High Reward

The Italian Embassy in Moscow hosted a ceremony on 27 September to award the Knight Orders of the Star of Italy to Iveta Manasherova and Tamaz Manasherov. The award is presented by the President of the Republic of Italy for special merits in the promotion of friendly relations and cooperation between Italy and other countries.

In his speech during the awards ceremony, Pasquale Terracciano, Italian Ambassador to Russia, emphasized that thanks to the Foundation U-ART and its founders many important cultural events took place in Moscow that have become landmarks for Russian-Italian friendship and cooperation – the retrospective of Lucio Fontana, the exhibition “Italian Futurism from the Mattioli Collection. Russian Cubo-Futurism from the Russian Museum and Private Collections”, as well as many others.
The diplomat noted separately the foundation's activities in the field of promotion and support of Italian musicians and Italian music – the international festivals Vivacello and Vivarte.

We sincerely congratulate Iveta Manasherova and Tamaz Manasherov on receiving the Orders of the Star of Italy! Finally, it is important to note that the Foundation U-ART and Unident Group of Companies have contributed to the implementation of many «Italian» projects, and friendly, business and cultural relations at the international level with the Italian Republic will only be strengthened.

24 March 2022

Dostoevsky 2.0

If Fyodor Mikhailovich had lived in our time –– what would he have written? Could he have taken up storytelling, composing quizzes or scripts for documentaries? Who would his characters and audience have been? In general, is Dostoevsky any more relevant or not? These questions formed a program devoted to the 200th anniversary of the writer: it was held at the Theater of Nations from March to December 2021, with the support of the Foundation U-ART. Two stages, the Small and the New, were assigned to the experimental performances.

5 August 2021

Italian and Russian Futurists Exhibition Opens in St. Petersburg

On July 15, the Mikhailovsky Castle with the participation of the U-Art Foundation was opened the exhibition “Italian Futurism from the Mattioli Collection. Russian Cubo-Futurism from the Russian Museum and Private Collections”.
The unique exhibition project brings together the works of Italian and Russian futurists and acquaints Russian viewers with this international art movement.

24 February 2020

Pirosmani: wanderer between worlds

In terms of hit exhibitions that attract visitors from many countries — including Russia — in the fall of 2018 Vienna was the undisputed leader among the European capitals. Next to the posters announcing Monet and Bruegel, a bizarre giraffe on a blue background stood out in stark contrast, staring at passers-by with almost human eyes.

22 January 2020

“ Life is about the moment you're in now”

Violinist Charlie Siem on visual art, Instagram and futureCharlie Siem is well known in the world of classical music as one of UK's most brilliant violinists. In May 2019, Charlie Siem participated for the first time in Moscow’s Vivarte Chamber Music Festival. The concert was part of The UK-Russia Year of Music announced by the British Embassy in Moscow.

4 July 2019

Nizhny Novgorod honors key innovations in contemporary art

On June 29, Nizhny Novgorod hosted the Innovation award ceremony supported by the U-Art Foundation. The event took place outside Moscow for the first time  in a 14-year-long history of this governmental award in contemporary art. This was one of the first steps towards decentralization proclaimed by the organizers