Five Moscow exhibitions closing between 18 January and 15 February

In the regular "Where to Go" column: Moscow exhibitions you can visit this week.

📌 Closing soon: "Karl Bryullov. Rome – Moscow – Saint Petersburg" at the Tretyakov Gallery, until 18 January

📌 Closing soon: "From Dawn to Dusk: Byzantine Coins from the Collection of G.A. Shchetinin" at the Pushkin Museum, until 18 January

📌 Closing soon: "One of Our Own. Vladimir Gilyarovsky" at the Museum of Russian Impressionism, until 25 January

📌 Exhibition "The Art of Labour" at Bakery No. 9, Boiler House, until 15 February

📌 Rostan Tavasiev's exhibition "Zailyaris" at MMOMA on Gogolevsky, until 15 February.

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