Russian Culture

The New Tretyakov Gallery is currently presenting a series of films in connection with its exhibition ‘Variety. Unity. European Contemporary Art. Berlin. Moscow. Paris’.“Toma” (2021)The selection is based on critically acclaimed…
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Interest in Russian art and antiques is growing at auction. Therefore, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers is expanding the schedule with an additional Russian Online Auction and will host a total of five theme auctions this year. It begins with…
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The annual BALLET ICONS GALA, presented by Ensemble Productions, celebrates the 150th anniversary of Sergei Diaghilev, the legendary creator of the Ballets Russes, at the Coliseum on 13 March 2022 with most memorable moments from the…
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The book “From Moscow to London. Notes on happiness and business” by a new Russian-British author Alisa Zotimova launched in Moscow in December last year. A non-fiction hardcover was published in Russia by Alpina Pro (part of the prominent…
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Prokofiev conjures romance and tragedy with startling artistry in his ballet Romeo and Juliet, in scenes performed by Kensington Symphony Orchestra (KSO). Although he initially completed the work for the Kirov Ballet in 1935, Prokofiev…
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BBC Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska presents music from two titans of Russian music – separated by continents, but not yet the iron curtain. Dalia Stasevska @Barbican By the time Sergei Rachmaninov began his…
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Classics for Kids is a specially designed series of concerts for children 5+ years old, created by award-winning pianist and our regular contributor Yulia Chaplina with the aim of introducing children to the best of the world’s…
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Stage Russia and Pushkin House are proud to present an online screening of Takoy Theatre‘s Iran Conference by Ivan Vyrypaev followed by a Q&A with the playwright, in conversation with Prof Michael Earley. The recording will be…
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Last few days to visit or view the virtual tour of the Futuromarrenia exhibitor at Mystetsky Arsenal in Kyiv, Ukraine. Futurism is an outstanding phenomenon of world art history originated in Italy. Bacila futuryzmu, “bacteria of Futurism,”…
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Join curator Kieran McCarthy and author Francesca Cartier Brickell online for a look at the relationship between the two master jewellers of the era. ©V&A In conjunction with the V&A exhibition ‘Fabergé in London: Romance to…
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We welcome conductor Sir Antonio Pappano back to the RCM to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vaughan Williams, with a performance of his gentle and reflective Symphony no 5. ©Royal College of Music Vaughan Williams travelled…
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Posters for the Ilya Repin exhibition at the Petit Palais, Paris, refer to him as a ‘painter of the Russian soul’ and there is certainly ample evidence of his capacity to both record and construct a particular sense of ‘Russian’ identity…
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Within the Bois de Boulogne, the Fondation Louis Vuitton sits like a recently landed spaceship, a mass of glass and steel designed in Frank Gehry’s trademark style and planted in the woods where the real-life Parisians who inspired Balzac…
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Kino Klassika presents SOVIET 60s: A TURNING POINT IN CINEMA, a monthly film series at the Ciné Lumière spotlighting a stunning selection of auteur films. On 18 January 2022 Kino Klassika in partnership with the Institut Français will…
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Since the beginning of his artistic life, Yuri Norstein has been the mythmaker of the animation, a visionary who treated his art as creation of universes at the intersection of painting and literature. Inhabitants of his worlds — characters…
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