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The Institute of Russian Realist Art
The Institute of Russian Realist Art (IRRA) was established in 2011 by the businessman and collector Alexey Ananiev as a pri - vate initiative aimed at reviving the traditions of art patronage in Russia. The IRRA museum and exhibition centre is located in one of the old buildings in Moscow’s Zamoskvorechye district, a former cotton-printing factory built in the late 19th century.
The Institute’s collection is rightfully considered as one of the finest collections of the national realist school of the 20th century. The three floors of exhibition space, with a total area of over 4,500 square meters, feature about 400 works of Russian and Soviet art. The Institute of Russian Realist Art was con - ceived and created to introduce and promote the national school of realism. This guide contains some of the most outstanding and significant paintings from the IRRA permanent exhibition, introducing the viewer to the history of Russia from the end of the 19th century to the present day. Ranging from the renowned representatives of Russian Impressionism and Socialist realism, through the innovators of the Society of Easel Artists, to the founders of the severe style and the hyperrealists, the collec - tion embodies Russian art in all its complexity and diversity.
The essence of Russian realism originates from the moral traditions of the Peredvizhniki (also known as the Wanderers, or the Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions), as reinterpreted and developed by their students and followers. Despite the fact that the works shown in the museum were created mainly during the Soviet period, they maintain the achievements of the Russian school of art in their portrayal of nature in all its many forms, as well as the genre paintings and the eternal biblical themes and motifs that have always excited the imagination of viewers. The Museum is equipped by all necessary for comfortable stay of the visitors with disabilities: ramps, lift, mobile cloakroom, WS.
The IRRA excursions department offers guided tours. Albums about the exhibited artists are available at the souvenir shop. The Museum visitors are offered guide books in six languages (English, Chinese, German, French, Italian and Russian) and audio guide in Russian, English and Chinese.
Permanent Exhibition
The exhibition is arranged chronologically and starts on the first floor of the Institute. Paintings from the collection reveal an entire epoch in life of Rus - sia: while some are very accurate reflections of their creators, oth - ers reveal the artists in a significantly new perspective, unusual for their style, or are important in creating a sense of historical context.
The first floor is dedicated to the art of the first half of the 20th century, featuring works by famous masters from the Union of Russian Artists, the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia, the Society of Easel Artists and the Four Arts association, such as Arkady Plastov, Sergey Gerasimov, Alexander Deyneka, Yury Pimenov, Georgy Nissky, Isaak Brodsky and many others.
The second floor is devoted to the art of the second half of the 20th century, presenting one of the most outstanding collections of the artists of the 1960s, including works in the severe style such masters as Gely Korzhev, the brothers Sergey and Alexey Tkachev, Viktor Ivanov, Petr Ossovsky, Dmitry Zhilinsky.
The third floor offers a collection of paintings dating from the 1970s to the 2000s. The major part of this section comprises of works by the artists of Soviet hyperrealism - Alexander Petrov, Semion Faibisovich and Andrei Volkov, as well as figures representing the regional schools of painting.
Contact Information
Address:7, Derbenevskaya Street, bldg. 31, Moscow
(Nearest metro stations Paveletskaya and Proletarskaya)
Phone: +7 (495) 276-12-12
Web: www.rusrealart.ru
Opening Hours:
Tuesday -Sunday: 11:00–20:00
Thursday: 12:00–21:00.
The museum is closed on Monday
Attraction «Walking in the dark»
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The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography
The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography is a private exhibition organization located in the former chocolate factory Red October in Moscow. Since its foundation in 2010 by Natalia Grigorieva-Litvinskaya and Eduard Litvinsky, the center aims to present an in-depth look into Russian 20th century photography, promote acclaimed and emerging foreign artists and facilitate the integration of Russian photography into the international scene. The center fulfills its aims through exhibition, education and publishing programmes.
The center’s exhibition programme aims to explore and present photography to a wider audience. The program has been built around the center’s collection and collaborations with archives, contemporary photographers, private collectors and photography associations. The center possesses an extensive collection of Russian 20th century photography spanning from Pictorialism and Avant-garde of the early 20th century through Socialist Realism of the 1930s and photojournalism and artistic photography of the 1960s–1970s to underground movements of the 1980s–1990s and contemporary art. A private collection of Natalia and Eduard Litvinsky laid the foundation for the center’s collection. One of the main strands of the exhibition programme is based on research activities focused on studying and interpretation of Russian 20th century photography. Group exhibitions tracing the history of Russian photography from the perspective of genres and cultural aspects (among the recent ones “PROzavod” (2015), “Soviet photo” (2015)) and combining works by Soviet masters and emerging photographers aim to offer a comprehensive and sometimes unexpected view on the legacy of Soviet photography.
The center has presented to the Russian audience renowned European and American photographers, who have never been shown in Russia before, including Wynn Bullock, Harold Feinstein, Ruth Orkin, Steve Schapiro, Sabin Weiss, Arnold Newman, Josef Koudelka, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Sandro Miller and Robert Whitman.
Having organized a number of monographic exhibitions of foreign artists, the center aims to expand its international programme by creating conceptual exhibitions that would become a meeting ground for works produced by different artists and covering various countries and periods. It is important both to bring such international projects from abroad and to initiate them by the center’s team, developing the curatorial practices in Russia and offering complex and multiple perspectives on pertinent issues to viewers.
The center’s education programme aims to contribute to a greater public understanding and appreciation of photography and create opportunities for communication and collaboration between photographers, curators, amateurs and general public. Exhibition tours and audio guide are aimed at providing more information on ongoing shows to general public. Concerts, poetry evenings regularly held in the exhibition space of the center offer new and unusual ways to experience photography.
The center’s education programme for young people aims to attract their attention to photography and foster critical thinking.The center’s education programme for young people aims to attract their attention to photography and foster critical thinking.
The center hosts 12 000 visitors monthly and engages different audiences: adults, young people, children as well asprofessional photographers.
Adults
Our core target group encompasses Moscow citizens and tourists aged from 23 to 50 who come to the Lumiere center to spend their leisure time. These are mostly people with higher education, various interests and income above the average. Diverse exhibition programme (exhibitions in the three halls of the center are devoted to different themes and change every 2–3 months) and education programme are aimed to attract new visitors and strengthen relations with our core audience.
Young adults
The center puts emphasis on engaging young audience aged from 18 to 35 through programmes tailored to their specific interests. Experimental projects that include various media and are created in partnership with organizations such as Rodchenko Art School (Moscow), British School of Art and Design (Moscow), FotoDepartament (St. Petersburg) along with book signing sessions and workshops of emerging and master photographers attract students and young professionals.
Children
On weekends the center holds workshops for children aged 6–10 where together with their parents they are exposed to art practices inspired by ongoing exhibitions.
Professional community
Professional photographers, amateurs and art community constitute another important target group. The center has tight connections with Russian photographers of various generations whose work has been exhibited in the center. Forums, artist talks and workshops that function as a platform for discussion between master and emerging photographers, local and visiting artists attract professionals and those who are interested in photography (students and amateurs). Graduate exhibitions and educational events with leading Russian and foreign artists allow creating connections with the future generations of photographers.
Contact Information
Address: 3 Bolotnaya embankment, bld. 1, Moscow, Russia,
Phone: + 7 495 228 98 78
Web: www.lumiere.ru
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