Five exhibitions with closing dates from 9 March to 26 July, from Bogolyubsky to Vertov

A new selection of exhibitions in Moscow.

📌 Closing soon: the exhibition “Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky” at the State Historical Museum, until 9 March

📌 Closing soon: the exhibition “Marc Chagall. The Joy of Earthly Gravity” at the Pushkin Museum, until 15 March

📌 The architect Sergey Choban’s exhibition “What We Have We (Do Not) Keep” at the Shchusev Museum of Architecture, until 11 May

📌 The exhibition “The King of Jesters and Fools” at the Voznesensky Centre, until 17 May

📌 The exhibition “Dziga Vertov. Kino-Eye” at the Zotov Centre, until 26 July.

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