title. What will this exhibition have to say about this loaded theme? Exhibitions are defined by the material they contain, and since this exhibition is based on art […] Read more
April 6, 2020 This week I would like to start introducing our exhibition “Leaders and the Masses: Mega Paintings from Soviet Ukraine” that we have installed but haven’t yet had a chance to open because of the pandemic. I will be talking about various details that are often left behind the scenes when the exhibition […] Read more
April 2, 2020 The image you see here is from our museum collection. It is a carved wooden figurine of St. Nilus Stolobensky. St. Nilus was a Russian monk who chose the life of a hermit on an uninhabited island in Lake Seliger, 200 miles north-west of Moscow. His life is shared between the end […] Read more
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operation Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
