April 15, 2020 We are back online with Art-a-Day from The Museum of Russian Art. Sorry for the lapse – trying to deal with the quarantine situation. So “Leaders and the Masses” – A few days ago I asked the question: What will this exhibition have to say about this theme [of leaders and the […] Read more
April 7, 2020 Today we continue talking about our exhibition, ready to be seen as soon as we reopen. “Leaders and the Masses” … It’s a big title. What will this exhibition have to say about this loaded theme? Exhibitions are defined by the material they contain, and since this exhibition is based on art […] Read more
April 6, 2020 This week I would like to start introducing our exhibition “Leaders and the Masses: Mega Paintings from Soviet Ukraine” that we have installed but haven’t yet had a chance to open because of the pandemic. I will be talking about various details that are often left behind the scenes when the exhibition […] Read more
April 2, 2020 The image you see here is from our museum collection. It is a carved wooden figurine of St. Nilus Stolobensky. St. Nilus was a Russian monk who chose the life of a hermit on an uninhabited island in Lake Seliger, 200 miles north-west of Moscow. His life is shared between the end […] Read more
March 31, 2020 This small painting by artist Bakeeva from TMORA’s research collection is a bit of a mystery. Little is known about this artist. Well, to be honest, nothing is known. The painting is called “Misha” — apparently, this is the name of the boy who is portrayed here. It happens quite often that […] Read more
