The Russian Academy Of ArtsThe Russian Academy Of Arts09.07.2010
The first in Germany monument to the Russian Empress Catherine the Great, born Princess Sophie Auguste Friderike von Anhalt-Zerbst was unveiled in the city of Zerbst on July 9, 2010. It has been designed by the renowned sculptor, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Michael Pereyaslavets.
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On July 6, 2010 the Plenipotentiary of the Republic of North Ossetia under the Russian President Alexander Totoonov presented the highest award of the Republic of North Ossesia-Alania - “To the Glory of Ossetia” to the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli for his monument to victims of Beslan. The monument was unveiled on June 1, 2010 in the downtown of Moscow in front of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin at Kulishki, 5/2 Solyanka street.
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The UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Zurab Tsereteli participated in the 10th Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors that took place in the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on June 24, 2010. The meeting traditionally devoted to the discussion of urgent problems and efficient means for the implementation of UNESCO goals was inaugurated by the UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.
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The defense of diploma work by students of V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute took place in the Russian Academy of Arts on June 22, 2010. The topics of the diploma work:
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By a decree of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, the People’s Artist of the USSR, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Ilya Glazunov who marked his 80th anniversary last week has been awarded the Order for Services to Motherland 1st Rank for his distinguished contribution to the promotion of Russian fine arts, his many years’ creative and teaching activities.
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President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Nickolai Mukhin on his 55th anniversary. The telegram of greetings, in particular, runs:
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Zurab Tsereteli has been honored with a Special Award of the City of New York as one of the most prominent representatives of the Russian-speaking community who made a significant contribution to the promotion of closer cultural relations and a dialogue between the United States and Russia.
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08/06/2010 RIA Novosti – The President of the Russian Academy of Arts is leaving for the United States – to open his solo show in the halls of the National Arts Club and to receive the Gold Medal of Honor for his significant role in the promotion of art. In various years the winners of this prestigious award were Salvador Dali, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, and now it will be presented to Tsereteli for his contribution to the promotion of cultural ties between Russia and the United States. From America Zurab Tsereteli will go to Paris to foster closer relations between Russia and France. On the eve of his visit the sculptor spoke about history, art education, royalties and Andrei Voznesensky with RIA Novosti reporter Ann Shelepova.
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The exhibition project of the Russian Academy of Arts “Russia-France: Three Centuries of Cultural Ties” to be launched in Paris on June 11, 2010 aims to show the history and main development stages of the Academy of Arts in Russia. One of the principle goals of the project is to specify the originality of the Russian academic art school, as well as to emphasize the significant role of the French culture, the contribution of the French eminent figures of architecture, fine arts and science to the formation of Russian art and academic art school representing a unique model of classical art education based on the centuries-old European fine arts development.
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The Annual National Arts Club’s Gold Medal of Honor has been awarded to Zurab Tsereteli for his significant role in the promotion of art. Zurab Tsereteli is the first Russian artist who received this one of the most prestigious American awards in the field of culture. The Gold Medal of Honor was presented to the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli on June 4 by the National Arts Club’s President O. Aldon James at the ceremony within the framework of the annual Festival “Our Legacy” launched in New York. Aldon James noted that in various years the award winners had been Salvador Dali, Robert Rauschenberg, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein and other eminent figures of arts, reports ITAR-TASS.
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On June 1, 2010 the Chairman of the Council of Federation Sergei Mironov visited V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute at the invitation of the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli, where he was shown works by its senior students and graduates. Sergei Mironov also got acquainted with the work of the painting and sculpture workshops and had a meeting with teachers and students of the Institute.
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The Russian Academy of Arts invites you to attend a panel discussion on the contemporary religious art that will take place on June 2-3, 2010 at 11 am in the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow.
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On June 1, in Moscow was unveiled a memorial to victims of the school hostage siege in the North Ossetian-Alanian town of Beslan on September 1-3, 2004. The monument designed by the People’s Artist of Russia, President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli stands in the downtown of Moscow in front of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin at Kulishki – Alanian town church of the Moscow Ossetian community, 5/2 Solyanka street.
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The President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli has more than once told us about the influence of France on his creative work. It is quite natural, that he is an active participant in the events in honor of the Year of France in Russia and the Year of Russia in France. Before his leaving for Paris, where there will be held several exhibitions of the Russian Academy of Arts, Zurab Tsereteli has told the INTERFAX about the expositions to be presented to the French public.
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On May 11, 2010 in the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts there was a panel discussion “Continuity of Generations” organized by the Russian Academy of Arts and the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The participants included the Chairman of the Council of Federation Sergey Mironov, Chairman of the Commission for Culture of the Council of Federation Alexander Dzasokhov, President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli, Chief Scientific Secretary of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts Oleg Koshkin, Head of the Artists’ Union of Russia Andrei Kovalchuk, parliamentarians, members of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts, figures of art.
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On May 15, 2010 Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka street, invites you to attend a Festival of Slavonic Music to be held within the Days of Slavonic Written Language and Culture organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Moscow Government, the Russian Academy of Arts and the Slavonic Fund of Russia. The program starts at 6 pm, admission free.
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The program of the 1st International Festival of Spiritual Music “Crystal Chapel” includes: May 15 – Concert at Tsereteli Art Gallery, 19 Prechistenka str., at 6 pm, admission free; May 16 – Concert in the State Museum of Contemporary Art, 10 Gogolevsky boulevard, at 2 pm, admission charge.
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