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SoCultures November 2018
India & Russia
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
This is the first state museum in Russia it has exclusive collection on the art of the
20 th and 21 st century. It enjoys the grandeur status of highly dynamic and vibrant
center of cultural activities. Zutrab Tsereteli, a painter, sculptor, architect is also the
President of the Russian Academy of Arts.
He brought his private collection for the public display which comprised more than
two thousand works by some legendary and masters artists from the 20 th century
like Kazimir Malevich, Marc Chagall, Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov,
Aristarkh Lentulov, Vladimir Tatlin, Pavel Filonov, Wassily Kandinsky, Alexander
Archipenko, Niko Pirosmani, Ilya Kabakov, Anatoly Zverev, Vladimir Yakovlev,
Vladimir Nemukhin, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid. What’s interesting is
that the collection continues to grow through acquisitions and donations.
The one main building among the three main buildings is situated in Petrovka
Street which has the pride of displaying permanent collection. This building is in
the former 18 th century mansion house of merchant Gubin , an imposing marvel of
the neoclassical architecture by Matvey Kazako, who was known for his expertise
in neoclassical architecture.
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