The Russian Academy Of ArtsThe Russian Academy Of Arts15.09.2010
At the session of the Russian Academy of Arts on September 14, 2010 twelve senior students of the Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum were presented with grants to study art in Italy in the autumn of 2010. The grant “For the Revival of Classical Traditions of Russian Painting” has been set up by the Borodin Meat House company within the framework of its long-term charitable partnership with the Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum.
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On the Day of Solidarity in the Fight Against Terrorism, annually held on the third of September since 2005, the Muscovites will take part in a number of actions in memory of victims of terrorist attacks. One of the acts of remembrance and mourning will take place at the memorial to victims of the school hostage siege in the North Ossetian-Alanian town of Beslan on September 1-3, 2004.
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The sculptor Zurab Tsereteli on the oncoming Saturday will unveil in France, in the historical area of Gascony (Gascogne) on the land of d’Artagnan his monument to the legendary characters of Alexander Duma’s novel “The Tree Musketeers”, as Interfax was informed on Tuesday at the Russian Academy of Arts.
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The 1000th anniversary of the city of Yaroslavl will be an important event in the history of contemporary Russia. Yaroslavl is a museum city, a significant center of Russian culture accumulating many of its achievements. The history of Yaroslavl reflects distinguished pages of the history of the Russian State. The names of outstanding people connected with this city have forever been included in the chronicle of Russian culture.
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Zurab Tsereteli is prepared to set up branches of the Russian Academy of Arts in all CIS countries if there is an opposite interest. The President of the Academy has told about it to young artists from CIS countries - seventeen students of art departments who visited today Tsereteli Art Gallery in Moscow.
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The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church at the session on July 26, 2010 approved the new staff of the Patriarch’s Council for Culture chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
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On July 26, 2010 at the Kremlin award ceremony President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev presented state awards to prominent representatives of Russian politics, science and culture. The President of the Russian Academy of Arts, People’s Artist of the USSR and the Russian Federation Zurab Tsereteli was decorated with the Order for Services to Motherland 1st Rank.
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The first in Germany monument to the Russian Empress Catherine the Great, born Princess Sophie Auguste Friderike von Anhalt-Zerbst was unveiled in the city of Zerbst on July 9, 2010. It has been designed by the renowned sculptor, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Michael Pereyaslavets.
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On July 6, 2010 the Plenipotentiary of the Republic of North Ossetia under the Russian President Alexander Totoonov presented the highest award of the Republic of North Ossesia-Alania - “To the Glory of Ossetia” to the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli for his monument to victims of Beslan. The monument was unveiled on June 1, 2010 in the downtown of Moscow in front of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin at Kulishki, 5/2 Solyanka street.
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The UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Zurab Tsereteli participated in the 10th Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors that took place in the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on June 24, 2010. The meeting traditionally devoted to the discussion of urgent problems and efficient means for the implementation of UNESCO goals was inaugurated by the UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.
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The defense of diploma work by students of V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute took place in the Russian Academy of Arts on June 22, 2010. The topics of the diploma work:
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By a decree of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, the People’s Artist of the USSR, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Ilya Glazunov who marked his 80th anniversary last week has been awarded the Order for Services to Motherland 1st Rank for his distinguished contribution to the promotion of Russian fine arts, his many years’ creative and teaching activities.
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President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Nickolai Mukhin on his 55th anniversary. The telegram of greetings, in particular, runs:
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Zurab Tsereteli has been honored with a Special Award of the City of New York as one of the most prominent representatives of the Russian-speaking community who made a significant contribution to the promotion of closer cultural relations and a dialogue between the United States and Russia.
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08/06/2010 RIA Novosti – The President of the Russian Academy of Arts is leaving for the United States – to open his solo show in the halls of the National Arts Club and to receive the Gold Medal of Honor for his significant role in the promotion of art. In various years the winners of this prestigious award were Salvador Dali, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, and now it will be presented to Tsereteli for his contribution to the promotion of cultural ties between Russia and the United States. From America Zurab Tsereteli will go to Paris to foster closer relations between Russia and France. On the eve of his visit the sculptor spoke about history, art education, royalties and Andrei Voznesensky with RIA Novosti reporter Ann Shelepova.
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The exhibition project of the Russian Academy of Arts “Russia-France: Three Centuries of Cultural Ties” to be launched in Paris on June 11, 2010 aims to show the history and main development stages of the Academy of Arts in Russia. One of the principle goals of the project is to specify the originality of the Russian academic art school, as well as to emphasize the significant role of the French culture, the contribution of the French eminent figures of architecture, fine arts and science to the formation of Russian art and academic art school representing a unique model of classical art education based on the centuries-old European fine arts development.
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The Annual National Arts Club’s Gold Medal of Honor has been awarded to Zurab Tsereteli for his significant role in the promotion of art. Zurab Tsereteli is the first Russian artist who received this one of the most prestigious American awards in the field of culture. The Gold Medal of Honor was presented to the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli on June 4 by the National Arts Club’s President O. Aldon James at the ceremony within the framework of the annual Festival “Our Legacy” launched in New York. Aldon James noted that in various years the award winners had been Salvador Dali, Robert Rauschenberg, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein and other eminent figures of arts, reports ITAR-TASS.
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