Moscow Museum contemporary art- the first in Russia state museum, entirely specializing in the art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Since its opening, the museum has expanded the scope of its activities many times and received recognition from the general public. Today the museum is one of the most active participants artistic life capital Cities.
The museum opened its doors on December 15, 1999 with the support of the Moscow Government and the Moscow Department of Culture. The founder and director of the museum was Zurab Tsereteli, President of the Russian Academy of Arts. His personal collection of more than 2000 works famous artists XX century, marked the beginning of the museum collection. Later, the museum’s funds were significantly replenished, and currently it is one of the most representative collections Russian art XX century.
Today the museum is located on five sites in the historical center of Moscow. The main building, which houses the permanent exhibition and temporary exhibitions, is located on Petrovka Street, in the former mansion of the merchant Gubin, built according to the design of the architect Matvey Kazakov. In addition, the museum has four magnificent exhibition spaces at its disposal:
- a five-story building in Ermolaevsky Lane;
- spacious gallery on Tverskoy Boulevard;
- old building Russian Academy arts on Gogolevsky Boulevard;
- house of merchant Vasily Gorbunov on Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street.
Collection
The museum's collection represents the main stages of the development of the avant-garde. Most of the collection consists of works by Russian authors, but the exhibition also includes works foreign artists: graphic works by Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Joan Miró and Giorgio de Chirico, sculptures by Salvador Dali, Armand and Arnaldo Pomodoro, paintings by Henri Rousseau and Françoise Gilot, installations by Yukinori Yanaga.
The core of the museum's collection consists of works by classics of the Russian avant-garde of the early twentieth century. Many works purchased at auctions and in galleries in Europe and the USA were returned to their homeland from abroad. Among them are paintings by Kazimir Malevich, Marc Chagall, Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov, Aristarkh Lentulov, Vladimir Tatlin, Pavel Filonov and Wassily Kandinsky, sculptures by Alexander Archipenko and Ossip Zadkine. In addition, the museum is proud of its unique collection of works by the Georgian primitivist artist Niko Pirosmani.
An impressive section of the exhibition is dedicated to the work of nonconformist artists of the 1960-1980s: Ilya Kabakov, Anatoly Zverev, Vladimir Yakovlev, Vladimir Nemukhin, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, Oscar Rabin, Dmitry Krasnopevtsev, Leonid Shvartsman, Oleg Tselkov and others.
The museum supports the development of contemporary art in Russia and is constantly expanding its collection. Now the contemporary art section presents works by Boris Orlov, Dmitry Aleksandrovich Prigov, Valery Koshlyakov, Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexander Vinogradov, Oleg Kulik, Viktor Pivovarov, Konstantin Zvezdochetov, Andrey Bartenev and other artists.
Operating mode:
- Monday-Sunday - from 12:00 to 20:00;
- Thursday - from 13:00 to 21:00;
- The third Monday of every month is a day off.
Ticket prices
Single ticket for all venues:
- standard ticket - 500 rubles;
- discount ticket - 200 rubles.
Tickets to Petrovka, 25:
- discount ticket - 150 rubles.
Tickets for Gogolevsky Boulevard, 10:
- standard ticket - 350 rubles;
- discount ticket - 150 rubles.
Tickets for Ermolaevsky Lane, 17:
- discount ticket - 100 rubles.
Tickets for Tverskoy Boulevard, 9:
- standard ticket - 150 rubles;
- discount ticket - 50 rubles.
Tickets for Bolshaya Gruzinskaya, 15:
- standard ticket - 250 rubles;
- discount ticket - 100 rubles.
Benefits are established for the following groups of visitors: secondary and secondary vocational students educational institutions, pensioners of the Russian Federation, working disabled people of II and III classes, full-time full-time students of Russian universities, persons under 18 years of age, members of large families, conscripts, illegally repressed and rehabilitated citizens of the Russian Federation.
Free entry to all venues: children under 7 years of age, full-time full-time students of art and architectural universities, faculties of universities specializing in the field of art, members of the Academy of Arts, the Association of Art Critics of the Russian Federation and the Unions of Artists, Architects, Designers and Journalists of the Russian Federation, employees of museums of the Russian Federation, members of ICOM, children - disabled people, orphans and children without parental care, unemployed disabled people of grades I and II, WWII participants and veterans, students educational institutions- shelters, rehabilitation centers, centers for social assistance to families and children, heroes of the USSR, heroes of the Russian Federation, full holders of the Order of Glory.
- MMSI is considered one of the leading cultural centers capital Cities.
- At the heart of exhibition activities Moscow Museum of Modern Art - personal collection of Zurab Tsereteli.
- The museum owns four buildings in the center of Moscow.
- On Petrovka 25 works by Kazimir Malevich, Marc Chagall, Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov, Pavel Filonov, Vladimir Tatlin and many others are stored.
- Building in Ermolaevsky Lane is the main exhibition space of MMSI; original and significant exhibitions of the project are held here.
- Buildings on Gogolevsky and Tverskoy boulevards used for holding interesting symposiums, exhibitions and creative meetings.
- All information The museum is available in English.
Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMMA)- the first state municipal museum in Russia demonstrating Russian and foreign art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Founded in 1999 with the support of the Moscow Government and the Department of Culture, MMSI has been considered one of the leading cultural centers in the capital for more than 15 years.
The basis of the concept of exhibition activities Moscow Museum of Modern Art - personal collection of Zurab Tsereteli, famous sculptor and the President of the Russian Academy of Arts, which allows us to trace the main stages in the development of modern Russian and foreign art. The museum's policy involves a gradual change in thematic exhibitions and the organization of special projects aimed at the possibility of perception various forms contemporary art visitors with different levels preparation.
The Museum of Modern Art owns four buildings, located around the Boulevard Ring in the center of Moscow.
- Main building - on Petrovka, 25. It houses part of the museum's permanent collection and hosts temporary exhibitions. The building is equipped with special equipment for people with disabilities. IN last years is undergoing extensive reconstruction.
- Five floors given over to the needs of the museum in a house from the early 20th century at the address: Ermolaevsky Lane, 17(MMSI in Ermolaevsky). This building is now the main exhibition space of MMSI.
- Gallery at 9
- Ancient building Russian Academy of Arts at Gogolevsky Boulevard, 10 also built according to the design of Matvey Kazakov and serves as a venue for numerous international exhibition projects, symposiums and conferences .
Petrovka, 25
At Petrovka, 25, exhibitions are held regularly. This is symbolic, since the former merchant mansion, built in late XVIII century, became at the beginning of the 20th century the alma mater for many outstanding cultural figures of that time - it seems to preserve their shadows and voices. In the rich museum collection– works by Marc Chagall, Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov, Pavel Filonov, Vladimir Tatlin and many others, whose works were purchased at auctions and in galleries in Europe and the USA and returned to their homeland.
The MMMA on Petrovka offers works by Russian avant-garde artists, as well as works by their foreign colleagues. Thus, the museum’s collection contains masterly graphics by Fernand Léger, Giorgio de Chirico and works by Salvador Dali and Arman. Here the works of the artist Niko Pirosmani and the works of leading nonconformist artists of the 1960s–1980s Ilya Kabakov, Oscar Rabin, Anatoly Zverev and others found their home. The museum strives to show a panorama of modern cultural life and therefore does not remain aloof from the latest trends, replenishing its collection with the work of representatives of contemporary art - Viktor Pivovarov, Konstantin Zvezdochetov, Dmitry Prigov, etc.
Exhibitions on Petrovka, 25 are constantly updated, and therefore you can visit here many times, learning new talented works by artists of the 21st century and past times. Thus, at one of the exhibitions the projects of Antoni Gaudi were presented (many unique drawings and models of buildings that became the decoration of Barcelona), and at the other - an interactive installation contemporary artist Alexandra Dementieva: examples of the latest technological method of creating images.
Ermolaevsky, Gogolevsky, Tverskoy
The MMSI site on Ermolaevsky Lane hosts no less original and significant exhibitions. As many as five floors were dedicated to the needs of the museum in a building from the early 20th century, so the building in Ermolaevsky is the main exhibition space of the MMSI. In 2017, visitors saw here Valery Aizenberg’s retrospective project “MIGRATIO”, demonstrating contemporary Russian art through the prism of creativity the brightest artist 80s, and also the anniversary exhibition of the outstanding photo artist Sergei Borisov “Zeitgeist” in intriguing black and white colors, the large-scale video installation by Alexandra Mitlyanskaya “Between the Past and the Future” and much more.
The ancient building of the Russian Academy of Arts on Gogolevsky Boulevard, 10 serves as a venue for numerous international exhibition projects, symposiums and conferences.
Gallery on Tverskoy Boulevard, 9, located in the space of the former creative workshop of Zurab Tsereteli, well remembers its owner, his guests and the atmosphere of creativity that reigned here, so today the most significant and conceptual events of Moscow cultural life take place there.
Museum mission
MMSI considers one of its tasks to be the organization of an extensive exhibition program, thanks to which one can see both retrospectives of famous artists of the 20th century and works by emerging masters of visual culture, and in addition, attend events as part of festivals of various sizes. The museum actively cooperates with young artists, supporting their endeavors at the two-year School of Contemporary Art “Free Workshops”, located in the building on Petrovka, 25. Here you can listen to a course of lectures on Russian and foreign art XX and XXI centuries, get acquainted with the art market and new technologies visual arts, try to figure it out current problems modern culture. Among other things, the museum also offers numerous children's programs: for example, art studio“Fantasy” welcomes children from 5 to 12 years old and conducts children’s master classes, excursions and training courses.
In a day cultural heritage, April 18, I managed to get on an excursion from the “Exit to the City” project to the Gubin Estate, better known as the Museum of Contemporary Art. The former estate, and now the museum, is located in the center of Moscow, on Petrovka Street. I am sharing my review of my visit to the Museum of Contemporary Art on Petrovka.
By signing up for an excursion to the Gubin Estate through social network(from the project "Exit to the City"), I was terribly pleased with myself. I made it, I made it! - I rejoiced, anticipating another interesting journey into the past. The excursion started at 16-00, but, as always, I managed to be late. Well, more precisely, it’s the fault of the minibus that got stuck in a traffic jam (according to old tradition there is always someone to blame). I had to change from the minibus to the metro, get to Tsvetnoy Boulevard, and then literally run with my camera at the ready, to Petrovka Street. All in all, hard way I had to overcome - what a craving for knowledge!
Phew, after catching my breath, I saw a bunch of intelligent people in the courtyard of the Museum of Modern Art.
Is this an excursion from the Exit to the city?” I asked.
Yes, yes, the answer is a pretty auntie - by the way, your face is familiar. The same faces on excursions.
My heart somehow calmed down after the marathon run, and I decided to look around. The museum courtyard is an exhibition of unusual sculptures under open air. In the distance of the courtyard you could see the Mart cafe. By the way, you can enter the courtyard completely free of charge, without visiting the museum.
Despite the beginning of five, no one started the excursion. “Well, I ran in vain,” flashed through my head. However, we were not allowed to get bored for long - a local guide came out of the museum building and took us to the Estate Museum.
First of all, it should be noted that at the address Petrovka 25, there are several objects:
1) A perfectly preserved building by the architect Matvey Kazakov;
2) Collection of contemporary art, which is exhibited in the halls of the former Gubin estate;
3) The courtyard of the estate, where various open-air sculptures are located.
The entrance to the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art is decorated in an unusual way; it reminded me personally of something like the entrance to a cave.
The first thing you notice when entering the building is the beautiful massive wooden door, very heavy.
A luxurious staircase leads to the former state rooms, as in a classic manor. On both sides of the stairs and on the ceiling there are images using the grisaille technique (painting various shades imitating stucco). By the way, the dome of the round hall is also painted using the grisaille technique. Petrovsky travel palace .
The guide began a story about the history of the ancient Moscow building.
Museum building by Matvey Kazakov
So, about the estate. The building that houses the Museum of Modern Art is an architectural monument of Moscow in the 18th century. The building was built in 1793 according to the design of the famous architect Matvey Kazakov. It went down in history under the name Gubin Estate. Many years ago this building belonged to Mikhail Pavlovich Gubin, a wealthy Ural industrialist. Apparently, in those days, everyone, just like everyone, wanted to go to Moscow, nothing changes over the years.
From the side of Petrovka Street, the building is simply beautiful. Impeccable style of Matvey Kazakov: clear lines, noble columns. The facade of a typical Moscow estate faces the red line of the street, while the rest of the estate, hidden from prying eyes, was located behind the main building. This was an unusual decision for those times. By the way, before late XIX century there was a small pond behind the Estate, which was filled in - land in Moscow was always expensive. In 1880 main house handed over to the gymnasium. It is known that the famous symbolist poet Valery Bryusov and the Bakhrushin brothers studied there.
In 1920, the Institute of Physiotherapy and Orthopedics appeared on the site of the former gymnasium. And right up until the moment the museum appeared within these walls, there was a hospital facility here. During this time, the exterior decoration and interior became very dilapidated and a major restoration was required. A low bow to those people who, bit by bit, restored the external and interior decoration estates.
As a result, the museum visitor can now see unique paintings ceilings of the mansion, made in a classic spirit. Elements of the interior - the main staircase, the orchestra niche in the ballroom, ceramic stoves - still convey to us the atmosphere of Moscow antiquity.
Despite rich history Inside, the interiors have practically not been preserved; in fact, there are only walls and ceiling paintings. Because of this, many tourists were upset, expecting to see something “ancient and noble” inside. But in some rooms, beautiful paintings in the grisaille technique I have already mentioned were preserved on the ceilings. I am posting photos so that everyone can appreciate this beauty.
Exhibition of the Museum of Modern Art
But let's return from its former splendor to the present. The former Gubin estate houses the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art. That is, it turned out to be a very unusual combination - art of the 20th and 21st centuries, and ancient architecture.
I will say right away that it is better to visit the museum with a tour, because you yourself are unlikely to understand anything, unless of course you are a connoisseur of modern art.
A very nice museum guide gave us a real excursion into the world of contemporary art.
The other thing about the museum is that it hosts various exhibitions. At the time of our excursion, the museum was hosting an exhibition “Dreams for those who are awake.”
Description of the exhibition concept from the museum’s official website (I admit, I wouldn’t have written it like that myself): The task of the new, fifth, thematic exhibition of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art is to analyze the patterns of spectator perception through the prism of the eternal, relevant and to this day opposition of the “true” and “phantom” image. In other words, explore what is rooted in Western culture the conflict between the positive, rational idea of the image as a transparent “window into the world” and directly opposite attitude to visual similarities as suspicious or downright dangerous fruits of fantasy. Rarely revealed in such an exaggerated form, these psychological attitudes appear to be a dynamic pair: they are able to change places depending on the point of view.
In simple words, this is an exhibition-rebus, where contemporary artists and sculptors offer to solve various riddles, include creative thinking. This is amazing and interesting.
In the first hall we literally “looked into the eyes of contemporary art,” and the big “eye” of art looked at us from the canvas. Who-whom, in general. It’s better not to play staring contests with “art”, you’ll lose anyway. It feels strange, I admit. In a small room, “eyes” were exposed in different forms: drawing, telescope, etc.
It was even cooler in the second room. In the former ballroom, unusual installations are exhibited on the theme of dreams, which recalled our consciousness in prehistoric times, to the cave of ancient people. The whole action took place in a dark, dark hall; the huge windows of the ballroom were curtained.
Dreams, for those who are awake
If it weren’t for the guide, I wouldn’t have understood anything, honestly. And thanks to her, everything fell into place in my head.
To understand the essence of the exhibition, a few more works.
Among the artists whose works are exhibited at the current exhibition: AES+F, Nikita Alekseev, Sergey Bratkov, Oleg Vasiliev, Francisco Infante, Ilya Kabakov and many others.
I also really liked this unusual corridor.
Modern Art Museum
We spent about an hour in the museum, but the time flew by.
Courtyard with unusual sculptures
After a walk around the estate, the guide offered to show us interesting exhibits in the courtyard of the museum. Well, who can refuse? However, there were few people willing, and out of a group of 20 people, only 5 came out into the yard.
In the courtyard, the most interesting specimen is... a piece of stairs. But this is not an ordinary staircase, this is part of the staircase of the Eiffel Tower, which was literally “snatched” to museums of modern art around the world.
Everyone can see it here famous heroes the film “Mimino”, the monument to Vysotsky, the composition “Citizens” and many other sculptures.
Part of the staircase from the real Eiffel Tower
Overall, this excursion was very interesting. However, all those who are looking for preserved noble interiors in this estate will be disappointed. But those who want to plunge into the world of modern art and get acquainted with the works of twentieth-century authors will certainly be rewarded with a lot of impressions and new knowledge. And I’ll take note of the courtyard with sculptures, where you can hide from the bustle of the center of Moscow.
Address: Moscow, Petrovka street, 25 (metro stations “Chekhovskaya”, “Pushkinskaya”)
Ticket prices: 250 rub. (adult), 100 rub. (preferential, for students).
Opening hours: Mon-Wed and Fri-Sun 12:00-20:00 (ticket office open until 19:30)
Thursday from 13.00 to 21.00 (Box office until 20.30).
Day off - third Monday of every month
The third Sunday of every month, admission is free for all categories of citizens.
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