Past Exhibitions

In celebration of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Season Opener, The Museum of Russian Art presents an exhibition exploring the enduring magic of Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird. The exhibition explores the Russian folk tale that inspired Stravinsky’s groundbreaking ballet through a unique selection of lacquer boxes, hand-painted balalaikas, nesting dolls, and book illustrations. Together, these objects evoke […] Read more

The Museum of Russian Art is proud to present a solo exhibition by Mark Mednikov. The selection of thirty works from the artist’s private studio introduces the creative scope of a talented Minnesota-based artist and architect. Ranging from early Soviet-era drawings to recent oil paintings and photographs of buildings he designed, the show features remarkable artworks where the […] Read more

Paintings by Elena Kalman: Catastrophe and What Survives presents recent works by Ukrainian-born artist Elena Kalman that reflect on moments of disruption and what endures beyond them Kalman’s paintings depict landscapes, roads, and imagined environments marked by instability, including falling trees, fractured structures, and distant explosions, alongside images of water, sky, and terrain that persist. […] Read more

Drawn from TMORA’s important collection of Soviet-era posters, this exhibition highlights the paradox of the Soviet poster: both breathtakingly artistic and unapologetically ideological. Soviet artists used unique, bold, and instantly recognizable graphic language to reach a broad audience with politically correct messages. And as in many other national cultures, posters were active tools conveying ideologies […] Read more