An exhibition of Russian artists Victoria and Vladimir Kirilenko opens in Washington

In Washington, the exhibition of Russian artists Victoria and Vladimir Kirilenko “Football and Eternity” has opened.

Artists Victoria and Vladimir Kirilenko carry out the world’s first art relay race dedicated to the 2018 World Cup. The unprecedented sports and art project of the spouses over the past five years as part of a world tour has traveled to more than 40 cities of the world: from Madrid to Vladivostok, from Rome to Arkhangelsk, from Athens to Moscow. Today, an exposition of 30 grotesque works opens at the Russian Center for Culture in the USA. The Sochi project has already received worldwide fame, the FIFA television company released a film about it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU9WzLf1w3g), and in Athens, the artists were awarded the UNESCO World Organization Awards (http://www.vesti.ru /doc.html?id=1149034).

The “Football and Eternity” artistic relay race includes the holding of an exhibition and the transfer of copyright relay paintings signed by prominent contemporaries from city to city. Famous football fans D. Matsuev, V. Kuzmin, L. Bokeria and others have already taken part in it. The renowned footballer N. P. Simonyan signed the relay race for Washington on the eve of his ninetieth birthday.

The Russians can get acquainted with the unique works of Victoria and Vladimir Kirilenko at the International Olympic Airport in Sochi, where an exposition of 25 paintings is deployed.