The Russian Academy Of ArtsThe Russian Academy Of Arts02.10.2012
On October 2, 2012 at the Russian Academy of Arts a professional jury of noted Russian and foreign artists announced winners of the competition held as part of the International Cultural Project “The Image of Russia”. At the award ceremony sixteen young artists were presented with Honorable Mentions of the Russian Academy of Arts and diplomas of Rossotrudnichestvo by the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli and Konstantin Kosachev.
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On October 2, 2012 at the session of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts the People’s Artist of the USSR and RF, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Peter Ossovsky informed about his participation in the events in honor of the 1150th anniversary of the Town of Izborsk where there had been an opening of his exhibition of wall paintings entitled “Izborsk Chamber of the Russian Language and Literature and Russian Orthodox Faith”.
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The Russian Academy of Arts invites you to take part in the panel discussion “The Year of 1812 and Russian Art Culture of the 19th Century” that will take place in the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street on October 4, 2012 at 2pm.
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The visit of the President of the Russian Academy of Arts to Voronezh on October 1, 2012 was timed to the jubilee events organized in honor of the 175th birth anniversary of the Russian painter Ivan Kramskoy (1837-1887).
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On September 29, 2012 in Yalta (Ukraine) there was an inauguration of a monument to the celebrated journalist, writer and script writer Yulian Semenov (1931-1993). The monument has been designed by the People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Alexander Rukavishnikov. The ceremony was attended by the city authorities, Russian and Ukrainian pressmen.
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On September 26, 2012 in Ulyanovsk there was an unveiling ceremony for the monument to one of the eminent statesman of Imperial Russia and author of radical agrarian reforms Pyotr Stolypin. The monument created by the People’s Artist of the USSR and Russian Federation, President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli has been placed near the building of the State Agricultural Academy in the workers’ town of Oktyabrsky near Ulyanovsk.
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On September 9, 2012 the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli gave a master-class in painting at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall within the framework of the Annual Festival of Applied Arts for Physically Challenged People and presented awards to the participants of the Festival.
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On July 5, 2012 in the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts there was the first panel discussion within the framework of the activity of the Council of Trustees of the scientific and cultural program of “The Forum of the Russian Academy of Sciences – the Academic Vernisage”.
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By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin the state order of the Russian Federation – the Order of Honor was awarded to the People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, Academician and Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts Lev Shepelev for his high lifetime achievements and significant contribution to the promotion of Russian culture and art.
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On June 22, 2012 at 04 am – the date and time of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 in the building of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation there was an unveiling ceremony for the exhibition entitled The Year of Russian History.
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The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin decorated the People’s Artist of the USSR, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Peter Ossovsky with the Order For Services to Motherland 3rd Rank for his significant contribution to the promotion of Russian Fine Arts and his lifetime achievements. The People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Dmitry Zhilinsky was presented with the Order for Services to Motherland 4th Rank.
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On June 19, 2012 in the Moscow Manezh Central Exhibition Hall there was an opening ceremony for “The Moscow Artists’ Union – 80” exhibition. The President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli attended the jubilee show including his canvases and sculptures.
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On June 16, 2012 in the town of St. Gilles-Croix-de-Vie in western France there was an unveiling ceremony for the monument to the distinguished Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) whose 120th birth anniversary is celebrated this year. The author of the sculpture is Zurab Tsereteli, People’s Artist of the USSR and Russian Federation, President of the Russian Academy of Arts, Corresponding Member of the French Academy of Fine Arts.
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By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin the People’s Artist of Russia, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, founder of the Yaroslavl Icon School Nickolai Mukhin has been awarded a State Prize of the Russian Federation in Literature and Art 2011 for his significant contribution to the development of Russian traditional cultural and historical values. The award ceremony took place in the Kremlin on the Day of Russia - June 12, 2012.
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The Russian Academy of Arts, Department of Art History and Art Criticism of the Russian Academy of Arts, Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts invite you to attend an All-Russian Research Conference “The Existence of Arts in Russia in the 18th – Early 20th Century. Problems, Masters, Works of Art”, that will take place in the building of the Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts ( Room 8), 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow on June 7-8, 2012.
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On May 26, 2012 the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli took part in the award ceremony for the Philanthropist International Prize for the best achievements of physically challenged children in art and culture (Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka street, Moscow).
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The Russian Academy of Arts invites you to attend a presentation of the book devoted to the creative work by the artist Victor Popkov (1932-1974), that will take place in Tsereteli Art Gallery (Apple Hall), 19 Prechistenka street, on May 29, 2012 at 6pm. The presentation is timed to the master’s 80 birth anniversary.
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On May 24, 2012 the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli took part in the opening of a solo show of over 120 works by Leonid Sokov at the State Museum of Modern Art (10 Gogolevsky Boulevard, Moscow). The first major retrospective of the well-known master of Russian Soviet Pop Art entitled the Point of View presents his works from the 1970s till today.
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The Spanish Ambassador to Russia Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena at the award ceremony in his residence in Moscow on May 23, 2012 presented Zurab Tsereteli, the President of the Russian Academy of Arts, People’s Artist of the USSR and Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Spanish San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts with the Cross of the Order of the King of Spain “For Civil Services”. The Officer’s Cross of the Order “For Civil Services” was presented to the Executive Director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Vasily Tsereteli.
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On May 22, 2012 the President of the Russian Academy of Arts and representatives of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation opened an exhibition of works by participants of the International “Corruption: Satiric Audit” Competition of Caricature.
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