Drawn from TMORA’s important collection of Soviet-era posters, this exhibition highlights the paradox of the Soviet poster: both breathtakingly artistic and unapologetically idealogical. Soviet artists used unique, bold, and instantly recognizable graphic language to reach a broad audience with politically correct messages. And as in many other national cultures, posters were active tools conveying ideologies […] Read more
Presented in partnership with the Minnesota JCC, the exhibition Violins of Hope is a global initiative that showcases restored violins played by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust. The Minnesota JCC brings these unique violins to communities of the Twin Cities through exhibitions, concerts, film screenings, and storytelling. The collection was established by violin-maker Amnon Weinstein (1939-2024) and […] Read more
The Museum of Russian Art presents an exhibition of forty paintings featuring cats and dogs, on loan from The Raymond and Susan Johnson Collection of 20th Century Russian art and other private American collections. Thirteen of these have never been shown before and will be displayed in an American museum for the first time. Painted by […] Read more
Alexander ViazmenskyAmanita muscaria, 2001Watercolor on paperOn loan from Michael Peltsman This exhibition is available for booking and is not currently on view at TMORA. Exhibition Name: Russia’s Native Mushrooms: Botanical Watercolors by Alexander Viazmensky Description:The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) in Minneapolis presents a traveling exhibition of watercolors by Alexander Viazmensky. The exhibition focuses on realistic depictions of Russia’s […] Read more
This exhibition of antiwar political cartoons includes recent works by renowned cartoonists from Ukraine and Russia created in response to the Russian aggression in Ukraine. The exhibition is organized by TMORA in collaboration and partnership with Minnesota artist Andrey Feldshteyn, who has worked in the genre of political cartoons for four decades. At the beginning […] 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.
