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

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.

Zurab Tsereteli: the Language of Art Does Not Need a Translation. Interview to RIA Novosti   |08.06.10: RIA Novosti| // The President of the Russian Academy of Arts is leaving for the United States – to open his solo show in the halls of the National Arts Club and to receive the Gold Medal of Honor for his significant role in the promotion of art. In various years the winners of this prestigious award were Salvador Dali, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, and now it will be presented to Tsereteli for his contribution to the promotion of cultural ties between Russia and the United States.

Zurab Tsereteli Was Awarded the Gold Medal of Honor – One of the Most Prestigious American Awards in the Field of Culture. June 4, 2010. The National Arts Club. New York, U.S.A   |08.06.10: Press-service| // Photoreport

The American Gold Medal of Honor Was Presented to Zurab Tsereteli   |07.06.10: Press-service| // The Annual National Arts Club’s Gold Medal of Honor has been awarded to Zurab Tsereteli for his significant role in the promotion of art. Zurab Tsereteli is the first Russian artist who received this one of the most prestigious American awards in the field of culture. The Gold Medal of Honor was presented to the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli on June 4 by the National Arts Club’s President O. Aldon James at the ceremony within the framework of the annual Festival “Our Legacy” lau

Russia-France: Three Centuries of Cultural Ties   |07.06.10: Press-service| // The exhibition project of the Russian Academy of Arts “Russia-France: Three Centuries of Cultural Ties” to be launched in Paris on June 11, 2010 aims to show the history and main development stages of the Academy of Arts in Russia. One of the principle goals of the project is to specify the originality of the Russian academic art school, as well as to emphasize the significant role of the French culture, the contribution of the French eminent figures of architecture, fine arts and science to the formation