The Russian Academy Of ArtsThe Russian Academy Of Arts16.05.2008
On May 16, 2008 at 6.30p.m. Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka street, offers a concert of women’s chorus of N. Rimski-Korsakov St. Petersburg College.
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Polad Bul-Bul-Ogly, composer, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Azerbaijan Republic to Russian Federation; Svyatoslav Belza, Honored Art Worker of Russia; Aliev Natigu-Kyamal-Ogly, sculptor, People’s Artist of Azerbaijan Republic; Alexei Obukhov, former Deputy Foreign Minister; Oleg Vorontsov, Director-General of Podolsk Art Center have been elected Honorary Members of the Russian Academy of Arts. At the Presidium meeting on May 13, 2008 they were presented with attributes of Honorary Membership.
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On May 13, 2008 the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, will celebrate the 80th anniversary of Valentin Sidorov, People’s Artist of USSR, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, Winner of State Prizes of USSR and RF, Head of the Artists’ Union of Russia, President of the International Confederation of Artists’ Unions of CIS countries.
05.05.2008
Through the edict of the President of the Russian Federation, the People’s Artist of Russia, Chief Scientific Secretary of the Russian Academy of Arts Michael Kurilko-Ryumin has been decorated with the Order for Services to Motherland 3rd Rank for his significant contribution to promotion of home fine arts, his long-term creative and public activities.
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On April 29, 2008 the Laureate of International Competitions Natalia Sharoeva will give a performance of piano music in the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street. The program includes music by Mozart, Grieg, Shuman, Chaikovski, Rakhmaninov, Scryabin, Prokofiev.
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The exotic animal has appeared in the Red Army district in Volgograd on the square in front of the children’s complex. Known for his huge monuments, this time Tsereteli has been over-modest: the figure is only about 0,5m tall. The sculptor says, that this artwork will destroy the stereotype of his being a creator of exclusively big sculptures.
24.04.2008
On April 24, 2008 to mark the 74th anniversary of the institution of the rank of the Hero of the Soviet Union, the President of the Russian Academy of Arts together with Inter-Regional Public Foundation for Social Security “Law and Order – Shield” arranged in Tsereteli Art Gallery a Day of Heroes of Motherland: Heroes of the Soviet Union; Heroes of the Russian Federation and Full Knights of the Order of Glory.
22.04.2008
In early May, 2008 the monument to the Russian officer Jacob Diachenko, the founder of Khabarovsk will be inaugurated near the site where the Russian troops first landed in the region. The 4m tall bronze sculpture to be installed on the 4m tall base has been designed by the Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Alexander Rukavisjnikov in honor of the city’s 150th anniversary.
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On April 16, 2008 at the award ceremony the celebrated poet, People’s Artist of Russia Ilya Reznik was presented with the gown, cap and medal of an Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts.
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On April 13, 2008 in Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka street, will be held a presentation of “Philology. Volume 1” Almanac sponsored by Zurab Tsereteli. Among the attendees will be President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli, Winner of Andrei Belyi and A. Pushkin Prizes Yuri Mamleev, students and alumni of “Oxford School”, poets, novelists, playwrights, publicists, historians.
12.04.2008
On April 12, 2008 the annual Artist’s Week will be inaugurated in Sergei Konenkov Memorial Studio-Museum, 17 Tverskaya street. It was initiated by Sergei Konenkov in 1958.
11.04.2008
In his almost 100m tall monument to victims of purges featuring a figure of Christ Zurab Tsereteli has put his own emotional experience, as the artist said in an interview with RIA News reporter.
11.04.2008
On April 11, 2008 in an interview to INTERFAX reporter President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli informed, that he had not sculpted a monument to victims of the famine in 1932-1933.
07.04.2008
The monument to the great Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky sculpted by the People’s Artist of Russia, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Michael Pereyaslavets will be unveiled in Tobolosk in Dostoevsky park near St. Peter and Paul’s Cathedral not far from the transit jail where he was pending his fate.
03.04.2008
On April 3, 2008 the President of the Russian Academy of Arts, designer of the Wives of the Decembrists. Gates of Fate monument Zurab Tsereteli hosted a meeting with descendents of the Decembrists in Tsereteli Art Gallery. The monument was presented to the public on March 17, 2008 and had a wide coverage in the press.
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On April 1, 2008 in the white hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, diplomas of Honorary Members of the Russian Academy of Arts were presented to Henrich Borovik, writer, playwright, publicist, public figure as well as to Alexander Mitta, film director and script writer.
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“An amazing, unique, splendid exhibition” – said sculptor Zurab Tsereteli about the display entitled Magic of Saltwort which has been organized within the framework of international presentation of the Republic of Bashkortostan in UNESCO Headquarters: Bashkortostan – 450 Years Together with Russia.
27.03.2008
Through the edict of the President of the Russian Federation, the People’s Artist of Russia, Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts Alexei Shmarinov was decorated with the Order For Services to Motherland IV rank for his significant role in promotion of home fine arts, his long-term creative and public activity.
26.03.2008
A memorial plaque commemorating the great ballet dancer Galina Ulanova will be unveiled on March 26 on the house in Kotelnicheskaya Embankment in Moscow where she lived. It has been designed by the People’s Artist of Russia, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts Anatoli Bichukov.
24.03.2008
On March 19, 2008 the working group of the Russian Academy of Arts and V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute headed by Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts Anatoli Bichukov visited Kazan to meet with Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Minister of Culture Z. Valeeva and negotiate the establishment of an affiliate of V.
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