Until September 9, at the Ural Vision Gallery in Yekaterinburg, there is a group exhibition "Fabric of Narrative", featuring works by artists from our gallery — Sasha Braulov and Lada Uchaeva.
We reached out to the gallery team to compile a selection of institutions where it's best to start getting acquainted with contemporary art in their city. We thank our colleagues for their responsiveness and share with you a list of recommendations:
Ural Vision Gallery, ul. Sheinkmana d.10
The gallery is located in the "quiet center" of Yekaterinburg — it's convenient to start your journey through the city's cultural venues from here. UVG was founded in 2012 and became one of the first contemporary art galleries in Yekaterinburg. The current project "Fabric of Narrative" has brought together contemporary Russian artists who differently perceive and interact with textiles. An important direction of the gallery's work is the formation of the Ural Vision Foundation contemporary art fund, whose collection visitors can view in the format of a small exhibition.
Yeltsin Center, Boris Yeltsin St., bld. 3
A place that has become the city's calling card. Regardless of your perception and attitude toward the 1990s, we recommend visiting the art gallery. There, from August 18, an exhibition of Perm authors called "Sektsiya" curated by Pyotr Bely will open. Here you can also buy gifts and souvenirs from the Urals at the "EL" store (the chain has also recently appeared in St. Petersburg) or at the "Piotrovsky" bookstore.
Hermitage-Ural, ul. Vainera, d. 11
The Hermitage-Ural Center opened two years ago in the renovated building of the Museum of Fine Arts (EMII). During the years of the Great Patriotic War, this building was the main storage place for the collections of the State Hermitage, and some works also entered the funds of EMII. In the permanent exhibition, you can see the collection of Western European art, as well as several temporary exhibitions. The name of the center has not only memorial significance - the State Hermitage regularly brings exhibitions here from its collections.
Underground Museum, ul. Dobrolyubova, d. 2D
A completely new venue for Yekaterinburg. A private museum dedicated to the culture and art of the Soviet underground opened a year ago. The exhibition imitates the first unofficial art exhibitions – the walls are filled with a tapestry-style display by very different authors. The museum presents a cross-section of underground culture from Sverdlovsk, Moscow, and Leningrad.
Local History Museum, Lenin Ave., bld. 69/10
The Big Shigir Idol, which is over 11,000 years old, is the main exhibit of the museum. In addition to viewing the world's oldest wooden sculpture, we also recommend paying attention to the architecture of the building and the popular spiral staircase. The area and neighboring houses with the museum form a constructivist complex known as "Chekists' Town," built in the 1930s.
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