Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy
Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy
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Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy
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February 11 at the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy will start a unique exhibition project “Rafael. The Age of the Renaissance”. The project presents for the first time in Russia the largest retrospective of the works of the outstanding Renaissance artist Raphael Santi, who became one of the three titans of the Renaissance along with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti – more than 90 engravings and lithographs of the 16th-19th centuries from his drawings, frescoes and mosaics from private collections UK and Germany.
The organizer of the exhibition is the Artgit company (Moscow).
The name of Raphael flashed like a bright star in the sky of the world’s artistic heritage, revealing to the world his truly divine genius. The canvases and frescoes of the artist, reflecting the very essence of the Renaissance, have become a symbol of the transition of mankind from the Middle Ages to the period of the Enlightenment and the New Age.
Grand dukes and all-powerful bankers dreamed of his paintings. The Pope gave him the best orders and paid generous fees. Rafael – the favorite of everyone and everything – all his life strove for harmony, conquering the humanists and masters of the great Renaissance with his work.
Among the monumental works of the artist, a series of frescoes in the Loggias of the Vatican occupies a special place. Grateful descendants will later call them the Loggias of Raphael, and his picturesque ribbon the Bible of Raphael. On the plafonds in each of the thirteen arches of the arcades, Raphael placed four frescoes on the themes of the Old and New Testaments. Their total number of 52 is equal to the number of weeks in a year. According to the canons of Catholic services, at the end of each week, sermons were heard for the citizens of Rome on the theme of a certain event or a parable from the Bible. After the end of the service, everyone could view a huge “illustration” of what they heard on one of the walls or ceiling of the gallery. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to get in touch with these great “illustrations”.
In 1866, the outstanding German artist and engraver Ludwig Gruner, director of the Dresden Royal Cabinet of Prints, in collaboration with the famous Italian artist, president of the Academy of San Luca, Nicola Consoni, produced 52 tinted lithographs of large-format frescoes in the style of an old woodcut of the 16th century, presented at the exhibition in full for the first time in Russia.
Raphael will lead his viewer through the whole story from the creation of the world to the coming of the Savior. His Biblical stories seem to be windows to a new world. The result was a very harmonious synthesis of the ancient and Christian worlds, which, perhaps, will become the reason for the long-term glory of the Loggias. The artist wants to say that for us, in Christian culture, biblical events occupied the same place that mythology occupied for ancient ones. Raphael speaks of the advent of a new, Christian era in a person’s life. And although this new age can feed on the achievements of antiquity, it is still different from it, as well as immeasurably superior to it.
Being a great architect, Raphael was often invited to design churches, cathedrals and chapels. The growing fame of Raphael aroused the interest in him of one of the richest merchants of his time, Agostino Chigi, who contributed to the development of the artist’s genius, hiring him widely and drawing the attention of the Pope and other Italian princes to him . Among the greatest works done by Raphael for Agostino Chigi is the Chigi Chapel, a family chapel for which the artist made drawings for the dome mosaics.
The exhibition shows a series of delightful engravings from these mosaics, made by Ludwig Gruner in 1850. They represent the universe in accordance with the theory of Ptolemy and Aristotle, which since the time of Raphael has been supplanted by the systems of Copernicus and Newton. Along with the Almighty, Raphael depicted planets and fixed stars. Each of the planets is under the auspices of an Angel in a state of waiting for a sign from above, according to medieval thought.
30 unique engravings from Raphael’s drawings, shown at the exhibition – illustrations for Lucius Apuleius’ novel “Cupid and Psyche” from the novel “Metamorphoses or the Golden Ass”, which were printed in Rome in 1774 from copper plates of 1530-1560, give a special mood and charming poetry. The engravings were made by outstanding masters of the 16th century, contemporaries of Rafael Agostino Veneziano and Maestro B Del Dado. In these illustrations, Raphael’s special individual style was especially clearly manifested, known for its harmony, transparency, clarity, relaxed composition and grandeur, characterized by a balanced manner of drawing, calm and measured images, soft forms, diffused light and rounded outlines.
Raphael showed himself as an unusually strong and vibrant artistic personality. He is rightfully considered one of the most productive artists and influential public figures of his time. The author of numerous paintings and frescoes on religious, ancient and secular subjects, the official artist of the papal court, the chief architect of St. Peter’s Cathedral, the chief keeper of Roman antiquities and the first archaeologist of ancient Rome, Raphael himself became both a symbol and the embodiment of the Renaissance.
Visit cost:
Entrance ticket – 300 rubles.
Students, pensioners, disabled people and other preferential categories (upon presentation of a document certifying the right to preferential visits) – 250 rubles.
Schoolchildren – 150 rubles.
Photo and video shooting – free of charge.
You can also buy a ticket using the Pushkin card (online only).
The exhibition will run until April 10, 2022.
*Photos provided by the exhibition organizer.
On February 13, at 12:00, the museum invites adults and children over 10 years old to a master class on creating a doll on hinges “Magic Story”.
Creating a gift with your own hands is a very exciting activity at any age! At this master class, you will be able to prepare a souvenir for your family as a sign of your love.
Under the guidance of artist Olga Remez, you will make with your own hands a paper doll on hinges, the hero of your story, and complement it with unique objects. Technique – watercolor.
All materials are provided!
Duration – 1, 5 hours.
The cost is 400 rubles.
The number of seats is limited. Tickets are online only.
January 27 at the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy, the solemn opening of the exhibition of works by the Voronezh artist Valentina Sumina “While the Sun Shines” took place.
The exhibition presents works of graphics, sculpture, ceramics and painting created by the author over more than half a century of work. All of them reveal the main themes of the master’s work: love for the motherland, Russian history, admiration for heroic countrymen.
Honorary guests took part in the opening ceremony: Bronislav Tabachnikov – art historian, art critic, Alexei Smirnov – chairman of the board of the Voronezh branch of the Union of Artists of Russia, Sergey Rudakov – deputy chairman of the Voronezh Regional Duma, chairman of the committee on culture and historical heritage, Vyacheslav Lyuty – literary and theatrical critic, member of the Union of Writers of Russia, Gennady Kovalev – Doctor of Philology, Professor, Head of the Department of Slavic Philology of the Faculty of Philology of the Voronezh State University.
“Each canvas presented at the exhibition contains a mood, and beyond that, an insight into the essence of the character that the artist recreates,” said Bronislav Tabachnikov.
“Valentina Sumina is so purposeful, so capable that the Union of Artists is immensely proud of such a master and repeatedly sets an example for others,” said Alexei Smirnov.
“In the work of Valentina Sumina, we will always find the imprint of time, the specificity of this or that character, and finally, everything is done extremely individually – by composition or by a color spot, you will always see that all this is Suminov’s,” Vyacheslav Lyuty said.
Oksana Lepneva, acting director of the museum, read out two congratulatory addresses received by the artist from the All-Russian creative public organization “Union of Artists of Russia” and the traveler, archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church, full member of the Russian Academy of Arts Fyodor Konyukhov.
Many warm and kind words were addressed to Valentina Iosifovna from colleagues, friends and admirers of her work during the evening. Many flowers were presented to the hero of the occasion. The guests shared their memories of meeting the artist, life stories related to her.
The curator of the project, the head of the creative marketing project “Mosaic” Zhanna Korneva expressed her gratitude from all those who were lucky enough to work with the artist on the creation of the exposition.
Valentina Sumina began her response with words about her colleagues who paid her boundless attention at the beginning of her career: these are sculptors Boris Shemardin and Alexander Meshcheryakov, as well as painter Zinovy Popov. The author also spoke about the importance of help, sometimes completely disinterested, which comes from other people, in particular those who helped with the current exhibition.
About herself and her work, Valentina Sumina said briefly – “I tried!”.
A musical performance was prepared as a surprise for the artist. The group under the direction of Father Dmitry, deacon of the Assumption Cathedral, member of the Union of Composers, performed works by Voronezh composers based on verses by Valentina Sumina.
Everyone who wished could communicate with the artist and receive as a gift sets of postcards depicting her works.
The project is supported by NELZHA. RU
The exhibition will run until February 27, 2022.
January 27 at the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy hosted the opening of the interactive exhibition “Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci”. The organizer of the exhibition is the Mask of Time company (Moscow).
Oksana Lepneva, acting director of the museum, presented the exhibition, noting that the name of Leonardo da Vinci, a multifaceted genius who was several centuries ahead of his era, is perhaps familiar to absolutely everyone. Every museum dreams of such an exhibition being presented within its walls. The Voronezh Art Museum was lucky in this regard. The exhibition is the result of many years of research into the work of Russian masters who recreated the mechanisms and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci according to his drawings. Almost every exhibit can and even needs to be touched, which is not typical for a museum. Acquaintance with Leonardo da Vinci the artist is possible thanks to the reproductions of all his famous paintings presented at the exhibition. Each exhibit is accompanied by a description, which makes acquaintance with the exhibition understandable and convenient. And for those who wish to visit the exhibition accompanied by a guide, weekend excursions are available.
“I am sure that the exhibition will become a real event for the visitors of our museum!” – the representative of the museum finished her speech.
The representative of the Mask of Time company, exhibition curator Dmitry Sukharenok, in his welcoming speech, noted that if every museum dreams of an exhibition opening in it, then in turn, every exhibition dreams of being in such a good hall as in the Voronezh Art Museum. The exhibition of inventions of the great Leonardo travels to different cities of Russia and has already visited many places. And, of course, Voronezh and the Voronezh region are lucky to have such a wonderful museum located in a beautiful historical building and having such an exhibition hall.
“Just as the museum complex combines the historical and progressive part, so our exhibition combines the history of Leonardo’s works and the modern approach to museum and exhibition business,” the project curator emphasized.
After the official opening, the curator of the project held a tour of the exhibition for all visitors, during which he clearly demonstrated the work of the exhibits presented at it.
February 6 at 12.00 VOKhM them. I.N. Kramskoy invites adults and children over 10 years old to a master class “Dream Flight” (as part of the exhibition “Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci”).
The master class is dedicated to creating a pop-up postcard in the spirit of the great Leonardo. He foresaw that man would be able to fly. The scientist recorded his observations and research on the flight of birds.
On the basis of his drawings, the participants will create their own works. To do this, they will use simple materials and the basics of paper engineering, which they will learn about at the master class.
The master class is conducted by the senior researcher of the museum, artist Olga Remez.
All materials are provided. Finished work is taken away.
Duration – 1.5 hours.
The cost is 400 rubles.
Limited number of seats. Tickets online only.
All tickets are sold!
January 25, 2022 at the VOKhM them. I.N. Kramskoy hosted the “Lesson in the Museum” – a city competition held as part of the XIII City Festival of Pedagogical Excellence “From Calling to Recognition – 2022”.
The purpose of the competition is to familiarize the younger generation with the culture and history of the Voronezh region, increase the efficiency of using the potential of the city’s museums in the educational process and extracurricular activities, as well as identify the best pedagogical practices.
The lesson in the museum was dedicated to the anniversary date – the 190th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian landscape painter Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin, who was born on January 25, 1832.
The participants of the lesson – pupils of the MBOU gymnasium “UVK No. 1” learned about how the museum exposition is arranged, the paintings of what genres are presented on it, got acquainted with the painting by I.I. Shishkin “Forest. Late Autumn” from the museum’s collection and other landscapes presented in the form of reproductions reflected on the themes of the artist’s paintings. And during the creative part of the lesson, the guys, like real artists, created a fabulous winter landscape.
January 20 at the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy, the exhibition project “Far Garden” was opened.
The head of the exposition and exhibition department of the museum, Oksana Lepneva, noted that this project is somewhat atypical for the museum, but at the same time quite interesting, since it is dedicated to such an understandable, and at the same time, unique phenomenon as dachas, and specifically to the dacha village Dalnie Sady. The project combined dreams and reality, nostalgia and history. What is a cottage? What is included in this world? How does it affect us, and how do we affect it?
The answer to these questions was given by the project curator, artist Marina Demchenko, who emphasized that the main theme of the project was the theme of interaction and mutual assistance. Surprisingly, different people were involved in the project: artists, photographers, performers, actors and playwrights. Words of gratitude were addressed to each participant and assistant to the project, to the Kramskoy Museum, which hosted the winter exhibition, as well as to those who supported and assisted the project – Evgeny Khamin, General Director of Hamina Group of Companies LLC, and the Grafer printing house . The program of events that will be held at the exhibition was also announced – these are lectures, a performance, a performance show and curatorial excursions.
One of the exhibits of the exhibition was a map of Far Gardens, which shows the names of people whose stories formed the basis of the project. And the beginning was laid by the story of the poet Polina Sinyova, in whose garden the summer exhibition of the project was held. In her welcoming speech, Polina Sineva spoke about the impressions of her childhood, especially those periods that took place in the Far Gardens in the summer. She noted that she enthusiastically accepted the invitation to participate in the project, as it made it possible to make the innermost territory of the garden open to a large number of people and friends.
Artist Evgenia Nozhkina, whose childhood is also associated with the Far Gardens, presented her work – a fabric tapestry woven from textiles that surrounded her at that time – these are curtains, bedspreads, favorite pants, sweaters.
“For many, photographs are memorable, but for me, memory is a tactile sensation, I think that many of us have such favorite things,” the artist noted.
Artist Sergei Gorshkov congratulated the project curator on the excellent exhibition, noting that Marina Demchenko, known primarily as an artist, showed herself in the project in a new role as an organizer and curator.
At the end of the opening, Marina Demchenko emphasized that the exhibition was interactive, advised paying attention to various little things, wished to feel like summer residents in the city and get the most out of the exhibition.
During the period of the exhibition “Far Garden” (from January 20 to February 6), the museum will host a number of thematic events:
January 23. 14:00-15:30 (Sunday). Curator’s tour of the exhibition and performance “Snowy” by the TRIPON (12+) association.
During the tour, the curator of the project, the artist Marina Demchenko, will talk about the summer artistic research of the dachas and guide you through the winter exhibition. What real stories formed the basis of the works of artists, how the creative processes were going on, what tree the artists planted in the summer, what they shouted about in the open field and what meanings are hidden in the seemingly ordinary theme of dachas – you will learn all this on the tour.
On this day, all visitors to the tour will have a pleasant bonus – the performance “Snowy” by the modern dance association TRIPOD (Olga Beloglazova, Yulia Gorshkova). The association participated in the summer exhibition, and for the winter exhibition Olga and Yulia made a special trip to the Far Gardens to look at the dachas under the snow. What’s under the snow?
The cost of the tour is 200 rubles.
Buying tickets online only. Limited number of seats.
January 27th. 18.30-19.30 (Thursday). Marina Demchenko’s curatorial tour of the exhibition (12+).
During the artist’s tour, Marina Demchenko will talk about the summer artistic research of dachas and guide her through the winter exhibition. What real stories formed the basis of the works of artists, how the creative processes were going on, what tree the artists planted in the summer, what they shouted about in the open field and what meanings are hidden in the seemingly ordinary theme of dachas – you will learn all this on the tour.
The cost of the lecture is 200 rubles.
Buying tickets online only. Limited number of seats.
January 29. 14.00-15.00 (Saturday). Performance performance “My near and far. Gardens (0+).
Performative verbatim-reading in the space of the exhibition based on the stories of the inhabitants of the Dalnie Sady dacha village.
Playwright Diana Litvinova. Composer Denis Afonin.
Actors: Anastasia Meisinger, Yulia Vorontsova, Andrey Kruzhkov, Yaroslav Kozlov, German Grevtsev, Olga Kozlova.
Entrance ticket to the exhibition – 100 rubles. The ticket is also available on the Pushkin card (online).
January 30. 14:00-15:30 (Sunday). Lecture by Sergei Nikitin-Rimsky “Gardens of Freedom: Homestead Plots in the Life of Citizens of the USSR (1945-1991)” (16+).
Sergei Nikitin-Rimsky (Moscow) is a historian of the 20th century. Creator of the historical drama “Red Tungsten” at the Electrozavod. Author of the books Land of Names and Walks in Rome. Senior Research Fellow at the Museum of Moscow. Head and founder of the MosKultProg project (Culturological walks around Moscow). Head of the international architectural and musical project Velonoch.
The cost of the lecture is 150 rubles.
Buying tickets online only. Limited number of seats.
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February 3rd. 18:30-19:30. (Thursday). Curator tour by Marina Demchenko (12+).
During the artist’s tour, Marina Demchenko will talk about the summer artistic research of dachas and guide her through the winter exhibition. What real stories formed the basis of the works of artists, how the creative processes were going on, what tree the artists planted in the summer, what they shouted about in the open field and what meanings are hidden in the seemingly ordinary theme of dachas – you will learn all this on the tour.
The cost of the lecture is 200 rubles.
Buying tickets online only. Limited number of seats.
TO BUY A TICKET
February 6. 14:00-15:30 (Sunday). Lecture by Nata Kosyakina “Dachis in Russian literature” (16+).
No wonder the word dacha is not translated – this is a special phenomenon inherent in our culture. Dachas are islands of freedom, contemplation, detachment, migration to your inner garden. It is no wonder that the theme of dachas found a great response in Russian literature, and it is not surprising that so many writers and poets are dacha residents. Nata Kosyakina, a poet, teacher, graduate of the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University (Moscow, Voronezh), will tell about the connection between literature and dacha culture.
The cost of the lecture is 150 rubles.
Buying tickets online only. Limited number of seats.
TO BUY A TICKET
January 21 at 12.00 VOHM them. I.N. Kramskoy invites everyone to the lecture “Light painters and painting”.
The lecture will cover the period of development of early Russian photography from the late 1840s to the early 1920s in the context of its formation, self-awareness, development and recognition as a special kind of fine art. During the lecture, we will look at the social environment and the context of the time, the unique conditions of mutual influence, cooperation and controversy, as well as the technical and pictorial features of the age of early photography.
You will learn about the mass boom of “album mania” and the collapse of miniature painting, about the world recognition of Russian light painters and the bitterness of obscurity of the pioneers, about the photographic activity of the young I.N. Kramskoy and big names S.L. Levitsky, G.I. Denier, A.O. Karelina. On the mass nature of photography in the 19th century and the aesthetic resistance of Pictorialism. And also about what is common between the aesthetics of impressionism and the use of soft-focus optics, between photography on glass of the 19th century and Polaroid.
The lecturer is the senior researcher of the museum Valery Shakin.
The lecture will be broadcast in the VKontakte museum group
“And God saw that it was good… And blessed”
Old Testament, Genesis, Ch.1
January 27 at 17.00 in the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy, the opening of the exhibition “While the Sun Shines” will take place.
The exhibition dedicated to the anniversary of the Voronezh artist Valentina Sumina will present works of graphics, sculpture, ceramics and painting. The exhibition is interesting not only for the coverage of numerous artistic techniques subject to the artist, but also for a philosophical look at the history of the Voronezh region for more than half a century of creativity.
The artist, who was born into a large peasant family in the Vorobyevsky district of the Voronezh region and began her career with the sculptural department of the Saratov Art School, submitted to both graphics and painting. And even poetry. Sumina’s pottery is a talented song to her native land, in which meadow grasses, ancient faces, and the future of the earth are her children.
The exhibition presents works that reveal the main themes of the artist’s work: love for the motherland, Russian history, admiration for the heroic countrymen, whose exploits still set a high tuning fork for descendants.
For thousands of years the forces of good and evil have been fighting for the soul of man, and through the eyes of an artist-philosopher we see how the divine law flourishes, where love triumphs, and people have not lost their biblical scale. Faith in the divine spark in every person, love for everything that exists – all this is vividly represented in the works of the outstanding Voronezh artist.
As part of the opening, musical works by Voronezh composers based on verses by Valentina Sumina will be presented. Everyone will be able to communicate with the artist and receive a booklet with artwork. The exhibition will be held with the support of NELZHA.RU
Valentina Iosifovna Sumina is a graphic artist, sculptor, ceramist and painter, member of the Union of Artists of Russia, participant of all-Russian, international and foreign art exhibitions. Teacher of the Children’s Art School, who raised more than one generation of talented students, head of the art studio at a mechanical plant, illustrator of books for the Central Chernozem Publishing House.
The cost of visiting the exhibition is 100 rubles for all categories of citizens.
You can also buy a ticket using the Pushkin Card (online only). The ticket is valid upon presentation of an identity document.
Members of the Union of Artists (upon presentation of a certificate) – free of charge.
Photography: mobile devices, camera (without flash) – free of charge.
The exhibition will run until February 27, 2022.
*Photo from the author’s archive.