20 March 2012

The Second Photobiennale of The Russian Museum

In St. Petersburg is opening the exhibition of participants of the II Photobiennale of The Russian Museum. On March 23 in the Marble Palace, you will see 350 photos of various genres, which represent a cross-section of modern art photographers — both professionals and amateurs. Sponsor and founder of a special prize Photobiennale is the cultural and charity foundation U-Art: You and the Art.

Russian museum workers suggest that regular exhibitions of «Museum Biennial of Contemporary Photography» provides an opportunity to acquaint the viewer with the work of contemporary Russian photographers every two years.

Current members of the artistic process become a large number of photographers from different regions of the country, thanks to information and technical capabilities, Internet communications.

All comers could send their works to participate in the Photobiennale. This year staff of the Russian Museum received more than 2000 photos, of which museum's advisory council selected work for exhibition. Conventionally, the work can be divided into nine thematic sections: «Scene,» «Everyday,» «City,» «Faces,» «Still-Life», «The beauty of the body,» «Landscape», «believers», «Imaginary.»

Thematic and genre diversity of products involved in this ambitious project, allows you to discover the catholicity of photography art, to demonstrate its inherent expressiveness and imaginative artistic language.

Traditionally, during the Exhibition take place the voting that will determine the most favorite audience’s photos. These works along with the choice of an expert jury will be selected to participate in a special exhibition of works by the winners Biennale.

Authors of best photos will be awarded, including a special prize of the cultural and charity foundation U-Art: You and the Art.

Photo exhibition in the Marble Palace in St. Petersburg, gathered a variety of genres, will last until the end of May

Journalists and Photobiennale members at the opening ceremony at the White Hall of the marble palace

Deputy Director of RSM Evgenia Petrova, executive director of the U-Art Yana Klevtsova and vice-governor of St. Petersburg Igor Metelsky

Each participant received a complimentary copy of the exhibition catalog Photobiennale.

Executive Director of the Peter and Irene Ludwig Walter Kvayns

Deputy Director in scientific works Evgeny Petrov

The director of publishing and exhibition GRM programs Ioseph Kiblitsky

Press briefing on the Photobiennale: Museum and fund U-Арт workers told reporters about the project

The main prize will get the author of the photos who will be chosen by the visitors. Award granted cultural and charity foundation U-Art

To determine the most favorite of the audience, in the course of the exhibition is organized the voting

04 May 2012

Innovations and Art

The all-Russian competition in the area of the modern visual art Innovation has marked its end. The main prize in the nomination A Work of Visual Art has been awarded to the project of Alexander Brodsky Cisterna. And a special prize of the U-Art: You and Art fund went to Olga Shishko for the research dedicated to the issue of crossing of the modern visual art and cinema spaces.

14 December 2011

The Third International Cello Festival VIVACELLO

From September 27th till October 1st in Moscow has passed the Third international Cello Festival VIVACELLO. It is the only Russian festival devoted to cello music. This year among the participants are world-renowned musicians such as Yuri Bashmet, Julian Rachlin, Sergei Nakaryakov, Alexander Rudin, Claudio Boorkes, Katia Skanavi and famous musical collectives.

30 April 2011

Innovation 2011: winners’ awarding

April 7, 2011 at the Centre of Contemporary Culture "Garage" took place the sixth solemn ceremony of awarding the All-Russian competition in the field of contemporary visual art INNOVATION. Traditionally, co-organizer of the ceremony came out the cultural and charitable fund U-Art, sponsor - a group of companies UNIDENT.

28 September 2010

Oscar Rabin in France

In September 2010 in France within the program «Year of Russia in France and France in Russia» two personal exhibitions of one of the famous modern artist Oscar Rabin were started at once. Rabin, an expressionist, nonconformist and the founder of the «Lianozovsky group» has presented more than 100 author's works, drawings, archival photos of the Soviet epoch.

14 September 2010

The Russian Museum shows "Sky in the Art"

The exhibition with such a poetic and mysterious name was opened on August 12 in Benois Wing of the State Russian Museum. In four halls the image of sky was presented by many artists who worked in different epochs and represented the different styles and ways of art. Every visitor can find his sky here.

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