Current events, public activity

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.

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

Sergei Mironov Visited V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute   |02.06.10: Press-service| // On June 1, 2010 the Chairman of the Council of Federation Sergei Mironov visited V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute at the invitation of the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli, where he was shown works by its senior students and graduates. Sergei Mironov also got acquainted with the work of the painting and sculpture workshops and had a meeting with teachers and students of the Institute.

Unveiling Ceremony for the Monument to Victims of Beslan in Moscow   |01.06.10: Press-service| // Photoreport

Unveiling of the Monument to Victims of Beslan in Moscow   |01.06.10: Press-service| // On June 1, in Moscow was unveiled a memorial to victims of the school hostage siege in the North Ossetian-Alanian town of Beslan on September 1-3, 2004. The monument designed by the People’s Artist of Russia, President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli stands in the downtown of Moscow in front of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin at Kulishki – Alanian town church of the Moscow Ossetian community, 5/2 Solyanka street.

Love for France: Interview of the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli to INTERFAX Agency   |30.05.10: INTERFAX.RU| // The President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli has more than once told us about the influence of France on his creative work. It is quite natural, that he is an active participant in the events in honor of the Year of France in Russia and the Year of Russia in France. Before his leaving for Paris, where there will be held several exhibitions of the Russian Academy of Arts, Zurab Tsereteli has told the INTERFAX about the expositions to be presented to the French public.

Festival of Professional and Amateur Choirs “Crystal Chapel”. Inner Courtyard of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Russian Academy of Arts. May 16, 2010. Moscow, 10 Gogolevsky Boulevard   |16.05.10: Press-service| // Photoreport

Continuity of Generations: Panel Discussion at the Russian Academy of Arts   |11.05.10: Press-Service| // On May 11, 2010 in the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts there was a panel discussion “Continuity of Generations” organized by the Russian Academy of Arts and the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.