Exhibitions of Plastov, Filatov and Korovin, art of Kazakhstan and the Thaw in October

A regular round-up of current exhibitions in Moscow: where to go.

The final week of the exhibition “Arkady Plastov. Graphic Works. 1930s” at the Open Club gallery: until 14 October

7 October: opening of the exhibition “Masterpieces of Kazakhstan Art” at the New Tretyakov Gallery: until 23 November

The exhibition “Ivan Filatov. The History of the Village of Izhevskoye. 1890s–1930s” at the MAMM: until 30 November

8 October: opening of the exhibition “The Bright Thaw” at the Voznesensky Centre: until 18 January

8 October: opening of the exhibition “Konstantin Korovin and the Moscow School of Art” at the Artefact gallery: until 1 March.

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The Betrothal Feast in Vlas Doroshevich's Satirical Novel “Mu-Xiang”

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Madonna with Cherubim in Milan's Brera: from Bellini to Mantegna

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Pushkin Museum refused the Ludwig collection over the branch name

The silliest thing about this renaming is its poor timing. For when the Pushkin Museum was offered, as a gift, the greatest collection of contemporary art of the second half of the twentieth century, the collection of Peter Ludwig, the very reason for the refusal was the condition that the

Exhibitions of Plastov, Filatov and Korovin, art of Kazakhstan and the Thaw in October

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The Betrothal Feast in Vlas Doroshevich's Satirical Novel “Mu-Xiang”

Madonna with Cherubim in Milan's Brera: from Bellini to Mantegna

Pushkin Museum refused the Ludwig collection over the branch name

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