Russian Academy of Arts


The Russian Academy of Arts hosts rotating exhibits in the historic 19th-century mansion of the Morozov estate. Despite the institutional-sounding name, this is part of the empire of contemporary Moscow artist and architect Zurab Tsereteli; it puts on inspired and varied shows featuring mostly contemporary Russian and foreign artists.


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