Abramtsevo artists colony near Moscow, bought by Savva Mamontov in 1870, shaped Russian Revival art through the work of Vasnetsov, Polenova, Vrubel and Serov.
Mir iskusstva (World of Art) was the St Petersburg magazine of Diaghilev, Benois, Bakst and Somov. How it changed Russian taste and led to the Ballets Russes.
Imaginary Cosmos in Samara pairs Malevich’s Black Square (1929 version) with Vasnetsov, Kuindzhi, Goncharova and Kandinsky in four sections, from starry sky to UFOs.
Nicholas Roerich painted Himalayan peaks and drafted the 1935 Roerich Pact, a treaty placing cultural protection above military necessity. See the art.
Fifty paintings from the State Russian Museum come to Kemerovo, with works by Levitan, Repin, Korovin and Serov. See Russian Impressionism at close range.
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin’s Bathing of a Red Horse (1912) explained: why the horse is red, how spherical perspective works, and how it was read after 1917.
Ilya Repin at the Yaroslavl Art Museum: Barge Haulers on the Volga and five decades of portraits, landscapes and genre scenes from the State Russian Museum.
Boris Kustodiev painted merchant wives, Maslenitsa fairs and Russian Venus from a wheelchair. Explore his life, key works and the Volga world he remembered.
120 paintings by Aivazovsky, plus graphic sheets, ship accessories and porcelain, go on view at the State Russian Museum’s Benois Wing in Saint Petersburg.
Arkhip Kuindzhi turned moonlight into spectacle. Explore his 1880 Dnieper sensation, his glowing technique, famous students and where to see his work today.