Undark Ages: Tales of Medievalism and Academia
until 3 May, 2026

An exhibition exploring the links between Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and contemporary art. By bringing together works by masters of the past and contemporary artists, Undark Ages shows how strict adherence to classical principles can lead to stagnation, while the study of medieval heritage helps find answers to contemporary challenges.

GES-2

(Bolotnaya Embarkment 15)

Anatoly Zverev. Open storage
from 21 November, Fri

The project is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the AZ Museum. It is a large-scale statement about the artist and his era, which challenges the traditional concept of museum exhibitions. For the first time, the entire collection of the master's works will be displayed in an open storage format, where the line between the collection and the exhibition is blurred.

AZ Museum

(20-22 2nd Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street)

Dynamics of the Fragile
until 14 December, Sun

Natalia Sepiashvili's private collection. The exhibition combines the works of Ivan Asinovsky and Sergey Orlov, two sculptors from different eras who were equally passionate about the plastic possibilities of porcelain.

Sistema Gallery

(Bobrov Lane, 4, bldg. 4)

Following in the footsteps

until 5 December, Fri


Pasha's artistic journey began as a graffiti and street art artist, gradually transitioning to painting, graphics, and objects. In all of his projects, Pasha captures the multilayered nature of everyday life, from celebration to melancholy.

Triumph Gallery

(3/8b5 Ilyinka Street)

Easter. Japan

until 5 December, Fri


Artem Alekseyev's art is based on the process. His works are multi-layered, with the final image being just a visible stage of their gradual transformation. Underneath the layers of paint, there are usually previous versions of the artwork, not just corrected mistakes, but archaeological layers that capture the progress of his creative journey.

Triumph Gallery

(3/8b5 Ilyinka Street)

Masterpieces of art of Kazakhstan

until 23 November, Sun


The exhibition introduces visitors to the best examples of Kazakhstani fine art of the 20th century. The exhibited paintings and sculptures provide insight into several generations of talented artists.

Tretyakov Gallery

New Tretyakov

(Krymsky Val 10)

White Gold. Cotton in the Art of the Soviet East

until 30 November, Sun


The new exhibition is dedicated to a grandiose project for the development of domestic cotton farming and its reflection in painting, graphics, posters, and household items.

Museum of Oriental Art

(12A Nikitsky Boulevard)

Autumn Flower. Vadim Sidur, Polina Rukavichkina

until 30 November, Sun


The exhibition will feature Polina Rukavichkina's photographic works, which engage in a dialogue with the artistic world of Vadim Sidur, including his sculptures, graphics, and photographs of his daily life and work in his studio.

Vadim Sidur Museum

(37A Novogireevskaya Street)

From Beijing to Moscow: A Dialogue of Cultures

from 19 November, Wed


The exhibition goes beyond the traditional chronological approach and focuses on three key aspects: the creator, the connoisseur, and the practical application of art. This perspective allows us to explore the social context of art creation and bridge the gap between aesthetic systems.

Tretyakov Gallery

(10 Lavrushinsky Lane)

Age of Neizvestny. On the 100th Anniversary of the Artist

from 25 November, Tue


The exhibition provides the most comprehensive view of Ernst Neizvestny's work and consists of four sections: "War - is...", "Neizvestny in the Manege", "Gigantomachy", and "The Tree of Life", which feature sculptures, drawings, and paintings from museum and private collections.

Tretyakov Gallery

New Tretyakov Gallery (10 Krymsky Val)

Photo[graphic] journey

from 20 November, Thu


Travelers kept their impressions of the European Grand Tour, trips to the Middle East, or journeys to Asia or South America. Thanks to this new hobby, an entire industry emerged: tourist photography and a network of studios that sold reproductions.

Tretyakov Gallery

New Tretyakov Gallery

(Krymsky Val 10)

Vladimir Nemukhin. Playing with Abstraction

until 9 March, 2026


The exhibition is dedicated to the master's 100th anniversary. The exhibition includes more than 70 works in various genres, including paintings, graphics, and rare examples of decorative and applied art, including limited-edition porcelain.

Tretyakov Gallery

New Tretyakov Gallery

(Krymsky Val 10)

Smart Home. Sound Art in the Museum Space
until 7 December, Sun

The exhibition will feature works by artists of different generations, most of which were created specifically for the exhibition: sound installations, sculpture, graphics, photographs, videos, and scores, complemented by works from the MMOMA collection.

Museum of Modern Art

(Petrovka 25) - MMOMA

Elena Sharganova. The Limit of Echo
until 23 November, Sun

Contemporary young artists often address the theme of memory, as they find a solution for talking about the search for self-identity and talking to the viewer in the all-understandable language of nostalgia. So reflecting on the contrasts of personal and collective memory, Elena Sharganova immerses the visitor in complex processes through nostalgia and empathy.

Museum of Modern Art

(Gogol 10/1) - MMOMA

Opening the time. Vladislav Zubarev
until 7 December, Sun

Drawing on the ideas of his teacher, Elia Belyutin, the artist created his own language, centered on reflections on the spiritual nature of time, filled with personal experiences and philosophical quests.

Cube. Moscow The Carlton Hotel

(3 Tverskaya Street, 2nd floor)

Total installation by Alisa Gorelova. "Beyond the Form"
until 2 December, Tue

From the perspective of a divine gaze, today's world appears as an incomprehensible tangle of bodies, intentions, and random events. To know the truth is to acknowledge its impermanence. Alice Gorelova offers a unique perspective on this topic in her new total installation.

Cube. Moscow The Carlton Hotel

(3 Tverskaya Street, 2nd floor)

Stanislav Shurip. Night Journey
until 30 November, Sun

The exhibition includes large-scale paintings by the artist created in 2025. The works presented at the exhibition belong to the landscape genre, but by drawing inspiration from natural forms, the artist creates a unique world that straddles the line between reality and dreams.

Sistema Gallery

(Bobrov Lane, 4, page 4)

Ivan Filatov. History of the village of Izhevskoye. 1890s – 1930s
until 30 November, Sun

Izhevskoye became famous for the fact that its residents, the peasants, bought themselves out of serfdom from the landowner Nikolai Demidov in 1832. This happened 29 years before the abolition of serfdom in the Russian Empire (serfdom was abolished in 1861).

Multimedia Art Museum - MAMM

(16 Ostozhenka Street)

Irina Uspenskaya. Lighter than air
until 30 November, Sun

"One day, I picked a large bunch of dandelions and brought them home," the artist says. "Even in a vase, they were full of life: they bloomed with the first rays of the sun and closed at sunset. Soon, the flowers turned into white, weightless balls that I wanted to protect from sudden movements and drafts."

Multimedia Art Museum - MAMM

(16 Ostozhenka Street)

Andrey Grositsky. Identified Object
until 30 November, Sun

Grositsky's attention is drawn to everyday objects: a lamp, a part of a workbench, a piece of cloth... This genuine interest and sensitivity towards everyday objects were shared by other Soviet non-conformist artists, but Grositsky's painting style and compositional solutions are truly unique.

Multimedia Art Museum - MAMM

(16 Ostozhenka Street)

Fundamental Lexicon
until 30 November, Sun

The works from the Sinara Foundation's collection presented at the exhibition reflect the main, "fundamental" artistic strategies and trends in contemporary Russian art.

Multimedia Art Museum - MAMM

(16 Ostozhenka Street)

Tatlin. The Construction of the World
from 22 November, Sat

To the 140th anniversary of the birth of the artist Vladimir Tatlin. This is the first exhibition in Russia in 30 years dedicated entirely to the work of Vladimir Tatlin. The exhibition will be one of the largest retrospectives of the artist, bringing together more than 220 exhibits. Original pictorial and rarely exhibited graphic works, sketches, drawings, photographs and reconstructions will allow you to trace the entire creative path of the main dreamer of the Russian avant-garde.

Zotov Center

(2b1 Khodynskaya Street)

5 Corners
until 10 May, 2026

The new large-scale exhibition is dedicated to artists and collectors of street art. The exhibition includes more than 150 works by 63 artists from 5 leading collections, allowing visitors to view contemporary street art from different perspectives and through the personal vision of each artist.

Ruarts Foundation

(6 Trubnikovsky Lane)

The last triumph of Peter the Great. Eternity lies ahead
until 1 February, 2026

In 1725, the Petrine era, full of change, hard work, and glorious achievements, came to an end: the Russian Empire bid farewell to its founder, the reform-minded Tsar Peter the Great. The Kremlin aims to highlight the key stages of the emperor's "last triumph."

Moscow Kremlin Museums
Exhibition halls in the Patriarchal Chambers and the Assumption Belfry

(Moscow, Kremlin)

The Secret - The Living
until 7 December, Sun

In this project, we are interested in exploring the living tradition and its existence in the works of contemporary artists. The tradition continues only when it is lived with sincerity and depth. The works presented are made in various techniques, from painting, hand-weaving, and carving to video and 3D printing. It lives not as a canon, but as a source of inspiration for new images — Dmitry Shishkin, co-curator of the exhibition.

Zaryadye Hall
Underground Museum

(6 Varvarka Street, Building 4)

ARTel Laboratory
until 20 November, Thu

Traditional art and contemporary art practices are the result of a large research, educational, and creative project.

Museum of Decorative Arts

(3 Delegatskaya Street)

Tranquility
until 5 March, 2026

The exhibition is dedicated to the work of non-conformist artists in the 1970s. The project "Tranquility" allows us to see the period of "stagnation" through the eyes of underground artists who sought solace in their art, separate from the stagnation of Soviet official art and the political activism of dissidents.

Museum of Nonconformity

(24/7s2 Myasnitskaya Street)

A line must be alive
until 25 November, Tue

Alexander Traugot is a wise artist who lives with a brush in his hand. He is an artist who has absorbed the entire Leningrad-St. Petersburg culture, including its visual, musical, and architectural aspects.

Île Thélème

(24/11 Pravdy Street)

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»

(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.

Voznesensky Center

(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

(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

(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

(Petrovka 25) - MMOMA

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.

Pavilion No. 1 Central

(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.

Museum of Russian Impressionism

(15 Leningradsky Prospekt, Building 11)

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.

AZ/ART (11/4b1 Maroseyka Street)

Yakov Chernikhov. The Image of the Future
until 11 January, 2026

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, 2026

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
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
Masterpieces of Early Photography
until 30 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.)
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)
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)
Frida. Viva la vida!
until 30 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

(2s1 Khodynskaya Street)

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."

Tretyakov Gallery

New Tretyakov Gallery, Halls 60–62

(Krymsky Val 10)

1418 Days. To the 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory

until 11 January, 2026


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.

Tretyakov Gallery

New Tretyakov Gallery, Western Wing

(Krymsky val 10) - halls 1 and 2

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