Current events, public activity

Inauguration of the Exhibition “Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures”. December 16, 2008. The State Museum of Modern Art of the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow   |16.12.08: Press Service| // Photoreport

Zurab Tsereteli and Nikita Mikhalkov Opened an Exhibition Commemorating the 100th Birth Anniversary of People’s Artist of USSR Nikolai Zhukov (1908-1973). December 12, 2008. Tsereteli Art Gallery   |12.12.08: Press Service| // Photoreport

2008 Central Federal District Prize in Literature and Arts Award Ceremony at the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka str. December 12, 2008.   |12.12.08: Press Service| // Photoreport

Exhibition of Works by Nikolai Zhukov in Tsereteli Art Gallery   |12.12.08: Press Service | // The display explores paintings, drawings, posters, photographs by People’s Artist of USSR Nikolai Zhukov (1908-1973).

Zurab Tsereteli Will Give Two Masterclasses For Participants of the Festival of Children’s Artworks   |11.12.08: Press Service| // On December 11, 2008 Tsereteli Art Gallery will present the 4th International Festival of Children’s Artworks “Thousands of Suns” featuring over 500 paintings by young artists aged four to seventeen from eighteen countries. Among the participants are physically challenged and orphan children. It has become a tradition to start the Festival with masterclasses by President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli. The artist will give two three-hour masterclasses for over 60 children.

Masterclass for Participants of the International Festival of Children’s Artworks . December 11, 2008. Tsereteli Art Gallery   |11.12.08: Press Service| // Photoreport

President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli Attended the Mourning Ceremony for Patriarch Alexy II in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior   |09.12.08: Press-service| // Members of the Russian Academy of Arts are mourning over the decease of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II. The President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli attended the Requiem Service in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow on December 9, 2008.

Paradise Is Not Lost: Exhibition Within the Framework of Tallinn Days in Moscow   |09.12.08: Press Service | // The Paradise Is Not Lost exhibition to be held in Tsereteli Art Gallery provides a big survey of modern Estonian art. Curated by Aha Comissarov, the show has been arranged in collaboration with KUMU Museum in Tallinn.

Solo Exhibition of Works by Zurab Tsereteli in Plovdiv   |09.12.08: Press Service | // The solo exhibition of works by President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli is being held in the Art Gallery in Plovdiv within the framework of the Days of Russia in Bulgaria and is a major retrospective of the artist’s paintings, drawings, sculpture and enamels on the eve of his jubilee in January, 2009.

Helene Carrere d’Ancosse Is an Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts   |08.12.08: Press-service| // On December 8, 2008 at the award ceremony in the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli presented attributes of an Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts to Helene Carrere d’Ancosse, Permanent Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences.

Theory of Strings: Works by Egor Ostrov   |02.12.08: Press Service | // Tsereteli Art Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Egor Ostrov: Theory of Strings. Egor Ostrov is a representative of neoacademism, new technologies of classic images production that arose in St. Petersburg in the late 1980s.

December 1: World AIDS Day   |01.12.08: Press Service | // World AIDS Day is observed December 1 each year.

Zurab Tsereteli and Pierre Cardin Will Congratulate Academician Tair Salakhov on His 80th Anniversary   |29.11.08: Press Service | // On November 29, 2008 Tair Salakhov, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts, Hero of Socialist Labor, People’s Artist of USSR, Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation, winner of State Prizes of USSR and Azerbaijan, Corresponding Member of the French Academy of Fine Arts, Corresponding Member of San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Spain, Full Member of the Academy of Arts of Kyrghyz Republic, Full Member of Azerbaijan Academy of Fine Arts will mark his 80th anniversary.

Pierre Cardin and Marc Zakharov Have Become Honorary Members of the Russian Academy of Arts   |27.11.08: Press Service | // On November 27, 2008 the world renowned couturier Pierre Cardin visited Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka street, where he explored the highlights of the exposition. At the award ceremony in the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Pierre Cardin and Art Director of Moscow Lenkom Theatre Marc Zakharov were presented with attributes of an Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts.

Zurab Tsereteli at the Opening of the Solo Exhibition of Oksana Mas. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. November 13, 2008   |14.11.08: Press Service| // Photoreport

Zurab Tsereteli at the Opening of the Show of Paintings by People’s Artist of Russia Vladimir Pimenov: Family Chronicle. Tsereteli Art Gallery, Moscow. November 13, 2008   |13.11.08: Press Service| // Photoreport

Zurab Tsereteli at the Inauguration of the Jubilee Retrospective of Paintings by Academician Valentin Sidorov   |13.11.08: Press Service| // The jubilee retrospective in the Engineering Block of the Tretyakov Gallery features works by Valentin Sidorov, People’s Artist of USSR, Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts, Winner of State Prizes of USSR and the Russian Federation, Head of the Russian Artists’ Union, President of the International Confederation of Artists’ Unions of CIS.

The Family Chronicle: Paintings by Vladimir Pimenov   |13.11.08: Press-service| // From November 13 through November 23, 2008 on show in Tsereteli Art Gallery will be paintings by People’s Artist of Russia Vladimir Pimenov: the Family Chronicle. The artist from the old town of Zaraisk not far from Moscow presents a cycle of his paintings devoted to four generations of his family.

Inauguration of the Exhibition of Works by Academicians of the Russian Academy of Arts in the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly. November 12, 2008   |12.11.08: Press Service| // Photoreport

Mexico in Moscow – ABCDF: Portraits of Mexico City   |11.11.08: Press-service| // On November 11, 2008 the State Museum of Modern Art of the Russian Academy of Arts, 10 Gogolevski Boulevard, presents a huge show of contemporary Mexican art within the framework of the Mexico in Moscow Festival curated by Christina Faesler and Jeronimo Hagelman. The unforgettable splash of Mexican culture, for the first time opens the riches of sunshine, colors, sounds, flavors and traditions of Mexico to Moscow public.