| Kunstkamera http://www.kunstkamera.ru/ Located on the banks of the Neva in the center of St.Petersburg, the Kunstkammer has been the symbol of the Russian Academy of Sciences since the early 18th century. Founded to Peter the Great’s Decree, the Museum opened to the public in 1714. Its purpose was to collect and examine natural and human curiosities and rarities. Today, collections of Peter the Great’s Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkammer) are among the most complete and interesting... |
| Museum of Applied Art http://www.russianmuseums.info/M181#web Located only a block away from the Mikhailovsky Castle and the Field of Mars, the Applied Art Museum is little known and rarely included in tourist itineraries. Yet the museum, which was established to provide education and stimuli to future generations of Russian artists and designers, is a real treasure for anyone interested in the fine arts and antiques. Its collection of over 30 thousand exhibits includes various decorative arts and crafts, including furniture, porcelain, chandeliers,... |
| Museum of Non-Conformist Art http://www.nonmuseum.ru/ Part of the Pushkinskaya 10 Arts Center, which has become the (un)official home of St. Petersburg's alternative arts scene, this ramshackle gallery is a must-see for anyone with an interest in the development of modern art in Russia. Housed in several rooms of this sprawling association of galleries, concert venues, and studios, the museum represents the most interesting aspects of independent art from the Soviet Union. The Museum was established in 1988 on... |
| St. Petersburg Doll Museum http://www.saint-petersburg.com/museums/museum-dol The St. Petersburg doll museum is the first of its kind in Russia. The museum consists of an unusual display of dolls that are dressed in national and historical costumes from different time periods. The clothing was made by doll-makers in St. Petersburg, and is based on historical documents, works of art, and literature. The clothes are representative of many countries and peoples from around the world as well as from the different regions of Russia. The first floor of... |
| The Russian Academy of Fine Arts Museum http://nimrah.ru/ The Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts is one of the oldest fine arts collections in St. Petersburg. It was founded in 1758 in the reign of Empress Elizabeth to provide young artists with a possibility to learn from the best works of art. I.I. Shuvalov, the initiator and first curator of the Academy (established in 1757), presented as a gift his private collection of paintings including canvases by Raphael, Veronese, Rubens and other masters that became a... |
| The Russian Museum http://www.rusmuseum.ru The Russian Museum is home to the world’s largest collection of Russian fine art. It was opened on March 7 (19) 1898 by decree of Tsar Nicholas II and was country’s first ever state museum of Russian fine art, which was able to present the visitors the whole history of its development. From the very beginning the collection was housed in the Mikhailovsky Palace, which was built... |
| The Russian Museum (Stroganov Palace) http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/museum/complex/str_pal The Stroganov Palace, built on the corner of Nevsky Prospekt and the River Moika, belonged to the Stoganovs, famous patrons and collectors, during two centuries from the early 18th to the early 20th centuries. It is necessary to say that the well-known facades in St Petersburg were built by the court architect of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, who also... |
| The Russian Museum (The Marble Palace) http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/museum/complex/mram_pa As well as hosting some of the most interesting of the State Russian Museum's temporary exhibitions, the Marble Palace also contains two permanent collections. One contains the works donated to the Russian Museum in the 1990s by the Rzhevskiy brothers, Yakov and Iosef, who managed to build a remarkable collection of late 19th and early 20th century art by painters such as Mikhail Nesterov, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, and Kuzma... |
| The Russian Museum (The Mikhailovsky Castle) http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/museum/complex/mih_cas The Mikhailovsky Castle - now a branch of the Russian Museum - is one of the most mysterious buildings in St. Petersburg. The history of the castle, built between 1797 and1800 for Russia's most enigmatic monarch, Emperor Paul I, is full of unusual and dramatic events. In the early 1990s the castle became a branch of the Russian Museum and now houses its Portrait Gallery, featuring official portraits of the Russian Emperors and Empresses and various dignitaries and... |
| The Russian Museum (The Mikhailovsky Palace) http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/museum/complex/mih_pal The Russian Museum was established in 1895 and opened on March 14, 1898 in the Mikhailovsky Palace. The original collection consisted of 80 canvases from the Hermitage collection, 120 - from the Academy of Fine Arts and 200 - from various royal palaces. So many pieces of art were donated to the Russian Museum after 1898 that an additional Benois Building was constructed in 1914-16 to house the growing collection of the museum. After the revolution of 1917 collection of the... |
| The State Hermitage Museum http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/ The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest museums in the world, with 3 million works of art, and one of the oldest art galleries and museums of human history and culture in the world. The vast Hermitage collections are displayed in six buildings, the main one being the Winter Palace which used to be the official residence of the Russian Tsars. International branches of The Hermitage Museum are located in Amsterdam, London, Las Vegas and... |
| ArtWorks! exhibits feature international perspectives (The Standard-Times) - ArtWorks! today marks the opening of two month-long exhibitions, featuring the work of New Bedford resident and Senegal native Antoine Ferreira, and Russian native and Chicago-based artist Olga Tsareva. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:03:22 GMT |
| Last Days to See Rembrandt: Painter of Stories at The Museo del Prado (Art Daily) - Rembrandt, Samson and Delilah, Oil on canvas, 206 x 276 cm, 1636, Frankfurt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie. MADRID.- The Museo del Prado is about to close the exhibition Rembrandt: Painter of Stories. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:57:03 GMT |
| Arts and theater calendar (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune) - PROFESSIONAL THEATER Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:07:34 GMT |
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