The Russian Academy Of ArtsThe Russian Academy Of Arts22.04.2011
The Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, 17 University Embankment, St. Petersburg, invites you to attend the opening of a show of paintings by the French artist Phillip Roman (1927-1999) and a panel discussion “Parallel History of Modern Art in Europe” to be led by the Member of the Academie Francaise Jean Clair and teacher of the Institute of Literary Studies of the College de France Odyllia Bombarde, that will take place on April 22, 2011 at 2 pm.
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In honor of the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight, at the request of the Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka, the President of the Russian Academy of Arts, People’s Artist of the USSR and the Russian Federation Zurab Tsereteli has created a monument to Yury Gagarin. The bronze bust, 1.0m x 89cm x 70cm, will soon be delivered and installed in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka.
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The 15th “Wave of Fantasy” competition of children’s art will take place in Sochi from May till September 2011. The participants are young artists at the age of 4 – 17 from 50 Russian regions and other countries: Bulgaria, India, Rumania, Belorus, Slovenia, Ukraine. The Chairman of the International Jury is Valery Maloletkov, the People’s Artist of Russia, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, Professor of S. Stroganov Moscow State University of Industrial and Applied Arts.
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Within the framework of the visit of the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli to Puerto Rico there was a presentation of the joint project “Park of the New World”. The landscape complex is a part of a major art project “How Europe Discovered America” commemorating the 500th anniversary of the historical sail of Christopher Columbus to the shores of America.
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The presentation of the collective monograph “Artistic Aura: Origins, Perception, Mythology” will take place in the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, at 2 pm. The monograph is the first experience in the study of the phenomenon of artistic aura in the world science.
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The Zvenigorod State History, Architecture and Art Museum presents a solo show of works by the President of the Russian Academy of Arts, People’s Artist of the USSR and the Russian Federation, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Zurab Tsereteli. On display in the Tsarina’s Chambers of the Savvin-Storozhevsky Monastery are the artist’s works on the Biblical topics.
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On March 30, 2011 at 7 pm Tsereteli Art Gallery will present exhibition projects organized within the framework of the 7th Moscow International Festival “Fashion and Style in Photography 2011”.
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March 23-24, 2011
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On March 19, 2011 a memorial plaque commemorating the Russian economist and politician Yegor Gaidar was unveiled on the building of the “Y. Gaidar Institute of Economic Policy” (3-5 Gazetny Lane, building 1), where he had worked from 1993 till 2009. The memorial plaque has been designed by the Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, sculptor Mickail Pereyaslavets in partnership with the Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, architect Vyacheslav Bukhaev.
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March 17-18, 2011
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On March 15, 2011 the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli presented awards of the Russian Academy of Arts to noted figures of art.
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The 7th Moscow International Festival “Fashion and Style in Photography 2011” started in Multimedia Art Museum (16 Ostozhenka street, Moscow) on March 15, 2011 with the show of works by the renowned master of photography Lucien Clergue “Jean Cocteau and the Testament of Orpheus” and an exposition from his collection of photographs “Dedication to Marlene Dietrich” organized under the support of the French Embassy in Moscow, the French Institute, OAO “Novatek” and Ahmad Tea Co.
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On March 10, 2011 at the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, there was the 572nd General Academy Assembly of the Russian Academy of Arts (RAA), the supreme body of the RAA management. The Assembly was addressed by the RF President’s Advisor for Culture and Art Yuri Laptev who had noted the significant role of the Academy in the preservation of the best traditions of Russian fine arts and architecture, as well as in the formation of the contemporary art process.
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On March 4, 2011 in the Museo di San Salvatore in Lauro in Rome there was an opening of a solo exhibition of works by the President of the Russian Academy of Arts, People’s Artist of the USSR and the Russian Federation, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Zurab Tsereteli.
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On February 14, 2011 the Ministry of Culture in partnership with the Russian Academy of Arts held a press-conference on the competition to be arranged within the framework of the Grant “For the Revival of Classical Traditions of Russian Painting”. The press-conference was attended by Deputy Minister of Culture Pavel Khoroshilov, President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli, Director of the Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum Alexander Yastrebenetsky, Director of B. Ioganson State Academy Art Lyceum in St. Petertsburg Larisa Kirillova, President of the Borodin Meat House company Vitaly Gevorkyan.
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The Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts and the Department of Art History and Art Criticism of the Russian Academy of Arts invite you to attend a presentation of books published by the Research Institute of Theory and History of Arts in association with the White House publishing house that will take place in the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, at 2 pm.
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The highest award of the Russian Academy of Arts “Golden Cross” was presented to the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Georgi Frangulyan at the session of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts. Georgi Frangulyan is a renowned sculptor whose works are installed in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy, Belgium.
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The Decorative and Applied Art Department of the Russian Academy of Arts invites you to attend a panel discussion on the results of recent international and Russian symposiums on art glass to be accompanied by video materials that will take place in the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow on February 3, 2011 at 3 pm.
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On February 1, 2011 the President of the Russian Academy of Arts presented the new Order of the Russian Academy of Arts “For Services to Art” to Efrem Zverkov, People’s Artist of the USSR, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, laureate of State Prizes of the Russian Federation. The award ceremony has been timed to the artist’s 90th anniversary. Efrem Zverkov is one of the leading Russian masters of landscape painting who actively continues to work in spite of his advanced age. He is not only creating new artworks, but also shares his experience and knowledge with young artists who due to his efforts keep up the succession of traditions of Russian landscape painting. The master’s canvases and works of his pupils are on show in honor of his jubilee in the exhibition halls of the Russian Academy of Arts.
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On February 1, 2011 in Ekaterinburg there was an unveiling ceremony for the monument to the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin attended by the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. The monument has been designed by the Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Georgi Frangulyan.
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