A Message from the Executive Director: TMORA Needs Your Help April 22, 2025By Mark J. Meister, Executive Director Dear Friends of TMORA, I’m writing to share how the recent shutdown of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is directly affecting The Museum of Russian Art. On March 31, all IMLS staff were placed […] Read more
This exhibition presents some of the largest paintings from the Soviet era that TMORA could unearth in private American collections. These rare canvases are inhabited by collective farmers, loggers, construction workers, and an occasional waitress or an artist’s wife, some of them tough and mighty proletarian superheroes, while others pensive and demure. The theme of […] Read more
Alexander ViazmenskyAmanita muscaria, 2001Watercolor on paperOn loan from Michael Peltsman This exhibition is available for booking and is not currently on view at TMORA. Exhibition Name: Russia’s Native Mushrooms: Botanical Watercolors by Alexander Viazmensky Description:The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) in Minneapolis presents a traveling exhibition of watercolors by Alexander Viazmensky. The exhibition focuses on realistic depictions of Russia’s […] Read more
February 24, 2025 marks three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine—a violation of international law that continues to bring devastating loss and destruction. The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) stands in unwavering solidarity with the people of Ukraine and condemns the ongoing aggression. We also recognize and honor those in Russia who bravely oppose […] Read more
The exhibition Chemiakin’s Worlds brings together thirteen works by Mihail Chemiakin, unfolding a striking variety of styles and techniques. Drawn entirely from the TMORA collection, this is Minnesota’s first solo show of the prominent nonconformist artist who opposed the power of the Soviet artistic establishment and was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1971 for his experimental […] Read more
