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An exhibition of nominees for the 6th Moscow Art Prize opened in Zaryadye Park on November 12. The prize is awarded for contributions to contemporary art, with works that have become significant in the capital's cultural life over the past year and a half.
"This season was a record-breaking year for the competition's history, with over a thousand applications submitted. The shortlist includes more than 70 projects in the categories of Fine Arts and Architecture, Music, Cinema, Theatre, and Literature. All of them are connected in some way to the capital," he said.
Alexey Fursin, Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the capital's Department of Culture.
Each work was created in Moscow, dedicated to Moscow, or commissioned by city institutions, and meets one of the thematic criteria: "In Moscow," "About Moscow," or "For Moscow." The best projects will be included in a large-scale exhibition that will introduce the nominees' work to the public. The exhibition will run until February 1, 2026.
"The Moscow Art Prize isn't just a list of the season's best works. The project demonstrates how the relationship between culture and society is changing, and what values are important to the creators of various works. Culture has a place for civic engagement, art research, and aesthetic exploration—all of this benefits the city and its people," said Ivan Demidov, director of Zaryadye Park.
The "Fine Arts and Architecture" category features over 30 projects by contemporary artists. Among them is the third annual exhibition "Svoyasi. The Path of Contemporary Art," which brings together artists exploring national traditions in search of new meanings and forms. One such example is Lyudmila Shevchenko, one of the winners of the 5th Triennial of Textile Art and Contemporary Tapestry, "Diversity of Connections. Threads, Gaps, Connections," with her work "Soaring." The exhibition project "Zurab Tsereteli. Sunny Garden" will include works from the "I Was Born a Gardener" series and the feature-length film "Zurab," which will be shown twice daily in the Cinema-Theater zone.
The exhibition "And I Saw a New Heaven and a New Earth" by Anton Belikov and Svetlana Cheprova is also presented in this category. It explores the soldier's fate and the images of war. The exhibition also features sketches for monumental murals and mosaics by Leonid Polishchuk and Svetlana Shcherbina, created for the building of the scientific library of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, from the project "Art on a Scale. Monumental Painting of Moscow," which was held at the Museum of Moscow. Visitors will see a model of Nikolai Polissky's solo exhibition "Electroart"—the artist has created a plastic metaphor for a modern metropolis entangled in electrical wires.
Among the exhibitors in the Literature category are writers Igor Maltsev, Alexey Kolesnikov, Kirill Ryabov, Anna Chukhlebova, Dmitry Lekukh, and others. Visitors will have access to both paperback and electronic versions of the 2024/2025 season's new releases.
The multimedia players in the Music zone will feature new works by Vladimir Rannev, Petr Glavatskikh, Nikolai Popov, Pavel Pankovsky, Anna Pospelova, Sergei Uvarov, and artists from the popular label.
The Cinema-Theater zone features feature films, documentaries, and series by Sergei Mokritsky, Kirill Polikarpov, Daria Shumakova, and Maxim Gureev, as well as excerpts from plays by Yuri Kvyatkovsky, Oleg Lipovetsky, Galina Zaltsman, and Yana Sekste, as well as popular productions from Moscow theaters.
In developing the exhibition's architectural concept, the organizers were inspired by Moscow's rich palette of textures and materials, characteristic of the capital's various historical eras. The interior features wood textures, a nod to the tradition of Russian wooden architecture, composite materials reminiscent of the golden reflections on domes, 1980s façade tiles, and concrete—a symbol of the modern metropolis.
The exhibition is open to audiences aged six and over, while the Cinema-Theater area is open to those aged 16 and over. Tickets can be purchased online. Mosbilet.
The winners of the VI Moscow Art Prize will be determined by an expert council comprised of over two dozen leading experts in all disciplines. The awards ceremony will take place on November 25 at the Zaryadye Park Media Center.
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