Five exhibitions closing between 11 January and 17 May

New selection of Moscow exhibitions you can visit this week:.

📌 Closing soon. The exhibition “Yakov Chernikhov. An Image of the Future. Architectural Fantasies of the Russian Avant-Garde” at the Jewish Museum, until 11 January

📌 The exhibition “From the Patriotic War to the Decembrists. Icons, Graphic Art and Decorative Objects” at the Andrei Rublev Museum, until 1 March

📌 The exhibition “Meanings and Crafts. Through the North to the East” at the ROSIZO exhibition halls, until 8 March

📌 The exhibition “India. The Fabric of Time” at the Tsaritsyno Museum, until 12 April

📌 The exhibition “The Volga. Moscow. The Neva. The Saratov Symbolists in Moscow and Leningrad, 1920s–1940s” at the Worker and Collective Farm Woman pavilion at VDNKh, until 17 May.

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