Kichedzhi and Tsereteli contribute to the creation of a new museum in St. Petersburg Automatic translate

Vasily Kichedzhi, St. Petersburg vice-governor, chaired an evening meeting on July 20, 2012, dedicated to the next stage of the project to create the State Museum of Academic and Contemporary Art. The initial exhibition of the museum will comprise 100 thousand storage units from the storerooms of the Research Museum of the Academy of Arts. The museum does not have free space to display these works.

The paintings of Rafael Santi, Fyodor Rokotov, Luke Giordano, Vladimir Borovikovsky, Nikolai Ge, Marc Chagall languish away from fans and admirers of painting. This injustice caused the initiative of Zurab Tsereteli to transfer a complex of buildings on the 4th line of Vasilyevsky Island to city ownership to create a new museum. These buildings are located on the territory of the Foundry Yard of the Russian Academy of Arts and are an ideal object that can accept the exposition of the new museum.

He will be given unique designs and models of the famous architectural ensembles of St. Petersburg - Smolny and St. Isaac’s Cathedrals and the Academy of Arts itself. Many exhibits are priceless works of architectural graphics. The museum will have a collection of sculptures worthy of attention of connoisseurs, which will include antique works and creations of modern authors.

Vasily Kichedzhi gave an official order to begin the process of transferring buildings to the city, which inspires confidence in the realization of the hopes associated with the new museum.

Olga Sankova