The Russian Academy Of ArtsThe Russian Academy Of Arts13.08.2008
The monument to the celebrated circus athlete Alexander Zass will find its home in front of the Orenburg circus where he started out as a circus actor one hundred years ago. The monument designed by Alexander Rukavishnikov, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, has been delivered to Orenburg to be inaugurated on the verge of the City Day on September1, 2008.
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16.07.2008
On July 16, 2008 in Gallery Exhibition Center Izhevsk, capital of Udmurtia, will be held a meeting with Zurab Tsereteli, President of the Russian Academy of Arts, People’s Artist of USSR and Russian Federation, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
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On July 14, 2008 Zurab Tsereteli, President of the Russian Academy of Arts had a meeting with Paul Kulikovski, great-grandson of grand duchess Olga Alexandrovna, sibling of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II. Paul Kulikovski is an economist and financier. He lives in Denmark, where Olga Romanova resided till the end of her life. The meeting has been also attended by Elena Ryurikova, director-general of a Charity Foundation set up in Moscow in 2006 by Dmitri Romanov, great great-grandson of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I. He is a president of the Foundation.
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On July 7, 2008 Andrei Bartenev, the celebrated designer and curator of many extravagant art projects will be a model at a monthly masterclass by Zurab Tsereteli in Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka street, Moscow. The performance has been arranged within the framework of the 1st Moscow International Biennale for Young Art 01 July 2008 – 30 July 2008.
23.06.2008
On June 23, 2008 in Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka street, was held a presentation of degree works by graduates of the Architecture Department of V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute. The topic of the defense was an elaboration of a pilot project for the international youth tourist city-satellite GAGARINGRAD with a memorial complex on the site where the first spaceman Yuri Gagarin landed. It is planned to be located near the city of Engels, Saratov Region and to be completed in 2011 to mark the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s space flight.
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On June 21, 2008 Zurab Tsereteli, founder and Director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, President of the Russian Academy of Arts, opened an exhibition of works from the collection of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art entitled Spring of Russian Avant-Garde. The prestigious Bankamura Museum of Art in Tokyo is the first to present the early 20th century avant-garde works by such celebrated Russian artists as Natalia Goncharova, Niko Pirosmani, Kazimir Malevich, Marc Chagall, Paul Filonov and others who could create an unparalleled style of modern art that will continue to affect the world art.
16.06.2008
The President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli has sent a cable of condolences over Chinghiz Aitmatov’s death, press service of Kyrgyzstan President informs.
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On June 10, 2008, within the framework of the 10th World Congress of the Russian Press in Moscow Zurab Tsereteli, President of the Russian Academy of Arts participated in the meeting of Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia with UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura. The meeting was held in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, that had been recreated by the Academy artists under Zuran Tsereteli’s leadership.
10.06.2008
On June 10, 2008 in the Museum “Creative Legacy of Academician Yuri Orekhov” will be held the forth annual award ceremony for Y. Orekhov Prizes in the field of sculpture. The Prize was set up in 2005 by the Sculptor Foundation and the above Museum under the auspices of the Russian Academy of Arts to foster young talented sculptors. Yuri Orekhov (1927-2001) is one of the prominent Russian sculptors of the late 20th century who was appreciated both in Russia and internationally. He was a Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts and Honorary Member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara (Italy), winner of Lenin and State Prizes.
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On June 5, 2008 the celebrated artist Zurab Tsereteli took part in the closing ceremony of Vladikavkaz International Festival as an honorary guest invited by its President Akim Salbiev and the Jury Chairman Victoria Tokareva. In his greeting speech to participants of the Festival the President of the Russian Academy of Arts expressed his unreserved admiration of the beautiful nature and hospitable people of North Osetia, thanked for the hearty welcome and invited to visit his studio and art gallery in Moscow.
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The Orthodox Russia Festival of Russian Art was held in the Italian city of Bari from May 21-25, 2008. It was arranged by the Russian Culture Foundation together with Asso Apulian Association. At the conference arranged within the Festival framework were displayed photographs of works by Zurab Tsereteli dedicated to Christian Saints and devotees.
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On May 28, 2008 the Russian Academy of Arts and the Association of Design Arts Artists of the Moscow Artists’ Union arranged a meeting of members of the Academy with masters of decorative textiles followed by a video show on silk painting.
24.05.2008
The ceremony of Philanthropist International Prize awarding will be held in Tsereteli Art Gallery, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow on May 24, 2008. The Prize, unique in the world, is awarded to physically challenged people for their prominent achievements in culture and arts. It is financed entirely from private funds thus maintaining the Russian traditions of philanthropy and patrons of art.
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The Patriarch’s diploma has been awarded to the Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts for his contribution to recreation of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kislovodsk. The master headed a team of artists who painted the alter.
23.05.2008
The consecration ceremony for the Chapel of St. Sergius Radonezhsky took place in the village of Korovino, Tver region on May 23, 2008. The Chapel designed by Sergei Kuznetsov, architect and Prof. of the Moscow State University, is a donation of Valentin Sidorov, People’s Artist of USSR, member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts, Winner of State Prizes of USSR and RF, Head of the Artists’ Union of Russia, President of International Confederation of Artists’ Unions of CIS countries.
22.05.2008
Former French President Jacques Chirac has been awarded the 2007 State Prize of the Russian Federation for humanitarian activities. The President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli has welcomed the award that, as he believes, acknowledges Chirac’s services in the development of cultural ties between France and Russia.
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On May 21, 2008 in UNESCO Headquarters in Paris within the framework of the Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors Zurab Tsererteli shared his initiatives implemented by him as an artist, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, state and public figure.
19.05.2008
The monument to the celebrated academician, scientist and creator of control systems for missile and space vehicles Nicholai Pilyugin (1908-1982) will be unveiled on the street named after him. Dated for the 100th anniversary of the scientist, the bronze sculpture has been designed by Vladimir Soskiev, a member of the Russian Academy of Arts.
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On the International Museum Day Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka street, offers a concert of spiritual music. Arranged within the framework of the Festival of Spiritual Music during Days of Slavic Alphabet and Culture in Moscow, the concert will take place in the Apple Hall from 06p.m to 12p.m.
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