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Source: Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
As part of the XXXIII International Festival "Zodchestvo 2025," the Moscow City Architecture Committee and the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, with the support of the Moscow government, presented the exhibition project "No More NETWALLS." This visual exploration of Moscow street art and its transformation into a new cultural element of the metropolis was presented by Sergei Kuznetsov, Chief Architect of Moscow and First Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Architecture and Urban Development (Moskomarkhitektura), part of the Complex of Urban Development Policy and Construction of the City of Moscow.
The "No More Walls" stand invites you to see how street art is becoming part of conscious urban policy and helping us reimagine familiar routes. The project demonstrates how street art is evolving from an element of underground culture into a tool of urban planning, bringing people together, enlivening spaces, and filling the streets with creative energy.
"Street art is timeless. Its strength lies not in eternity, but in its precise timing. The city is a living organism, and its visual language should be renewed just as naturally," says project curator Sergey Kuznetsov. "Our goal is to create an ecosystem where professional artists have the opportunity to express themselves creatively in the city. Regulation here isn't censorship, but rules of the game that make the process transparent and fair. We want art to become a natural part of urban culture, so that businesses see it not as a burden, but as an investment in meaning. The constant emergence of public art in the city is a sign of a healthy artistic environment. Street art should live in the rhythm of the city: appearing, resonating, and disappearing, making room for new voices."
The exhibition stand concept was developed by the architectural firm KRNV. The exhibition showcases street art as a complex system of interactions between artist, city, business, and society, revealing its energy, which is always "on the edge": between the moment and eternity, between freedom and the system, between the personal and the collective. The exhibition includes photographs and sketches of striking projects: NETSTEN, Angel, Agatha, Hesse's mural, and others, as well as an interactive map of urban interventions.
Project curator: Chief Architect of Moscow Sergey Kuznetsov. Co-curators: Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Sergey Kuznetsov's press secretary Maria Ulyanova, and Irina Kuznetsova, curator of exhibition, educational, and publishing programs at the Moscow Committee for Architecture.
The first legal outdoor gallery, NETSTEN, opened in 2019 at the initiative of the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art with the support of the Moscow Committee for Architecture. Since its inception, the gallery has hosted seven exhibitions featuring leading contemporary artists: Kirill Kto, Misha Most, Vova Nootk, Max Ima, Gosha Ykor, Zhihar, Zhenya Voynar, Andrey Aznet, Sergey Ovseykin (Zukclub), and many others.
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