Moscow's Contemporary Art Scene: A Guide to Galleries and Museums
A report by Artribune Magazine sheds light on significant contemporary art venues in Moscow. The New Tretyakov Gallery, established in 1983, is home to Russian modern masterpieces, featuring artists like Kazimir Malevich and Natalia Goncharova. Opened in 1912, the Pushkin Museum displays Western art, including Bronzino's Madonna Stroganoff. The State Tretyakov Gallery, which was gifted by Pavel Tretyakov in 1892, showcases 19th-century talents such as Ilya Repin. Founded in 1999 by Zurab Tsereteli, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) is dedicated to bringing back lost Russian artworks. Bolotny Island hosts notable sites like the Strelka Institute, Lumière Brothers Gallery, and the GES-2 power plant, designed by Renzo Piano. The Garage Museum, which opened in 2008, is located in a refurbished Soviet pavilion, alongside other venues like Winzavod and the Jewish Museum, inaugurated in 2012.
Key facts
- New Tretyakov Gallery designed in 1964, completed in 1983.
- New Tretyakov houses one of four versions of Malevich's Black Square.
- Pushkin Museum opened in 1912, founded by Ivan Tsvetaev, Yuri Nechaev-Maltsov, and Roman Klein.
- State Tretyakov Gallery donated to Moscow by Pavel Tretyakov in 1892.
- MMOMA founded in 1999 by Zurab Tsereteli with a donation of 2,000 works.
- GES-2 power plant designed by Renzo Piano, scheduled to open in 2019.
- Garage Museum founded in 2008 by Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova.
- Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre opened in 2012, designed by Ralph Appelbaum.
Entities
Artists
- Natalia Goncharova
- Mikhail Larionov
- Kazimir Malevich
- Marc Chagall
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Alexander Rodchenko
- Vladimir Tatlin
- Lyubov Popova
- Boris Kustodiev
- Ilya Repin
- Valentin Serov
- Ivan Kramskoi
- Leo Tolstoy
- Karl Bulla
- Zurab Tsereteli
- Renzo Piano
- Roman Abramovich
- Dasha Zhukova
- Konstantin Melnikov
- Vladimir Shukhov
- Ralph Appelbaum
- Bronzino
- Rembrandt
- Pavel Tretyakov
- Ivan Tsvetaev
- Yuri Nechaev-Maltsov
- Roman Klein
- Maria Pia Masella
Institutions
- New Tretyakov Gallery
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- Pushkin Museum
- Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA)
- Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
- Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design
- Lumière Brothers Gallery
- GES-2
- V-A-C Foundation
- Winzavod
- Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre
- Russian Academy of Arts
- Hermitage Museum
- Artribune Magazine
Locations
- Moscow
- Russia
- Saint Petersburg
- Neva River
- Moscow River
- Muzeon Park
- Bolotny Island
- Red October
- Gorky Park
- Yasnaya Polyana
- Poland
- Egypt