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The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
until 12 December, Fri
The exhibition of Boris Sveshnikov, Pavel Peppershtein, and Alexey Pankin. The artists and the title/plot of the short story of the same name by F.M. Dostoevsky are separated by different times and historical contexts. However, they are united by their desire to understand the role of the individual in a constantly changing reality, the spiritual search as the essence of the human life path, and the depth of understanding the nature of things.
Stella Art Foundation bldg. «Mercury»
until 12 December, Fri
The exhibition of Boris Sveshnikov, Pavel Peppershtein, and Alexey Pankin. The artists and the title/plot of the short story of the same name by F.M. Dostoevsky are separated by different times and historical contexts. However, they are united by their desire to understand the role of the individual in a constantly changing reality, the spiritual search as the essence of the human life path, and the depth of understanding the nature of things.
Stella Art Foundation bldg. «Mercury»
(15 Krasnogvardeysky Prospekt, 2nd floor)
The Light Thaw
until 16 January, 2026
The exhibition is dedicated to the light and sound art of the 1960s. It is a space of experimentation and innovation that affected all areas of life, from new music and syncretic visual art to cinema, light architecture, exhibition and urban space design, scientific discoveries, and the adaptation of the utopian ideas of the Russian avant-garde to the practice of production, space exploration, and other previously unseen fields.
until 16 January, 2026
The exhibition is dedicated to the light and sound art of the 1960s. It is a space of experimentation and innovation that affected all areas of life, from new music and syncretic visual art to cinema, light architecture, exhibition and urban space design, scientific discoveries, and the adaptation of the utopian ideas of the Russian avant-garde to the practice of production, space exploration, and other previously unseen fields.
(Bolshaya Ordynka, 46/3)
Creative Workshop of Theatre Artist David Borovsky
until 1 February, 2026
The only personal museum of a set designer in the world. David Borovsky (1934-2006) was one of the key figures in the history of 20th-century theatre. Visiting David Borovsky's workshop is an opportunity to explore the "backstage" of theatre and understand the artist's role in creating a performance.
Memorial Museum
until 1 February, 2026
The only personal museum of a set designer in the world. David Borovsky (1934-2006) was one of the key figures in the history of 20th-century theatre. Visiting David Borovsky's workshop is an opportunity to explore the "backstage" of theatre and understand the artist's role in creating a performance.
Memorial Museum
(B. Afanasyevsky Lane, 3, Building 3, Entrance 3, 5th Floor)
Irina Zatulovskaya. Life
until 30 November, Sun
The Museum presents a retrospective exhibition of Irina Zatulovskaya, one of the key figures of Russian contemporary art. The Life project covers the entire artistic journey of the artist, from her early works to her mature experiments, from ancient themes to national folklore.
Museum of Modern Art
until 30 November, Sun
The Museum presents a retrospective exhibition of Irina Zatulovskaya, one of the key figures of Russian contemporary art. The Life project covers the entire artistic journey of the artist, from her early works to her mature experiments, from ancient themes to national folklore.
Museum of Modern Art
(Gogolevskiy 10/1) - MMOMA
Evgeny Gorokhovsky. Between the concrete and the unlimited
until 14 December, Sun
The retrospective exhibition features the work of one of the leading representatives of photo and hyperrealism, an artist whose work combines photographic precision, philosophical depth, and painterly freedom.
Museum of Modern Art
until 14 December, Sun
The retrospective exhibition features the work of one of the leading representatives of photo and hyperrealism, an artist whose work combines photographic precision, philosophical depth, and painterly freedom.
Museum of Modern Art
(Petrovka 25) - MMOMA
The Magic of Purple Clay: Yixing Zisha Pottery
until 9 November, Sun
The large-scale exhibition is dedicated to the unique culture of traditional Chinese zisha ceramics, which originated 700 years ago in the city of Yixing in Jiangsu Province. This is the first time that the Russian audience has been introduced to the various facets of the Yixing ceramic phenomenon.
until 9 November, Sun
The large-scale exhibition is dedicated to the unique culture of traditional Chinese zisha ceramics, which originated 700 years ago in the city of Yixing in Jiangsu Province. This is the first time that the Russian audience has been introduced to the various facets of the Yixing ceramic phenomenon.
Museum of the East (Nikitsky blvd., 12A)
The Image of Moscow in russian art from the collection of the Russian museum
until 1 February, Sun, 2026
This is an important cultural event for the cultural life of not only the two capitals, but also for the country as a whole. 115 masterpieces by Russian artists traveled from St. Petersburg to Moscow, uniting the cultural codes of the two capitals.
until 1 February, Sun, 2026
This is an important cultural event for the cultural life of not only the two capitals, but also for the country as a whole. 115 masterpieces by Russian artists traveled from St. Petersburg to Moscow, uniting the cultural codes of the two capitals.
(ave. Mir, 119, p. 1) - VDNH
My own man. Vladimir Gilyarovsky
until 25 January, 2026
The exhibition invites you on a journey through Moscow with the “King of Reporters” Vladimir Gilyarovsky. From the provincial merchant city of the 1880s to the dynamically developing capital of the 1930s, as seen by the journalist and writer, visitors to the exhibition will see it in the works of Ilya Repin and Vasily Kandinsky, Konstantin Korovin and Natalia Goncharova, and other painters and graphic artists.
until 25 January, 2026
The exhibition invites you on a journey through Moscow with the “King of Reporters” Vladimir Gilyarovsky. From the provincial merchant city of the 1880s to the dynamically developing capital of the 1930s, as seen by the journalist and writer, visitors to the exhibition will see it in the works of Ilya Repin and Vasily Kandinsky, Konstantin Korovin and Natalia Goncharova, and other painters and graphic artists.
Museum of Russian Impressionism
(15 Leningradsky Prospekt, Building 11)
MUZALEVSKY
until 15 November, Sat
Personal exhibition of Evgeny Muzalevsky. A large-scale statement based on the material of the last three years. The exhibition will include large canvases, as well as graphics, photographs, embroidery, bronze sculpture, and video. For the first time, the gallery will show a short film created by Muzalevsky.
Alina Pinsky Gallery
until 15 November, Sat
Personal exhibition of Evgeny Muzalevsky. A large-scale statement based on the material of the last three years. The exhibition will include large canvases, as well as graphics, photographs, embroidery, bronze sculpture, and video. For the first time, the gallery will show a short film created by Muzalevsky.
Alina Pinsky Gallery
(28 Prechistenka Street)
The house of my dreams. Georgy Khomich
until 31 October, Fri
The artist works in the field of contemporary painting, creating vivid, paradoxical scenes from a quiet view from the window to a small story about freedom. The exhibition is a theatrical journey through the image of a house, where the familiar turns into fiction.
until 31 October, Fri
The artist works in the field of contemporary painting, creating vivid, paradoxical scenes from a quiet view from the window to a small story about freedom. The exhibition is a theatrical journey through the image of a house, where the familiar turns into fiction.
(Bobrov Lane, 4, bldg., 4)
Krasnopevtsev. The Equilibrium of the Unequal
until 8 January, Thu
Dmitry Krasnopevtsev is called the "keeper of time." The genre of still life became a symbol of absolute, metaphysical time stoppage for him. He called his compositions "metaphysical still lifes" and interpreted ontological categories in them: life, death, time, and eternity.
until 8 January, Thu
Dmitry Krasnopevtsev is called the "keeper of time." The genre of still life became a symbol of absolute, metaphysical time stoppage for him. He called his compositions "metaphysical still lifes" and interpreted ontological categories in them: life, death, time, and eternity.
AZ/ART (11/4b1 Maroseyka Street)
Yakov Chernikhov. The Image of the Future
until 1 November, Sat
Architectural fantasies of the Russian avant-garde. The new exhibition will be the most comprehensive account of the work of Yakov Chernikhov, whose visionary approach anticipated the development of urbanism and architecture for a century.
Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center
until 1 November, Sat
Architectural fantasies of the Russian avant-garde. The new exhibition will be the most comprehensive account of the work of Yakov Chernikhov, whose visionary approach anticipated the development of urbanism and architecture for a century.
Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center
(11 Obraztsova Street, Building 1A)
(In)visible City M.
until 15 January , Thu
The first exhibition is an introduction. The opening of the Museum Center allows visitors to explore the previously unknown inner world of the first art commune, created a century ago, and to see the "other side of the easel" by learning about the meanings and stories behind the artwork, discovering new names, and being inspired by previously unseen works.
Maslovka Museum
(3 Verkhnyaya Maslovka Street)
until 15 January , Thu
The first exhibition is an introduction. The opening of the Museum Center allows visitors to explore the previously unknown inner world of the first art commune, created a century ago, and to see the "other side of the easel" by learning about the meanings and stories behind the artwork, discovering new names, and being inspired by previously unseen works.
Maslovka Museum
(3 Verkhnyaya Maslovka Street)
Anya Zhelud. Inhale exhale
until 30 November, Sun
It is difficult to imagine the Russian art of the first quarter of the 21st century without the works of Anya Zhelud, one of the most prominent artists on the Russian art scene over the past 20 years. At the age of 26, in 2007, she was nominated for the Innovation State Prize in Contemporary Art, and in 2008, she was nominated for the Kandinsky Prize.
Multimedia Art Museum
(16 Ostozhenka Street) - MAMM
until 30 November, Sun
It is difficult to imagine the Russian art of the first quarter of the 21st century without the works of Anya Zhelud, one of the most prominent artists on the Russian art scene over the past 20 years. At the age of 26, in 2007, she was nominated for the Innovation State Prize in Contemporary Art, and in 2008, she was nominated for the Kandinsky Prize.
Multimedia Art Museum
(16 Ostozhenka Street) - MAMM
Vladimir Grig. Thank you for being with us
until 30 November, Sun
Personal exhibition of Vladimir Grieg, one of the most prominent contemporary artists, as well as a sculptor and musician. Grieg is a nominee for the Kandinsky and Kuryokhin awards.
Multimedia Art Museum
(16 Ostozhenka Street) - MAMM
until 30 November, Sun
Personal exhibition of Vladimir Grieg, one of the most prominent contemporary artists, as well as a sculptor and musician. Grieg is a nominee for the Kandinsky and Kuryokhin awards.
Multimedia Art Museum
(16 Ostozhenka Street) - MAMM
Masterpieces of Early Photography
until 16 November, Sun
More than 70 rare photographs by foreign and domestic masters of the 19th century, such as David Hill and Robert Adamson, Édouard Baldus, Henri Le Secq, Gustave Le Gray, Gavriil Ryumin, and Stepan Vishnevsky, from the collection of the Béton Center for Visual Culture, will be displayed at an exhibition in the center of Moscow. Most of the photographs are being presented to the public for the first time.
BÉTON
(2k1 Yakimanskaya Emb.)
until 16 November, Sun
More than 70 rare photographs by foreign and domestic masters of the 19th century, such as David Hill and Robert Adamson, Édouard Baldus, Henri Le Secq, Gustave Le Gray, Gavriil Ryumin, and Stepan Vishnevsky, from the collection of the Béton Center for Visual Culture, will be displayed at an exhibition in the center of Moscow. Most of the photographs are being presented to the public for the first time.
BÉTON
(2k1 Yakimanskaya Emb.)
Studios. Waiting
until 2 November, Sun
Vitaly Pushnitsky's project is dedicated to understanding the image of an artist's studio, a space that connects architecture and the artist's work from the moment of conception to the creation of an artistic work. For the first time, the project brings together a series of works created by the artist from 1998 to 2024.
Shchusev Museum of Architecture
(Vozdvizhenka 5/25)
until 2 November, Sun
Vitaly Pushnitsky's project is dedicated to understanding the image of an artist's studio, a space that connects architecture and the artist's work from the moment of conception to the creation of an artistic work. For the first time, the project brings together a series of works created by the artist from 1998 to 2024.
Shchusev Museum of Architecture
(Vozdvizhenka 5/25)
Nicholas I. The Ideal Autocrat
until 22 June, 2026
The exhibition is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the accession to the throne of a monarch whose image is as multifaceted and controversial as the era of his reign. Striving to be an ideal monarch and believing that stability was the highest good for his subjects, Nicholas I ruled with firmness, reason, and inspiration.
Historical Museum - GIM
(1 Red Square)
until 22 June, 2026
The exhibition is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the accession to the throne of a monarch whose image is as multifaceted and controversial as the era of his reign. Striving to be an ideal monarch and believing that stability was the highest good for his subjects, Nicholas I ruled with firmness, reason, and inspiration.
Historical Museum - GIM
(1 Red Square)
Magic of glitter. Rhinestones and faceted steel
until 2 February, 2026
The exhibition is dedicated to the art of making jewelry and accessories from the 18th and early 19th centuries, which use rhinestones and faceted steel in their decoration. For the first time, exhibits created using these materials are showcased as valuable and self-sufficient luxury items.
State Historical Museum
(1 Red Square)
until 2 February, 2026
The exhibition is dedicated to the art of making jewelry and accessories from the 18th and early 19th centuries, which use rhinestones and faceted steel in their decoration. For the first time, exhibits created using these materials are showcased as valuable and self-sufficient luxury items.
State Historical Museum
(1 Red Square)
Frida. Viva la vida!
until 9 November, Sun
At the exhibition, visitors will see a magnificent and dynamic multimedia performance – the artist’s paintings come to life, accompanied by a very candid first-person account of her life’s twists and turns. The voiceover is read by Marianna Schultz, the actress who provided the voice for Salma Hayek in the film “Frida.”
Artplay media
until 9 November, Sun
At the exhibition, visitors will see a magnificent and dynamic multimedia performance – the artist’s paintings come to life, accompanied by a very candid first-person account of her life’s twists and turns. The voiceover is read by Marianna Schultz, the actress who provided the voice for Salma Hayek in the film “Frida.”
Artplay media
(10 Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya Street, Building 2, Entrance 2A)
Path to the Avant-Garde: Artists' Dialogues in the Magazine "A-Ya"
until 18 January, 2026
The A-Ya magazine introduced the Soviet underground to Western audiences and helped the magazine's artists find their place in the "history of art that follows the main line of the avant-garde movement." The publication would expand beyond the confines of the magazine's pages, allowing viewers to explore the original artwork and archival documents featured within.
Zotov Center x Museum AZ
until 18 January, 2026
The A-Ya magazine introduced the Soviet underground to Western audiences and helped the magazine's artists find their place in the "history of art that follows the main line of the avant-garde movement." The publication would expand beyond the confines of the magazine's pages, allowing viewers to explore the original artwork and archival documents featured within.
Zotov Center x Museum AZ
(2s1 Khodynskaya Street)
until 9 November, Sun
The exhibition will feature engravings based on drawings by prominent European artists, including Raphael, Bronzino, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Gallery of European and American Art(Volkhonka 14)
Karl Bryullov. Rome – Moscow – St. Petersburg
until 8 January, Thu, 2026
In the year of Bryullov's 225th anniversary, the State Tretyakov Gallery invites visitors to explore his artistic legacy through the lens of the concept of "genius of place."
New Tretyakov Gallery, Halls 60–62
(Krymsky Val 10)
1418 Days. To the 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory
until 9 November, Sun
Irina Sedova, curator of the exhibition, reefers to it as an “exhibition of emotional experience” enabling viewers of all generations to feel and understand the 1941–1945 events through the works of artists from the Gallery’s collection.
New Tretyakov Gallery, Western Wing
(Krymsky val 10) - halls 1 and 2
