Art in Russia
Art in Russia is a student-powered project dedicated to educating English-speakers about achievements in the arts made in Russia and countries of the former USSR. Art in Russia facilitates and encourages students to study art at home and abroad as part of a study abroad program. Art in Russia is hosted and sponsored by The School of Russian and Asian Studies.Featured Art Programs
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The Malevich Society Grants: 2012
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The Russian Psyche (Avail. Year-Round)
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Acting in Russia (Summer Program)
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Art and Museums in Russia (Summer Program)
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Dueling Demons: Mikhail Vrubel’s Demon Seated and Demon Downcast
The Demon, as presented in art, has become a theme often employed to represent a madness that has developed within the artist. This demon can serve as both a muse…
Featured Stories
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Dueling Demons: Mikhail Vrubel’s Demon Seated and Demon Downcast
The Demon, as presented in art, has become a theme often employed to represent a madness that has developed within the artist. This demon can serve as both a muse…
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Baba, Proletarka and the Kolkhoznitsa: Soviet Depictions of Women in Anti-religious Posters
This paper examines how the evolution of state policy from 1923-1933, toward women and religion was expressed in posters, one of the most important mediums of communicating policy to a…
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May Events
Here are a few events happening around the US in the month of May! Enjoy! May 5 – NY Join Brooklyn’s Dweck Center for the May installment of their Russian…
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Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Sergei Diaghilev, Russian art patron, collector, impresario and director of the famed and controversial Ballets Russes, was born in 1872 to a wealthy and aristocratic family. During his childhood, he…
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Marina Fedorova & The Lazarev Gallery
The Lazarev Gallery wants you to come inside. Located near the Neva River on the 6thLine of Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg, the renovated historical building with tinted windows and assorted…
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The Malevich Society Grants: 2012
The Malevich Society is pleased to announce its grant competition for the year 2012. The Malevich Society is a not-for-profit organization based in New York dedicated to advancing knowledge about…
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Mikhail Larionov
Michael Larionov was a major force in several Russian artistic movements of the early twentieth century, most notably the Primitivist, the Cubo-Futurist and the Rayonnist movements. His career went through…
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The Legacy of Unofficial Art in St. Petersburg: The Case of Pushkinkaya-10 Art Center
One must really have the desire to find the Pushkinskaya-10 Art Center if they are to visit it. Located in an otherwise inconspicuous courtyard off Ligovsky Prospect, it hides tucked…
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April Events
Here are some events happening in the month of April in the USA. Enjoy! April 1 – DC Faberge Egg Family Festival Celebrate spring’s arrival in Russian style at…
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Irina Federova and Gafur Mendagaliev at The Borey Art Center
In 1991, just after the Soviet Union dissolved, the Borey Art Centerwas established around the corner from the bustling Nevsky Prospect in the basement of an old building on Liteiny…
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Marina Gisich Gallery
The Marina Gisich Gallery began in 2000 as one of a small number of galleries bringing a contemplative, concept-driven artistic temperament to the Saint Petersburg art scene. The original artists…
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Natalia Goncharova
Natalia Goncharova, along with her colleague and companion Mikhail Larionov, led the charge in Russian Futurist painting, or Cubo-Futurism, in the early twentieth century. While her early work was heavily…