Art galleries exhibition spaces foundations and cultural centers Moscow (Москва)

Well, okay, there's a discouraging line outside the Armory Palace housing the funds. But it is the Imperial collection of gemstones you are about to contemplate. The private collection of the imperial family includes the Orlov diamond (189.62 carats) cut in approximately 180 facets, the Shah diamond (88.7 carats) and the world's largest cut sapphire (258.8 carats), not to mention a 36 kg gold ingot called the Great Triangle.

Painting and graphic art of Russian painters, realism and impressionism in abstract art.

The gallery of contemporary Moscow painters and Russian painters residing abroad: AEC group (Arzamassova, Evsovitch, Sviatsky), Dimitri M, Anatoly Jouravliov, Guy Rigvava, Igor Kaminnik, Valery Kochliakov, Vladimir Doubossarsky and Alexandre Vinogradov, Alexandre Rötburd, Vitaly Komar, Alexandre Melamide, Avdey Ter-Oguanian, Andrey Bassanets, Arsène Savadov, Arsène Savadov, Youri Khorovsky, Groupe group, Bogdan Mamonov etc.

Author in Moscow of several industrial buildings, Konstantin Melnikov (1890-1974) built for him between 1927 and 1930 this three-storey residence and a masterpiece of constructivist architecture: made up of two interlocking cylinders, it opens onto the street through a huge glass facade that lights up the architect's studio, which fell into disgrace in 1937, from which he never recovered. Today the building (unfortunately in rather poor condition) is one of thebuildings belonging to the Shchusev Museum of Architecture (MA).

The Manège is now the most prestigious exhibition hall in the capital. Originally a riding school dating from the 18th century, it covers almost 12,000 m². After an arson attack in 2004, the perpetrators of which were never found, it was renovated into the Central Exhibition Hall that you can see today. While the permanent exhibitions are of fairly average quality, some of the temporary exhibitions are worth a visit.

You can check out the programme and book your tickets on their website.

This centre is part of the Red October cultural cluster on the Moskva River. There are high-quality exhibitions featuring both Russian and foreign photographers. The entrance fee is a bit high, so check their site in advance if you are interested in the current (often changing) exhibition. The photo shop that accompanies the centre is excellent, with lots of images taken in Soviet times and reprints of posters.

This gallery is named after its owner, an art dealer and exhibitor. It has acquired a solid reputation and you can be sure that the artists exhibited here have or will have a world-renowned career. This place is an ideal place to get acquainted with the Russian art scene, especially at the time of the happenings that bring together all the Russian cultural gratin. Once you get over the intimidating feeling of coming as a tourist walking the flowerbeds of a very select art world, you can enjoy the talent displayed on the walls.

The palace, built in the 1930s in a style that reflects the beginnings of Constructivism, was first a popular leisure centre throughout the Soviet period. In 2008 it became a municipal cultural centre 2.0. The hotel now regularly hosts performances and films of all styles and for all tastes. For children, there are creative development and dance workshops, a chess club, etc. There are also foreign language courses and discussion clubs.

Realist art depicts the daily life of urban and peasant life around the artist, it was highly appreciated by the Soviet regime. The Private Institute of Russian Realist Art has the largest collection of Russian art of the 20th and 21st centuries with more than 500 works. It exhibits masters such as Serguei Gerasimov, Yuri Pimenov, Geli Korzhev, Victor Popokov. The interest of this visit is to see, through the paintings, the evolution of Russian society before and after the revolution.

Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful exhibition venues in Moscow, this private contemporary art centre compares itself to the Tate Modern or the Centre Pompidou in its ambition to place Russia in the global contemporary art network. Located in the former bus terminal (Bakhmetevsky), this vast space includes several exhibition rooms, a bookshop, a cinema and a good restaurant. The garage is a masterpiece of architecture by the architect K. Melnikov and the engineer V. Shukhov.