In the front part of St. Petersburg, on Millionnaya street, an art gallery named after I. I. Betsky Automatic translate

ST. PETERSBURG. A new exhibition space has appeared in the city - an art gallery, which received the name of a prominent figure of the Russian state I. I. Betsky, who made a huge contribution to the Russian Enlightenment. Ivan Ivanovich Betskoy served as president of the Imperial Academy of Arts, was the personal secretary of Catherine II, and headed the commission on construction issues in two major Russian cities - Moscow and St. Petersburg. On his initiative, the Smolny Institute and the Educational House were created.

It is symbolic that the new art gallery was located on Millionnaya Street, where I. I. Betskoy lived at the time when the nearby Hermitage was founded in the city. In those same years, the Russian National Library appeared in St. Petersburg, which was one of the first public libraries in Eastern Europe.

Events dedicated to the opening of the gallery to them. I. Betsky, took place for three days, starting on March 4. The organizers took more than three months to prepare the first gallery exposition. The result was several halls with an area of ​​300 square meters. meters filled with works of art belonging to artists of different directions.

In the halls of the opened gallery there was a place for both classical painting, and the works of artists who worked in the Soviet period, and the avant-garde. The creators of the project believe that such a neighborhood allowed him to become unique. Placing the works of artists of different directions in a single space creates a special creative atmosphere in it.

On the first day of the opening of the gallery, the organizers took care of the kids who came with their parents. A painting workshop was organized for them. This event turned out to be so fascinating that some adults became participants.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru