“Innovation-2017” award laureates are announced

An award ceremony for the “Innovation 2017” State award laureates in the area of modern art was held in the Moscow Planetarium in the evening of 30 May. A strategic partner of the award was U-Art foundation, and the sponsor is UNIDENT Group.

The award in the category “Book of the Year: Theory and History of Modern Art”, established with “U-art:You and art” foundation was given to an edition, timed to coincide with the exhibition “Andrey Kuzkin. Right to life” in the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (the supervisor is Natalya Tamruchi). The edition was issued by the Moscow Museum of Modern Art with the support of the “Russian art world” foundation.

The award in the category “Education project” was given to “Music for everyone” inclusive program (the supervisor is Anastasiya Tolstaya) dedicated to the collaboration of sighted and blind musicians and implemented in Saint-Petersburg by “PRO-ARTE” foundation, the Centre of medical and social rehabilitation for persons with visual disabilities and Saint-Petersburg State Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

The research called “Sea of opportunities”, connected with the history of the Perm State Art Gallery, (the supervisors are Vladimir Beresnev and Marina Pughina) was awarded in the category “Regional project”.

The winner in the category “New generation” was Kirill Glushchenko, the author of the project called “The image of our everyday life is beautiful” (the exhibition of “Glushchenkoizdat” publishing house), organized by V—A–C foundation in the space of a former factory building in Polkovaya street in Moscow.

The award in the category “Painter of the Year” was given to Leonid Tishkov, who presented an exhibition-performance called “Look at Your House” in an exhibition hall of Volga-Vyatsk branch of the State Center of Modern Art (Nizhniy Novgorod) at the end of 2016.

“The Supervisor of the Year” became Alexander Burenkov, who was awarded for his exhibition “Planned obsolescence” in the space of the capital Body-digital fitness / miltronic club (the project was realized in the framework of a parallel program of the V Moscow International Biennale for Young Art).

The award in the category “Project of the Year” was given to the New Space of the Theatre of Nations (the supervisor is Vera Martynov) — interdisciplinary initiative combining music, theatre and modern art.

Moreover, the award “Innovation” was given in two out-of-competition categories: the award in the category “For Contribution to the Development of Modern Art” was given to the painter Viktor Pivovarod, and the award in the category “For Support of Russian Modern Art” was given to the founders of Moscow Contemporary Art Center WINZAVOD Sofia and Roman Trotsenko.

A special prize (a three-month internship in Paris residence Cité internationale des Arts) in the category “New generation” was granted by the French Institution and the Embassy of France in Russia with the support of Air France air company. It was granted to Elena Skripkina, the author of a visual and sound improvisation called “Quartet for the End of Time” (on a theme of the similarly-named composition by Olivier Messiaen), presented at the end of 2016 in the framework of VZLET project in the space of YAK-42 airplane in VDNH in Moscow.

“Innovation” is the first and the most authoritative Russian award in the sphere of modern art. The mission of the award is to support authors working in the sphere of modern art, to reveal creative achievements and draw general public’s attention to these achievements. The state award “Innovation” was established in 2005, and this year it was given to outstanding cultural figures for the 12^th time.

Alexander Borovsky

Alexander Gudkov

Alena Doletskaya

Alina Saprykina

Andrey Savva-Savelyev

Anna Andronova

Anton Belov

Antonio Alizzi

Asya Zalogina and Sandra Nedvetskaya

Viktor Pivovarov

Tamaz Manasherov and Iveta Manasherova

Zurab Tsereteli

Madina Gogova and Mariana Gogova

Viktor Pivovarod, Natalya SHkuleva and Andrey Malakhov

Vera Martynov

Evgeniya Shevchuk

Darya Kotova, Maksim Alesander, Alena Doletskaya

Evgeniya Popova

Ekaterina Darma

Kira Sakarello, Vasily Tsereteli and Dmitry Volkov

Ekaterina Kibovskaya

Ekaterina Mechetina

Ilya Bachurin and Nadezhda Sysoeva

Inna Kozeruk

Kirill Glushchenko

Ekaterina Vinokurova, Evgeniya Popova, Kseniya Tarakanova, Sandra Nedvetskaya

Kseniya Tarakanova

Margarita Pushkina

Kristina Omelchenko, Dina Silina

Mari Koberidze

Svetlana Marich

Marina Loshak, Viktor Pivovarov

Olga Sviblov

Mark Garber

Natalya Shkuleva and Andrey Malakhov

Sofia Trotsenko

Simon Mraz

Pavel Pepperstein, Ksenia Dranysh and Dmitry Volkov

Taus Makhacheva

Evelina Khromchenko

Sofia Trotsenko, Anastasia Shavlokhova

Teresa Mavika and Anton Belov

6 June 2017

The Return from Europe to Russia

The State Russian Museum with the participation of Alexei Jawlensky's Archives and with the assistance of the U-ART Foundation prepared a large-scale international project dedicated to the creative work of the Russian artist Alexei Jawlensky and his son Andreas. The grand opening of the “Alexei and Andreas Jawlensky. Adventures in Color” exhibition took place on 10 August 2017 in the branch of the Russian Museum in Malaga. It is planned to bring the exposition from Spain to St. Petersburg, Russia, where it will be shown in the halls of the Russian Museum.

26 December 2016

In the Focus Press review on the VIVACELLO festival

Russian media did not ignore the international cello festival — virtually every concert of the program provoked the interest of journalists, and the artistic director and guests of the festival became the heroes of many publications. Let's summarize the reviews.

23 December 2016

Pirosmani and Co.

This fall-winter exhibition season in Moscow museums has seen a grand assortment of vibrant art events. Long queues cannot frighten art lovers keen to view the masterpieces of the Vatican collection or visiting displays from French and Italian museums. Going to an art show has become a fashionable trend, and its followers closely monitor museum programs for updates, booking tickets in advance. The U-ART fund, jointly with the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, has created a project that in the list of the winter 2016/17 exhibitions is worthy of a prominent spot - thanks to the concept behind it

8 December 2016

Honoring the tradition

A private view of Georgian art at the Pushkin Museum. The entire business and cultural elite of Moscow gathered that evening at the Private Collections Department of the Pushkin Museum, the three floors of which were milling with notable guests.

7 December 2016

Giovanni Sollima: “ You can be very ‘ modern’ but disconnected from life”

At the Vivacello festival, the Italian cellist and composer performed his Antidotum Tarantulae XXI concert for the first time in Russia. This “modern antidote for tarantula bite” stirred, probably, most discussions in the press and among the festival visitors alike. The expressive modern music is in conversation with the past, with the Renaissance and Baroque — and for explanations we turned to Giovanni Sollima himself