Zurab Tsereteli

People’s Artist of the USSR

People’s Artist of the Russian Federation

President of the Russian Academy of Arts

Director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art

Director of the Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts

Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (2006, 2008, 2010)

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador (1996)

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Art at the State University of New York College of Arts and Science at Brockport (Brockport, New York, USA. 1978)

Full Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (Tbilisi, Georgia. 1996)

Corresponding Member of San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Madrid, Spain. 1998)

Corresponding Member of the French Academy of Fine Arts (Paris, France. 2002)

Active Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Austria. 2009)

Zurab Tsereteli has been honored with numerous awards of the USSR, the Russian Federation and other countries.

Tsereteli Art Gallery

The Order for Services to Motherland 1st Rank Was Presented to the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli   |26.07.10: Press-service| // On July 26, 2010 at the Kremlin award ceremony President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev presented state awards to prominent representatives of Russian politics, science and culture.

White Nights Images 2010: International Biennale of Enamel Art   |22.07.10: Press-service| // Tsereteli Art Gallery hosts an International Biennale of Enamel Art: White Nights Images 2010 organized by the Russian Academy of Arts, Organizing Committee of the International Art Project “Contemporary Art Enamel” under the auspices of the St. Petersburg Committee for Culture, the State Hermitage, Artists’ Union of Russia, CKI-WWA International Association of Enamellers. On show are works by enamel artists from Russia, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Hungary, Lithuania, Rumania.

The Highest Award of the Republic of North Ossetia “To the Glory of Ossetia” Was Presented to Zurab Tsereteli for His Monument to Victims of Beslan   |06.07.10: Press-service| // On July 6, 2010 the Plenipotentiary of the Republic of North Ossetia under the Russian President Alexander Totoonov presented the highest award of the Republic of North Ossesia-Alania - “To the Glory of Ossetia” to the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli for his monument to victims of Beslan. The monument was unveiled on June 1, 2010 in the downtown of Moscow in front of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin at Kulishki, 5/2 Solyanka street.

Zurab Tsereteli Took Part in the 10th Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors   |27.06.10: Press-service| // The UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Zurab Tsereteli participated in the 10th Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors that took place in the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on June 24, 2010. The meeting traditionally devoted to the discussion of urgent problems and efficient means for the implementation of UNESCO goals was inaugurated by the UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.

Inauguration of the Exhibition “Dialogue of Cultures in the Space of Academic School”. June 21, 2010. Exhibition Halls of the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France   |21.06.10: Press-service| // Photoreport

Under the Roof of Paris: Inner Salem. Paintings, Graphic Works   |15.06.10: Press-service| // The Russian Academy of Arts and the Embassy of France in Moscow present an exhibition “Inner Salem. Under the Roof of Paris. Paintings, Graphic Works”. The opening will take place in Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka street, Moscow on June 15, 2010. Within the framework of the exhibition on June 16, 2010 at 7.30pm the director Inner Salem and Mylene Demongeot playing the leading part will present to the public the film Under the Roofs of Paris.

Show of Photographs by Marc Riboud and Vladimir Lagrange in Tsereteli Art Gallery   |15.06.10: Press-service| // The Russian Academy of Arts, Fine Art Gallery, Lumier Brothers’ Photo Gallery present a show of photographs by Marc Riboud (France) and Vladimir Lagrange (Russia) to be opened on June 15, 2010 in Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka street, Moscow.

Presentation of the Sculptural Compositions by Zurab Tsereteli: “Musketeers”; “Great Masters”; “Rousseau and Pirosmani” Within the Framework of the Russian National Exhibition in Grand-Palais. June 11, 2010. Paris, France   |11.06.10: Press-service| // Photoreport

Opening of the Exhibition “The Russian Academy of Arts: Space of Academic School” in the Exhibition Halls of the Orangerie – Senate of France. June 11, 2010. Paris, France   |11.06.10: Press-service| // Photoreport

The Special Award of the City of New York Was Presented to Zurab Tsereteli for His Contribution to the Promotion of Closer Cultural Relations between the United States and Russia   |10.06.10: NEWSru.com| // Zurab Tsereteli has been honored with a Special Award of the City of New York as one of the most prominent representatives of the Russian-speaking community who made a significant contribution to the promotion of closer cultural relations and a dialogue between the United States and Russia.