Exhibition "Bright Sunday of Christ"

On April 8, in the Gallery of Siberian Art (Karl Marx St., 23), an exhibition of works of decorative and applied art "Bright Sunday of Christ" from the private collection of the Irkutsk collector Alexander Speshilov starts working. The exposition includes a unique collection of Easter eggs made of porcelain, glass, wood, metal, papier-mâché, made by Russian and foreign craftsmen since the 1830s.

The exhibition features about eighty exhibits, including Easter eggs made by the Imperial Porcelain Factory for the Russian emperors Nicholas I, Alexander II, Alexander III, Nicholas II, Empresses Maria Feodorovna and Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. Here you will also find Easter eggs created by the leading domestic porcelain factories: Gardner, Kuznetsov, Kornilov, as well as some examples of Easter souvenirs, household utensils by European masters and porcelain Easter eggs made in China for Russian emigrants in the first half of the 20th century.

The exhibition "Bright Sunday of Christ" will open on April 8 at the Gallery of Siberian Art (Karl Marx St., 23) and will run until May 9. Phone for inquiries and booking excursions: 33-43-89. The museum has a mask mode.