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A celebratory evening, dedicated to Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov’s Bicentennial took place in the US Library of Congress.

The bicentennial event celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Lermontov held at the US Library of Congress. The event was organized by the American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation in Washington DC.

Last Thursday a celebratory evening with the Deputy of Russian Minister of Culture Grigoriy Ivliev’s participation took place. Amongst the event guests there were the researchers and curators of the poet’s legacy, Russian cultural figures and representatives of the educational and business communities from both countries.

No matter how long the current confrontation between the US and Russia might last, sooner or later sensible people will put an end to it...

On April 24, 2014, ARCCF marked the Bicentennial of Mikhail Lermontov, one of Russia’s most revered poets, with a program at the Library of Congress.

More than 400,000 high-resolution digital images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum’s website for non-commercial use.

Every month, MetCollects introduces one work of art recently acquired by the Met - panel painting of a woman in a blue mantle.

A striking marble bust of the Russian industrialist and philanthropist Count Nikolai Demidov will be the highlight of the Tomasso Brothers stand at Masterpiece London, Royal Hospital Chelsea, from 26 June to 2 July 2014. Stand C2.

Starting from Thursday, May 8, until June 28, 2014, Galleria Goethe presents the exhibition MUSE INQUIETANTI [Disquieting Muses] in collaboration with Nuova Galleria Morone of Milan.

Today, at a time of renewed appreciation for the Pre-Raphaelites, this exhibition—the first devoted to the subject at the Metropolitan Museum in 15 years—will offer an opportunity to consider afresh this aspect of the Museum’s collections.

The inaugural Downtown Fair, a new modern and contemporary art fair, opens its doors on May 8th in New York City.

A loan exhibition devoted entirely to Chinese calligraphy— including masterpieces by some of the most renowned practitioners in Chinese history—will open at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on April 29.

April 24, 2014, Library of Congress - celebrating the Bicentennial of Russia's Great Poet Mikhail Lermontov.

The artistic exchange between two of the greatest Russian artists of the 19th Century is embodied in Viktor Vasnetsov’s bronze Portrait of I.E. Repin, which will highlight Christie’s sale of Russian Works of Art on April 9 in New York (estimate: $100,000-150,000).

Expositions of Gallery "Russkiy Mir": ILLARION GOLITSYN(1928 - 3007), PEINTURE. AQUARELLE. GRAVURE and RUSSIAN BEAUTY.

The Passions of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, a major retrospective that explores the life and work of the exceptionally gifted, deeply tormented sculptor who defined the heady atmosphere of the Second Empire in France (1852–1871), is on view at the Metropolitan Museum now through May 26.

As early as the 14th century, images of carpets woven in the East—primarily in the areas constituting present-day Turkey and Iran—began to appear in European paintings.

Come and raise a glass to the opening of SLOVO 5! The Festival kicks off on 8 March, with the chance to meet some amazing, fantastically talented people! Take a look at the programme below for a taste of the exciting events we have in store!

ASTI Gallery presents: Svetlana Lanshakova and the project "Variations on a Theme by Mozart". Curator of the exhibition Natella Voiskounski

Congratulations with 10th Anniversary Celebration to Tretyakov Gallery Magasine from Vincent C. Gray, Mayor, District of Columbia.