Three exhibitions close on 18 January, while “Winter’s Tale” opens at the Tretyakov Gallery on 10 January

In our regular "Where to Go" feature, a new selection of Moscow exhibitions worth visiting this week.

📌 Closing soon: the exhibition "The Road to the Avant-Garde: Dialogues of Artists in the Journal 'A-Ya'" at the Zotov Centre, until 18 January

📌 Closing soon: the exhibition "Marina Bessonova's Choice" at the Pushkin Museum, until 18 January

📌 Closing soon: the exhibition "Bright Thaw" at the Voznesensky Centre, until 18 January

📌 10 January: opening of the exhibition of Russian art of the 19th and 20th centuries "A Winter's Tale" at the Tretyakov Gallery, until 25 January

📌 The exhibition of the contemporary Chinese artist Mu Ke "Time and Space" at MMOMA, until 1 March.

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