24 September 2014
Vasiliy Schukhaev Exhibition
The Moscow Museum of Modern Arts presents a large-scale retrospective of a master of drawing and painting Vasiliy Ivanovich Schukhaev. UNIDENT and a cultural charity fund U-Art: Art and You are strategic partners of the exhibition.
The exhibition held in the Museum’s main venue is meant to display Shukhaev’s lifework in all the varieties and genres of his art. Aside from containing some well-known artworks from the major museums’ collections, the exhibition also includes a number of paintings, drawings, theatre productions sketches and book illustrations which have never been exhibited to date.
The Vasili Shukhaev exhibition is the first part of a large research project conducted by the MMOMA. The second part will be embodied as a symposium on various aspects of life and work of the artist.
Vasili Shukhaev lived a long, complex, and eventful life that fully reflects all the facets of the drama befallen the Russian artistic intelligentsia in the 20th century. Historical events, politics, plus certain peculiarities of the art scene of thepre- and post-revolution Russia and that of Paris between the two world wars — all the above combined in the artist’s personal life and his career alike.
Vasili Shukhaev was born in Moscow in 1887. He studied at Stroganov College in Moscow and at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, from whence he set off to Italy on a two-year pensionnaire trip to perfect himself in painting. He began teaching in Petrograd, and then continued to do so in Paris years ago. He also taught in Leningrad and Tbilisi. In 1920,Shukhaev immigrated to Finland. Afterwards, he moved to France, where the artist spent 14 years. Having returned to his motherland, the artist spent a mere two years working in there — though it was a happy and productive stint for him — before he got arrested in 1937 for committing «crimes» stipulated in the notorious Article 58 (On theresponsibilityfor counter-revolutionary activities) of the Soviet Criminal Code. As a result, Shukhaev was exiled to the Kolyma region. Since 1947, he lived and workedin Georgia for the following twenty-five years, spending his summertime in the villageof Tsikhisdjvari, and later at his friends’ dacha in Nikolina Gora, Moscow region.
Thematically and chronologically, a full-fledged display of Shukhaev’s oeuvre spanning nearly seven decades of the 20th century, has been a mission impossible until recently. The artist’s works are quite scattered all over the world, they pop up occasionally in a variety of exhibitions, auctions and publications.
At long last, the above will be put on view along with the works provided by the state-controlled and private collections located in Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and other countries.
In view of the 100th anniversary of World War I, special attention will be paid to the portraits of the Russian Army officers (1916) — the artist’s sketches for his major yet unfinished painting The Regiment in the Field (The Russian Museum). It is for the first time that the previously unknown Russian servicemen will retrieve their names and biographical data.
10 October 2014
Vivacello festival is always a revelation. It will take place for the sixth time already this year, and of course, people expect the programme to be as much as impressive and vivid as before. World-renowned cellist Boris Andrianov, art director of Vivacello, speaks of the forthcoming festival, musicians who would come to Moscow, concerts and opening nights.
9 April 2014
Russian competition Innovation is becoming every year more and more important for Russian artists, art critics and cultural workers. A greater number of applications is received, the competition is extending and media attention to it is growing. But, in spite of that, the current celebration took place in a small platform in the Moscow Museum in nearly home atmosphere, compared to the previous celebrations.
16 November 2013
The closing concert of the Festival held in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall on November 16, was dedicated to the memory of Daniil Shafran, the great cellist, the brightest representative of the Russian cello school who would be 90 this year. The event was attended by such world-renowned cellists as Giovanni Sollima, Alexander Rudin, Boris Andrianov, David Geringas and the unique countertenor Oleg Bezinskikh. The Russian Philharmonic Orchestra directed by the Italian conductor Gianluca Marciano also performed. The program included pieces by Kancheli, Tchaikovsky, Sollima and Martin. At the concert, the audience could hear Amati's cello made in 1630, which Daniil Shafran played his entire creative life.
16 October 2013
On the 3rd of November, the performance of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory will open the Fifth Festival «VIVACELLO». One of the world’s famous bands led by Stefan Vladar will mark the beginning of a number of concerts by the eminent musicians that will be performed at the best Moscow sites for a fortnight.
22 April 2013
In St. Petersburg is opening the exhibition the II Photobiennale of The Russian Museum
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Vasili Shukhaev lived a long, complex, and eventful life that fully reflects all the facets of the drama befallen the Russian artistic intelligentsia in the 20th century. Historical events, politics, plus certain peculiarities of the 
