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
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
Presented in partnership with the Minnesota JCC, the exhibition Violins of Hope is a global initiative that showcases restored violins played by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust. The Minnesota JCC brings these unique violins to communities of the Twin Cities through exhibitions, concerts, film screenings, and storytelling. The collection was established by violin-maker Amnon Weinstein (1939-2024) and […] Read more
The Museum of Russian Art presents an exhibition of forty paintings featuring cats and dogs, on loan from The Raymond and Susan Johnson Collection of 20th Century Russian art and other private American collections. Thirteen of these have never been shown before and will be displayed in an American museum for the first time. Painted by […] Read more
