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20.01.2026 "FotoStrelka" is the first black-and-white photography festival in Russia. This large-scale project aims to become the country’s premier platform for monochrome photography. Its goal is to discover and support talented artists, creating a representative panorama of contemporary Russian photography.
Southside Grooven "Go. Went. Gone"
15.01.2026 A solo exhibition by Kalmyk artist Southside Grooven explores themes of identity, cultural belonging, the role of intergenerational memory, and personal experience in human life. The works on display were completed between 2024 and 2025 and are divided into three sections: drawings, paintings, and installations.
Sergey Bugaev-Africa "REBUS"
15.01.2026 The exhibition presents works ranging from early experiments from the 1990s to monumental canvases created in the 2020s, such as "Quantum Rebus," a "quantum rebus" in which a vortex of symbols forms a new universe, or "Quadruple Unsolved Rebus," an attempt to find archetypal order in chaos itself.
Raphael. Renaissance
15.01.2026 Starting January 23, the Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts will host the unique exhibition project "RAPHAELTHE RENAISSANCE." For the first time in Russia, it presents the largest retrospective of works by the outstanding Renaissance artist Raphael Santi, who became one of the three titans of the Renaissance, along with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti.
"Awakening" by Zorigto Dorzhiev
14.01.2026 From January 23 to May 24, the Viktor Bronstein Gallery will host Zorigto Dorzhiev’s solo exhibition, "Awakening." The exhibition features approximately 30 works by one of the most prominent contemporary artists, renowned worldwide.
"Nothing of the Kind" by Maria Polushkina
19.12.2025 Maria Polushkina’s work was influenced by artists such as Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Amedeo Modigliani, René Magritte, Joan Miró, and Kazimir Malevich.
Mu Ke. Time and Space
19.12.2025 The Moscow Museum of Modern Art, in collaboration with the International Art Institute at Harbin Normal University, presents "Time and Space," an exhibition by contemporary Chinese artist Mu KeThe exhibition explores how painting becomes a means of understanding time, space, and the meeting of two cultural traditions.
Eternal Baroque. From the 17th to the 21st Century
19.12.2025 The Volga-Vyatka branch of the A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts presents the exhibition "Eternal Baroque. From the 17th to the 21st Century." The exhibition explores the connection between motifs in art from the 17th and 18th centuries and the present day.
Stephen Wilkes. Day and Night
16.12.2025 Erarta Museum presents an exhibition by renowned American photographer Stephen Wilkes, who creates hyperrealistic photographs in which space and time can be literally discerned in exquisite detail.
Tile patterns. A collection of tiles from the Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts.
15.12.2025 The Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts collection contains a collection of tiles, which includes three complete stoves with minor losses, fragments of several stoves from the late 18th to the first half of the 19th century, and individual tiles from the late 17th to the early 20th century.
Restless
15.12.2025 The "Neugomonnykh" group was founded over 15 years ago and has become a unique community of artists united by a common idea: "Beauty will save the world." It all began with an exhibition at the Central House of Artists, which the participants titled "Five Restless Ones Still Dance in the Meadow." This line from a poem by Japanese poet Yesa Buson perfectly captures the spirit of the creative team .
Winners of the 2025 Afanasy Kulikov Prize
30.11.2025 KALUGA. On December 5, 2025, at 4:00 PM, the Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts (103 Lenin Street) will host an awards ceremony for the winners of the 2025 Afanasy Kulikov Prize exhibition and competition.
The Kugach Dynasty of Artists. Painting. Realism
30.11.2025 The Russian Academy of Arts presents the exhibition "The Kugach Dynasty of ArtistsPainting. Realism." The exhibition will showcase the extensive and diverse creative legacy of these artists, united not only by blood relationship and a shared surname, but also by a sincere love for their homeland: Yuri Petrovich Kugach (1917-2013), Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts; Mikhail Yuryevich Kugach, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts; and Ivan Mikhailovich Kugach, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts.
"Ode to Russian Winter" by Evgeny Ladygin
28.11.2025 On December 19 at 3:00 PM, Moscow-based graphic artist Evgeny Ladygin’s first solo exhibition in Pskov, "Ode to Russian Winter," will open.
New names – 2025
26.11.2025 On November 27 at 4:00 PM, the 22nd Regional Youth Art Exhibition and Competition "New Names – 2025" opens at the Gallery of Siberian Art (23 Karl Marx Street). The exhibition