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As if intricate towers from a Russian fairy tale stand in Zamoskvorechye buildings Tretyakov Gallery, the main facade of which was decorated in 1901-1902 according to the design of the artist V. Vasnetsov. The inscription at the entrance, made in ancient script, reads: “Moscow City Art Gallery named after Pavel Mikhailovich and Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov. Founded by P.M. Tretyakov in 1856 and donated by him to the city of Moscow together with the collection of S. M. Tretyakov hung in the city.”

It is very difficult to believe that such a huge museum of world significance began to exist thanks to the efforts of just one person - P.M. Tretyakov.

Russian genre painting began with the works of the artist P. Fedotov, which prompted Tretyakov to think about creating a museum. The paintings simply amazed him with their versatility and, at the same time, simplicity. And so in 1856 the first step was taken - he bought the painting “ Temptation" After some time, another extraordinary painting was added to the collection “ Skirmish with Finnish smugglers”, which was written by V. Khudyakov. It is with these two paintings that we can consider that Tretyakov’s collecting began. The so-called exhibitions of the Society of Art Lovers were held in Moscow, from where the collection was gradually replenished.

Tretyakov began to make acquaintances with artists, and could already buy a painting that was not even ready yet, which was just beginning in the artist’s studio. Tretyakov believed that Russian art had a future, and a lot of time should be devoted to this issue. In Tretyakov’s letter there are the following lines: “Many positively do not want to believe in the good future of Russian art, they assure that if sometimes our artist writes a good thing, it is somehow by accident, and that he will then increase the number of mediocrities... I have a different opinion, otherwise... I wouldn’t have collected a collection of Russian paintings...”

Fate was favorable to Tretyakov. He married the niece of S. Mamontov, who was a patron of the arts. Tretyakov often visited him in Abramtsevo. It was here, at that time, that many outstanding Russian painters, members of the famous Abramtsevo art circle, lived and worked.

In 1871 Tretyakov met Repin. This was facilitated by the world's first traveling exhibition. Tretyakov wanted to convey all the boundless beauty of paintings to the masses, and was very passionate about this idea.

Continuous purchases of paintings led Tretyakov to the point that his mansion could no longer accommodate all the works in the collection. And then he decided to make a large extension with a facade on Lavrushinsky Lane (now the main building of the museum). In 1874 the work was completed. Having hung paintings in the halls, Tretyakov announced the opening of the gallery to visitors. This was his long-time dream, and it came true!

But Tretyakov did not stop there. In 1892, he donated a collection of his paintings and his brother’s collection (which included paintings by European masters, which later became part of the exhibition of the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin) to Moscow. More than 3 thousand works of painting, graphics and sculpture collected by him became the basis of a famous art gallery. Tretyakov Gallery - the largest museum of national fine arts.

The gallery was supplemented by its employees. Now there you can find masterpieces of such famous painters as Andrei Rublev, Dionysius, Theophanes the Greek and many others. More than 400 works written in the 18th century were added to the gallery from private collections. Moreover, the department of Soviet art is still being replenished. At the moment more 57 thousand works of national fine art are part of the priceless collection of the Tretyakov Gallery.

Over one and a half million visitors pass through its halls every year. Almost 100 traveling exhibitions travel from Lavrushinsky Lane to cities across the country every year. This is how Lenin’s decree is fulfilled, which entrusted the Tretyakov Gallery with “nationwide educational functions” - to widely introduce the masses to art.

Muscovites are rightfully proud of their famous museum. M. Gorky wrote: “The Tretyakov Gallery is as good and significant as the Art Theater, St. Basil the Blessed and all the best in Moscow.”

VashDosug.ru continues to talk about small private galleries located throughout Moscow.

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Some of them are in fashionable places in the very center of the capital, others are in more affordable areas, perhaps right next to your home. They have one thing in common: art here is not just for museum contemplation: you can become its owner. As an advertisement.

Address: st. Zabelina, 1 Kitay-Gorod

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Address: 2nd Obydensky lane, 12A Kropotkinskaya

And this gallery not far from the Pushkin Museum was founded only in 2008. But she is not keen on newfangled modern creativity; her strong point is rather the return of forgotten names, and the authors must be emotionally close to the curators. The gallery turns to both the creative heritage of the twentieth century, focusing on the works of artists belonging to the generation of the seventies (Olga Bulgakova, Natalya Nesterova, etc.), and to masters standing at the turn of contemporary contemporary art. The gallery specializes in creating thematic exhibition projects in which various types interact: painting, sculpture, video, and pays great attention to the design of its exhibitions.
Graphic exhibitions occupy a special place in the gallery's activities.

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Address: Teatralny pr., 1/4
Revolution square

A gallery of the same name has opened within the walls of the famous Art Nouveau building, the Metropol Hotel. It combines classic architectural style, spacious interior design and works of the best representatives of contemporary art. In the Metropol you can see the works of the best, in the opinion of curators, artists and sculptors. Their professionalism and talent are prerequisites for being represented in the gallery. The magnificent location of the Metropol Gallery promises to make its visit part of an exciting excursion through the center of the capital. Expected opening day - "" by Vladimir Semensky.

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4th Tverskaya-Yamskaya st., 23, building 1Mayakovskaya

In the lovely Moscow alleys near Triumfalnaya Square there is a gallery that turns out to be a real treasury for those who love art, for whom works of art need to be contemplated not only at exhibitions, but also at home. In addition to paintings created by our contemporaries, here you can see many original works made of bronze, ceramics, faience and natural stone. Country and sea landscapes, gentle still lifes, portraits. The range of styles and trends presented is also wide: Russian realism and impressionism, modernism, abstract compositions and fantasy. There is something to be happy about and something to argue with. The gallery's exhibition projects attract with their intimacy, which allows them to reveal the artist's talent in a special way and carefully convey it to the viewer. The very atmosphere of the gallery is conducive to a sensitive perception of beauty.

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Bagheera

Krymsky Val, 10, 2nd floor, hall 10, room 1Oktyabrskaya

The building of the Central House of Artists on Krymsky Val serves as a reliable shelter for many private galleries. Their abundance makes choosing a painting an almost painful process for an indecisive buyer. The Bagheera gallery, which conducts active sales activities, is a good find for lovers of traditional academic painting. For already a decade and a half (since its founding in 1995), gallery employees have been traveling around the Russian expanses and looking for paintings by masters of classical Soviet landscape and still life - indeed, it is stupid to think that all the good things were painted only by metropolitan artists, whose prices are already inflated! “Future antiques” on the walls of the gallery include previously unknown, but now named Igor Goncharov from Chelyabinsk, Alexander Smirnov from Sergiev Posad, Valery Teplov and Yuri Nikolaev from Penza and many others. Of the paintings put up for sale today, it is worth taking a look at “Behind the Embroidery” by V. Kirillov or “Forest River” by V. Sekatsky.

Manager of the MSK Eastside gallery. In the art industry since 2008, he works with artists, curators and producers in organizing exhibitions in museums and galleries of the capital, such as MMSI, Museum of Moscow, Center for Contemporary Art M'ARS, Gallery K35, Gallery Korpus 3, as well as Central Exhibition Hall Manege in St. -Petersburg

In recent years, there has been an evolution in contemporary art in Moscow, which has had an impact on the industry as a whole. The market for contemporary art is growing, which serves as an incentive for young art dealers and experienced gallery owners to open new interesting galleries. Museums also support this movement by presenting contemporary art at a high global level and thereby motivating artists to create their best works. In my guide, I offer a list of favorite places that represent contemporary culture with a unique atmosphere and an impressive exhibition program.

K35

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Gallery K35 is located on Savvinskaya embankment. The elegant space presents contemporary art of different directions, the main of which is painting. K35 exhibited works by recognized Russian and foreign masters, such as Andy Warhol, Mark Quinn, Omar Gagliani, as well as young promising artists. I was most inspired by the platinum prints of American photographer Jabah Cahado and the metal wire sculptures of Marco Cingolani. Both of these exhibitions were aesthetically beautiful and emotional.

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Photography is a fashionable art, and MAMM is the main center of attraction for all photography enthusiasts, with seven floors of exhibition space where exhibitions of legends of Russian and Western photography took place: Alexander Rodchenko, Helmut Newton, Brassaï, Nobuyoshi Araki, Annie Leibovitz, Nan Goldin. MAMM is also known for its large-scale projects: the Photobiennale and the Fashion and Style in Photography festival, the Silver Camera competition for the best photo report about Moscow, and, of course, the school of photography and multimedia. As part of exhibitions, MAMM holds lectures by famous photographers, and it was there that I met my favorite artist, the amazing Shirin Neshat, “live.” I really like the Museum’s cinema hall - masterpieces of world art and documentary film classics dedicated to exhibitions are shown there non-stop.

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Relatively young (2 years), but very interesting and active gallery of contemporary art. Located on the territory of the Fabrika TsTI on Baumanskaya. MSK Eastside has a dynamic international team with a French gallerist and American curators. Perhaps that is why each of their exhibitions is a brilliant hit. Along with already well-known artists on the world art scene, such as Jesse Frohman, Niels Shoe Muelman, Virginie Caillet, Roxanne Lowit and Paul Steinitz, the gallery presents young and promising Russian artists to the public. The gallery has exhibitions of works executed in a variety of techniques: graffiti and post-graffiti, platinum-palladium prints, canvases, installations. MSK Eastside also regularly organizes and curates large-scale exhibitions for the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Moscow, and organizes seminars, special events and projects together with other creative industries.

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Gary Tatintsyan's gallery is located in ArtHouse, an elite residential complex on the Yauza River. An impressive art space with world-class exhibitions. Gary Tatintsian has a strong reputation in the art world. During his art activities in Berlin, New York and Moscow, he organized exhibitions with the participation of Russian and Western contemporary artists, including Ilya Kabakov, Vladimir Nemukhin, Zaha Hadid, Joel-Peter Witkin, Damien Hirst. Known for his provocative designs, the latest and current exhibition by Belgian Wim Delvoye is impressive in its scale and architectural perfection. The artist presented to the Moscow public unique objects of colossal size, impeccably made from metal, bronze, and car tires.

Coming on vacation to a new country, any tourist tries to visit as many interesting places and attractions as possible to make the trip memorable for a lifetime. In addition to amazing natural landscapes and outstanding architectural monuments, the majority of travelers seek to visit places associated with the country's culture, for example, famous museums or art galleries, to see the great masterpieces of world art with their own eyes. Today we will talk about the most interesting galleries in the world that are definitely worth visiting when visiting these countries.

1. Gallery of St. George in the Czech Republic– this museum-gallery is located in the Czech city of Benesov, in the beautiful Konopiste castle, fifty kilometers southeast. This ancient castle-fortress, with powerful towers, houses the Museum of St. George. There are more than four thousand interesting exhibits collected from all over the world: rare paintings by great artists, amazing sculptures, objects decorated with filigree wood carvings, and other objects of decorative and applied art from the period from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

2. Dresden Gallery in Germany– located in Dresden, in the Old Town area. The Dresden Art Gallery has been operating for five centuries, and every year its exhibition is replenished with great world masterpieces from the best artists. The year 1945 became tragic for Dresden and this art gallery, since during the bombing of the Anglo-American aircraft, it was partially destroyed, and many paintings were irretrievably lost, and the surviving part of them was hidden by the Nazis in wet limestone mines, which damaged the paintings enormous damage. But, fortunately, they were saved from their inglorious disappearance by Soviet soldiers, who, having found them in the mines, took the paintings to the USSR, where they were carefully restored, and already in 1955, transferred to the German Democratic Republic. The gallery building in Dresden was restored and the paintings that came to life again adorned these walls. In the gallery you can get acquainted with the great works of the masters of Italian painting of the fifteenth-eighteenth centuries: Titian, Giorgione, Veronese, Raphael, Correggio, Tintoretto. Here are works by Dutch masters: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Ruisdael, Hals, as well as famous Flemings: Rubens, Van Dyck, Snyders. In addition, the gallery has a room dedicated to Spanish art. But, probably, the main treasure of the Dresden Gallery is the “Sistine Madonna” by the inimitable Raphael. Today there are fifty halls with wonderful exhibitions, and another three thousand paintings are stored in storerooms - a great part of the world's cultural heritage of the planet.

3. Gallery of modern art in Germany– located in the city of Düsseldorf, in the Kunsthalle Exhibition Center, built in 1967. The building of the art center initially had an urban style, as it was built from ready-made blocks of concrete panels, and it acquired its current shape as a result of reconstruction. It opened its doors to visitors again in 2002, and new options appeared here: an information department, ticket offices, and a cafe. This gallery does not have a permanent exhibition; exhibitions of new talented contemporary artists are constantly held here. By the way, many of today’s well-known artists were able to reveal their talent to the general public, precisely thanks to such exhibitions at the Kunsthalle.

4. Gallery of art from European and American countries of the 19th-20th centuries in Russia is a department of the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A. S. Pushkin, opened in 2006. Paintings by artists from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are stored here. The gallery rooms are divided by theme. There is a hall of masters of the German school of painting, early nineteenth century, chamber halls where paintings by Delacroix and Ingres are displayed, and the Spanish school of masters is represented by the works of the great Goya. In addition, there are separate rooms where artistic creations of French impressionists, post-impressionists, and artists of the early twentieth century are displayed: Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec.

5. Tretyakov Gallery in Russia is a famous art museum located in Moscow. This gallery was founded in 1856 by P. M. Tretyakov. At first it was a private collection, which in 1892 was transferred to the Moscow authorities, along with the mansion. In the Tretyakov Gallery you can see beautiful sculptures and graphics from the period from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, a large collection of Russian paintings, as well as ancient Russian icon painting from the same period. Since 1985, the Tretyakov Gallery has been merged with the State Art Gallery. The museum building was reconstructed in 1986, and since 1989 it has been supplemented with a new complex, with a children's studio, information center, conference room and exhibition halls. The number of paintings stored in the gallery is constantly growing, and if in 1917 there were about four thousand, now there are already about sixty thousand. Since 1991, the gallery was awarded the title “All-Russian Museum Association “State Tretyakov Gallery”.

6. Cariton Art Gallery in Canada– located in the British Columbia region, in the city of Abbotsford. She has been working for over forty years, exhibiting interesting works by local artists native to British Columbia. Over the years, more than three thousand exhibitions have taken place, revealing to the general public many brilliant painters who later achieved world recognition. The gallery is always crowded, and admission is free.

7. National Gallery of Armenia– this famous museum is located in the city of Yerevan. It is entirely dedicated to fine art. This art gallery is the largest in the post-Soviet space, which is why it is considered a national treasure of the country. The gallery was founded in 1921. Today, more than thirty-five thousand paintings by great artists of the world are stored here. There are a lot of paintings by Armenian and Russian artists, as well as Western European painters: French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and German schools. This gallery contains the most complete collection of Aivazovsky’s works, magnificent masterpieces by Rubens, Van Dyck, Rousseau, and Goya.

8. Dulwich Art Gallery in the UK- This is one of the most interesting art galleries in the world and a wonderful art museum, opened in 1817, in a building specially erected for this purpose. Architect John Soane arranged the halls of the building in such a way that their close relationship can be seen. The main part of the collection is paintings from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, but there are also paintings from other eras. Visitors will be able to get acquainted with the works of Rembrandt, Antoine Watteau, Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Paul Rubens, Raphael. It is in this museum that you can see the richest collection of portraits of famous British painters.

9. Baroque gallery in front of the Jesuit College in the Czech Republic– is located in the interesting, from a historical and architectural point of view, city of Kutna Hora. This gallery opened at the beginning of the eighteenth century, at the same time as the construction of this college began. The design of the gallery building was developed by the architect Orsi from. The structure is interesting in itself: its baroque gallery is located on an approach that is similar in architecture to the Charles Bridge in Prague, it is also decorated with a terrace with a sculptural group of twelve saints, including: St. John of Nepomuk, St. Barbara, St. Joseph , Saint Francis of Xavier, Saint Charlemagne. Under each sculpture there is an inscription indicating the name of the saint and the event associated with this person, and the date of creation of this sculpture is indicated. That is, this baroque gallery not only decorates the city, but is also a historical chronogram that clearly tells tourists the history of the Czech Republic.

10. National Gallery of Australia in Canberra– this building, where an art gallery and a museum were combined, was built in 1967. It occupies a huge area of ​​​​twenty-three thousand square meters, and was built in the brutalist style: it has angular shapes, concrete walls, a rough texture, sharply contrasting with the bright and lush greenery around. On the main floor of the gallery there are large exhibition halls, with interesting collections dedicated to local aborigines, but there are also collections from European countries and America. The main exhibit of the Aboriginal collection is two hundred logs, they were used to mark graves; it is called the “Aboriginal Memorial” and is dedicated to the indigenous people of Australia who died fighting the Europeans who came to their lands. The European and American collections are represented by works of famous world artists. There are also exhibits of Asian art, which are located on the lower floor of the gallery building. All exhibits represent different eras: from the Neolithic to the present day, there are: sculptures, miniatures, wood engravings, ceramics and textiles. On the top floor you can see Australian art, as well as paintings, sculptures, photographs. In total, the National Gallery houses more than one hundred and twenty thousand pieces of art.

11. Salzburg Gallery in the Residence is a unique collection of paintings of European painting from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, collected in the Austrian city of Salzburg. The gallery has luxurious decoration and an exquisite, rich collection. Mostly here are paintings by Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, French, Italian, Austrian baroque painting, seventeenth - eighteenth centuries, Austrian painting of the nineteenth century. It often hosts traveling exhibitions or specialized shows where visitors are presented with examples of contemporary and historical art. This museum opened its doors to visitors in 1923, but at that time, the gallery did not own a single painting, because... they were all borrowed.

12. National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana– is the largest art museum in the country and an interesting gallery in the world. There are many ancient works of Slovenian and European artists collected here, in different styles and genre directions. The National Gallery opened in 1918. It is divided into several halls dedicated to different directions: neoclassicism, realism, impressionism. In addition, sculptures and statues from the Renaissance are kept here.

13. National Gallery of Italy in Emilia-Romagna– located in the city of Parma, in a beautiful palace - Palazzo della Pilotta, near the Cathedral Square. Initially, the collection of paintings was collected by the influential Italian family of the Farnese Dukes, and the first collection of the National Gallery included paintings donated by the Academy of Painting of Parma. In the gallery you can see works by famous masters of Italian painting from the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries: Fra Beato Angelico, Tintoretto, Giulio Romano, Leonardo da Vinci, paintings by masters who worked from the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries: Carracci, Canaletto, Tiepolo, paintings by Parmigianino painters and Correggio - residents of Parma.

14. Ivan Mestrovic Gallery in Croatia– a house-museum in the city of Split, where more than three hundred works of art of various styles are stored, from paintings with religious themes and great masterpieces of portrait art to nude sculptures. There are sculptures made of stone, marble, wood, bronze, as well as a large collection of beautiful drawings and interesting antique furniture. Ivan Mestrovic opened the doors of his gallery to visitors in 1952, and to this day, it is a popular place to visit, not only among local residents, but also among numerous tourists.

15. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh– the gallery is located in a beautiful building of the nineteenth century, in a neoclassical style. It houses a large collection of works by contemporary artists. In front of the gallery there is an interesting garden where you can admire sculptures by Henry Moore, Rachel Whiteread, Tony Cragg, Barbara Hepworth, and since 2002, the entrance lawn has been turned into a huge sculpture by Charles Jencks. In 2005, thanks to the support of the Art Fund, the exhibition of this gallery was replenished with twenty drawings by artist Tracey Emin from Britain; in 2008, they were allocated as a separate topic. The works of other, more famous artists of the world are presented here: Picasso, Braque, Mondrian, Ben Nicholson, Matisse, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud. Unfortunately, in order to demonstrate to the public all the paintings stored in the gallery, there is not enough space in the building, which is why temporary exhibitions are practiced here.

16. Art gallery of Samarkand in Uzbekistan– presents to its visitors an original collection of paintings from different eras, which characterize the life and culture of different eastern peoples. Almost four thousand paintings are presented here, including examples of painting and graphics, embossing and sculpture. The museum collection presents rare works by Russian artists: Samuil Dudin, Richard Sommer, Usto Mumin, Leon Bure, Vasily Vereshchagin.

17. National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin-an art gallery housing the world's largest collection of Irish paintings. The gallery was founded in 1864, at the time of opening there were only one hundred and twenty-five paintings, but the popularity of this place grew, and many ordinary people and artists gave paintings here as a gift. Today, the gallery owns more than fourteen thousand paintings. There is a collection of graphics, sculptures, antique furniture, photographs and other works of art. Entry to the National Gallery is free.

18. Gallery of Sigiriya murals in Sri Lanka- in this interesting place in the rock, there are five hundred ancient frescoes, which stretch one hundred and forty meters long and go up to forty meters in height. The favorite motif of Sigiriya mural painting is depicted here - naked dancers, next to whom poems are written on the walls, praising the power of female beauty. According to the guides, all these images refer to one female goddess - Tara - the mother of all Buddhas. On the frescoes she is depicted with different appearances and even differs in nationality. You can get to this unusual, and one of the most interesting galleries in the world, via a spiral staircase and real rope bridges that are stretched over the abyss.

19. Brera Art Gallery in Milan– here is the largest collection of artistic masterpieces ever created by Italian sculptors and painters. In the forty halls of the gallery you can get acquainted with the great creations of such masters as: Raphael, Titian, Hayes, Caravaggio, works of famous Flemish painters, as well as impressionist artists. In order to see all the exhibits in the gallery, a couple of hours is not enough for you; you need to spend at least a day here. If you are limited on time, then you should definitely look at the two-ton, three-meter statue of Napoleon, the work of sculptor Antonio Canova and Raphael’s painting “The Betrothal of the Virgin”. The gallery opened to the public in the Brera Palace in 1809, according to the decree of Queen Maria Theresa of Austria.

20. London Art Gallery– a place where a unique collection of paintings by English and Western European artists is collected. The gallery is located in Trafalgar Square. Here you will see the world's famous masterpieces of the brush: Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Titian, Rubens, Canaletto, Dürer, Thomas Lawrence, William Hogarth. The gallery also displays portraits of members of the royal family, works by masters of the twelfth – nineteenth centuries. The London Art Gallery opened in 1824 with a modest collection of thirty-eight paintings, but today, thanks to the help of patrons and the tireless work of the gallery staff, there are two and a half thousand paintings painted between the thirteenth and twentieth centuries. For the convenience of gallery visitors, paintings are exhibited in chronological order.

We hope that we were able to guide you through the most famous galleries in the world that are worth visiting if you find yourself in one of the above-mentioned countries to better understand their people, history and culture.