Photo: Ants Never Sleep by Vlad Kulkov
Six Russian artists very well known among contemporary art fans will tell British audience about themselves and their art. Russia Contemporary project lectures will be held every month until June. The first meeting with abstractionist Vlad Kulkov will take place in Saatchi Gallery on January 30, Russian Events. London website informs.
Russia Contemporary is a joint project of the British Hermitage Foundation and Saatchi Gallery dedicated to Russian modern art. Along with Vlad Kulkov’s lecture, the meetings with Asya Marakulina, Denis Patrakeev, Ivan Plusch, Evgeny Granilshchikov and Andrey Kuzkin will be held. Authors of the project have chosen the speakers whose names are familiar to Russian contemporary art lovers.
Russia Contemporary organizers and artists hope that the project will help them find new fans in the United Kingdom and other European countries. The Hermitage Foundation and Saatchi Gallery are partners for more than 10 years. Several years ago, paintings by modern British artists from Gallery’s collection were exhibited at the State Hermitage.
Lectures about the history of Russian culture are in continuous popularity in London. Russkiy Mir has reported that fashion historian Andrey Borovsky gave a lecture about traditional costume in Pushkin House in London in the end of January.
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