- MMSI is considered one of the leading cultural centers of the capital.
- At the heart of the exhibition activity Moscow Museum of Modern Art - personal collection of Zurab Tsereteli.
- The museum owns four buildings in the center of Moscow.
- On Petrovka 25 the works of Kazimir Malevich, Marc Chagall, Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov, Pavel Filonov, Vladimir Tatlin and many others are kept.
- Building in Ermolaevsky Lane is the main exhibition space of the MMOMA, where original and significant exhibitions of the project are held.
- Buildings on Gogolevsky and Tverskoy boulevards are used for holding interesting symposiums, exhibitions and creative meetings.
- All information in the museum is available in English.
Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMSI) is the first state municipal museum in Russia, demonstrating Russian and foreign art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Founded in 1999 with the support of the Moscow Government and the Department of Culture, MMOMA has been considered one of the leading cultural centers of the capital for more than 15 years.
At the heart of the concept of exhibition activity The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is a personal collection of Zurab Tsereteli, a well-known sculptor and president of the Russian Academy of Arts, which makes it possible to trace the main stages in the development of contemporary Russian and foreign art. The policy of the museum involves a gradual change of thematic expositions and the organization of special projects aimed at the possibility of perception of various forms of contemporary art by visitors with different levels of training.
The Museum of Modern Art owns four buildings located around the Boulevard Ring in the center of Moscow.
- main building - on Petrovka, 25. Here is part of the permanent exhibition of the museum and temporary exhibitions. The building is equipped with special equipment for people with disabilities. In recent years, it has been undergoing extensive renovation.
- five floors donated to the needs of the museum in the house of the beginning of the 20th century at the address: Ermolaevsky lane, 17(MMSI in Ermolaevsky). It is this building that is now the main exhibition space of the MMOMA.
- Gallery on , 9
- ancient building Russian Academy of Arts at Gogolevsky boulevard, 10 also built according to the design of Matvey Kazakov and serves as a venue for numerous international exhibition projects, symposiums and conferences .
Petrovka, 25
On Petrovka, 25 exhibitions are held regularly. This is symbolic, since the former merchant's mansion, built at the end of the 18th century, became an alma mater for many prominent cultural figures of that time at the beginning of the 20th century - it seems to keep their shadows and voices. The rich museum collection includes works by Marc Chagall, Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov, Pavel Filonov, Vladimir Tatlin and many others, whose works were purchased at auctions and in galleries in Europe and the USA and returned to their homeland.
The works of Russian avant-garde artists, as well as the works of their foreign colleagues, are available at the MMOMA on Petrovka. So, in the museum's collection there are virtuoso graphics by Fernand Leger, Giorgio de Chirico and, the creations of Salvador Dali and Armand. The works of the artist Niko Pirosmani and the works of the leading nonconformist artists of the 1960s–1980s, Ilya Kabakov, Oscar Rabin, Anatoly Zverev and others, found their refuge here. a collection of works by representatives of contemporary art - Viktor Pivovarov, Konstantin Zvezdochetov, Dmitry Prigov, etc.
Exhibitions at Petrovka, 25 are constantly updated, and therefore you can visit here many times, learning new talented works of artists of the 21st century and past times. So, one of the expositions presented the projects of Antonio Gaudí (many unique drawings and models of buildings that have become the decoration of Barcelona), and the other - an interactive installation by contemporary artist Alexandra Dementieva: examples of the latest technological method of creating an image.
Ermolaevsky, Gogolevsky, Tver
No less original and significant exhibitions are held at the MMSI site in Ermolaevsky Lane. For the needs of the museum in the building of the beginning of the 20th century, as many as five floors were given, so the building in Ermolaevsky is the main exhibition space of the MMOMA. In 2017, visitors saw here Valery Aizenberg's retrospective project "MIGRATIO", which demonstrates contemporary Russian art through the prism of the work of the brightest artist of the 80s, and also the anniversary exhibition of the outstanding photo artist Sergei Borisov "Zeitgeist" in intriguing black and white colors, a large-scale video installation by Alexandra Mitlyanskaya "Between the past and the future" and much more.
Ancient building of the Russian Academy of Arts on Gogolevsky boulevard, 10 serves as a venue for numerous international exhibition projects, symposiums and conferences.
Gallery on Tverskoy Boulevard, 9, located in the space of the former creative workshop of Zurab Tsereteli, remembers well its owner, his guests and the atmosphere of creativity that reigned here, therefore today the most significant and conceptual events of Moscow cultural life take place in it.
Museum mission
One of the tasks of the MMSI is the organization of an extensive exhibition program, thanks to which one can see both retrospectives of famous artists of the 20th century and works by emerging masters of visual culture, and in addition, attend events at festivals of various sizes. The museum actively cooperates with young artists, supporting their initiatives in the two-year School of Contemporary Art "Free Workshops", located in the building at 25 Petrovka. Here you can listen to a course of lectures on Russian and foreign art of the 20th and 21st centuries, get acquainted with the art market and new technologies visual arts, to try to understand the actual problems of modern culture. Among other things, the museum also offers numerous children's programs: for example, the Fantasia art studio welcomes children from 5 to 12 years old, conducts children's workshops, excursions and training courses.
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Moscow Museum of Modern Art
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is the first state museum in Russia that focuses entirely on the art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Since its opening, the museum has repeatedly expanded the scope of its activities and has received recognition from the general public. Today the museum is one of the most active participants in the artistic life of the capital.
The museum opened its doors on December 15, 1999 with the support of the Moscow Government and the Department of Culture of the City of Moscow. Zurab Tsereteli, President of the Russian Academy of Arts, became the founder and director of the museum. His personal collection of more than 2,000 works by famous artists of the 20th century laid the foundation for the museum collection. Later, the museum funds were significantly replenished, and at present it is one of the most representative collections of Russian art of the 20th century.
Today the museum is located on four sites in the historical center of Moscow. The main building is located on Petrovka Street, in the former mansion of the merchant Gubin, designed by architect Matvey Kazakov. In addition, the museum has three magnificent exhibition spaces at its disposal: a five-story building in Ermolaevsky Lane, a spacious exhibition space on Tverskoy Boulevard and the old building of the Russian Academy of Arts on Gogolevsky Boulevard.
Collection
The museum's collection represents the main stages in the development of the avant-garde. Most of the collection consists of works by Russian authors, but the exposition also includes works by foreign artists: graphic sheets by Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Juan Miro and Giorgio de Chirico, sculptures by Salvador Dali, Armand and Arnaldo Pomodoro, paintings by Henri Rousseau and Francoise Gilot, installations Yukinori Yanaga.
The core of the museum's collection is made up of works by the classics of the Russian avant-garde of the early 20th century. Many works purchased at auctions and galleries in Europe and the US have been returned to their homeland from abroad. Among them are paintings by Kazimir Malevich, Marc Chagall, Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov, Aristarkh Lentulov, Vladimir Tatlin, Pavel Filonov and Wassily Kandinsky, sculptures by Alexander Archipenko and Osip Zadkine. In addition, the museum is proud of its unique collection of works by the Georgian primitive artist Niko Pirosmani. An impressive section of the exposition is devoted to the work of nonconformist artists of the 1960s-1980s: Ilya Kabakov, Anatoly Zverev, Vladimir Yakovlev, Vladimir Nemukhin, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, Oscar Rabin, Dmitry Krasnopevtsev, Leonid Shvartsman, Oleg Tselkov and others. The museum supports the development of contemporary art in Russia and constantly replenishes its collection. Now the contemporary art section presents works by Boris Orlov, Dmitry Aleksandrovich Prigov, Valery Koshlyakov, Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexander Vinogradov, Oleg Kulik, Viktor Pivovarov, Konstantin Zvezdochetov, Andrey Bartenev and other artists.
Exhibition strategy
The extensive exhibition program of the museum is aimed at the widest and most diverse representation of the visual culture of the 20th and 21st centuries. Every year, the museum hosts many exhibitions of various sizes, from debut shows of emerging authors and conceptual expositions to international festivals and huge retrospectives of major artists.
Education
We support young artists and involve them in the current artistic process. To this end, the Museum operates the School of Contemporary Art "Free Workshops". The two-year training program is implemented in specific practical activities in creative workshops. The course program includes lectures on contemporary art, the study of the art market, the study of new technologies in the visual arts, the development of the intellectual problems of modern culture. Also in the museum there is an art studio "Fantasy" for children from 5 to 12 years old. For everyone, lectures and master classes are held with leading artists, curators and art researchers.
The brainchild of Zurab Tsereteli at Petrovka 25 is a museum of modern art, or rather, one of the four buildings allocated by the Moscow authorities to the president of the Academy of Arts under their tutelage. The department in question occupies a historic building, and the museum entrance pretty much changes its appearance.
Considering the entrance to the museum, one should note the massiveness, even the bulkiness of a simple architectural element. Wedge-shaped stone blocks stylized as antiquity with imitation of rock carvings hang over the entrance, completely violating the appearance of the building of the late 18th century conceived by the great Matvey Kazakov. The fact is that due to the neighborhood with the temple on the opposite side of the street, the architect placed the front part of the building in the courtyard and now could not recognize his creation.
The appearance of the courtyard of the building at 25 Petrovka Street has been changed beyond recognition by the Museum of Modern Art. This is clearly confirmed by a slider with photographs of Tsereteli's works placed on the square adjacent to the building. The stylized images of his characters, characteristic of the sculptor's pictorial manner, and in large numbers, leave an ambiguous impression. Whoever Zurab Konstantinovich portrays, it turns out something massive and rather conditional.
And Tsereteli's sculptures depict a variety of people, the images are real, fictional, and generalized. Shostakovich still looks like himself, but Vysotsky is almost a caricature. Don Quixote and his squire are generally assembled from scrap metal, I would like to believe that this is not the creation of the main artist of the country. The remaining sculptures represent abstract participants in folk games, musicians and townspeople of old Georgia.
The front staircase of the mansion built by Kazakov for Gubin, a breeder from the Urals, has not suffered from modern trends in art. Gray stone steps, classic white stone railings, an arched entrance and the same window openings at the top have been preserved.
Rising to the museum halls, visitors have time to take a break from the oppressive impression that many of them have in the courtyard of the mansion. The sunlight penetrating from the outside not only illuminates the way ahead, but also lifts the mood before viewing the exhibition exposition.
When climbing the stairs, visitors are presented with ceiling and wall paintings made in a rather rare painting technique. Various military symbols and attributes, plant elements and other things are depicted according to the creator's intention. The paintings are similar to stucco or bas-reliefs, which is achieved using a special decoration technique.
Drawing in the grisaille technique, which means the use of paint of only one color, allows you to get a three-dimensional effect due to different shades. This technology is used not only in painting walls and ceilings with paints, but also in engravings, stained-glass windows, decorating dishes and dyeing fabrics.
The purpose of the visit of only a small part of the visitors of the historical building is the main institution at 25 Petrovka Street - the Museum of Modern Art with its permanent exhibition, although the Tsereteli's pictorial collection includes many outstanding works of the classics of the Russian avant-garde of the last century and the present.
Now there was an exhibition: Antonio Gaudi. Barcelona. The work of the architect of the capital of Catalonia appeared before the Russians for the first time.
The exhibition exposition is preceded by a description of the life path and creative biography of Gaudi, made in chronological order.
Although the original goal of our review was not the exhibition of the magnificent architect, it would be unforgivable to pass by such significant exhibits, because our readers can still have time to visit this rare event. The next slider shows pictures both from the exhibition and on the way to the Spanish materials.
You can see historical materials about the famous architect, his drawings and even models of cakes made by him - great masters are often unpredictable in the manifestations of their talents. By the way, confectionery decorations can be compared with mosaics, which Gaudí actively used in his works. The main exhibits, of course, are models of buildings built by him, as well as their images.
The exhibition presents a model of one of the most significant works of Antonio Gaudí of civil plan - a residential building of the Barcelona Mila family, after which Gaudi completely switched to work on the project of the Church of the Atonement of the Holy Family - Sagrada Familia ..
The public nicknamed Mila's house, this peculiar bizarre structure, the Quarry (in Spanish La Pedrera) for the unusual constructive solution in general, as well as for the original construction of the supporting part and decoration.
Partially open interiors of the building show its internal structure, in which Gaudí innovatively applied a monolithic reinforced concrete structure, where the walls are not load-bearing elements.
You can see the layout of one of the best creations of the architect Gaudi - the famous house of the Mila family (Kamenolomni) at Petrovka 25 - the Museum of Modern Art organized an exhibition of his work.
The uneven walls of the building look like sea waves, and the wrought-iron lattices of the balconies are simply separate works of art. The house has two inner courtyards, where the windows of all apartments face in addition to communication with the street space. This allows you to do without air conditioning in the hottest weather.
The roof of the Quarry is decorated with many architectural elements, among which even films are being shot. In the old hall of the mansion-museum, a certain screen was placed above the model of an unusual house, either providing a reflection of the roof for inspection, or protecting a valuable exhibit from the collapse of particles of ceiling painting from an unfinished restoration.
An old Corinthian colonnade adorns one of the rooms of the Museum of Modern Art. This is the little that remains of the decorations of the former palace of the Ural breeder.
Further, our slider presents individual fragments of the exhibition, reflecting the main stages of Gaudí's work. You can see the architect's original set of drawing tools (prefab), as well as models of many buildings in Barcelona built according to his designs.
