One year ago, Alexei Navalny—opposition leader, anti-corruption activist, and advocate for a free Russia—died in a Siberian prison. A year later, the weight of this loss is still deeply felt. His courage, resilience, and unwavering belief in a better future continue to inspire people around the world. “You must never give up. The main thing […] Read more
This winter, TMORA’s acclaimed exhibition Russia’s Native Mushrooms: Botanical Watercolors by Alexander Viazmensky has taken center stage on Minnesota Public Radio’s Art Friend podcast. Senior arts reporter and critic Alex V. Cipolle and renowned chef Alan Bergo, known as The Forager Chef, bring their unique perspectives to this vibrant exploration of mushrooms and art. Listen to the full story: Read the transcript and listen to the podcast here. In […] Read more
The exhibition Geometric Abstraction: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation Collection features several artistic generations who worked in the Soviet Union, post-Soviet Russia, and countries to which they immigrated, during the 20th and early 21st centuries. The show includes works in different media—paintings, works on paper, photography, sculpture–focusing, however, on a single style, that of geometric abstraction. Among the illustrious names are the […] Read more
Drawing on the Museum’s rich collection of Soviet-era holiday memorabilia, A Hundred Rare Ornaments presents a selection of spun cotton figurines used for tree decoration in the USSR in the 1930s through 1950s. These eco-friendly ornaments are some of the oldest on the holiday market, originating from 19th century Germany. Imperial Russia produced their own, and the Soviet Union took over the tradition. Spun cotton ornaments were widespread in the 1930s […] Read more
The exhibition features sixty icons drawn from Oleg Kushnirskiy’s important collection of Russian sacred art. Displayed in a museum setting for the first time, Kushnirskiy’s collection presents a remarkably focused assembly of works created in the renowned icon-painting centers of Palekh, Mstyora, and Guslitsy, among others, in the late 17th–19th centuries. Many of the icons elaborate the iconography […] Read more
