Russian Culture Abroad: Exhibition “Pilgrimage of Russian Art. From Dionysius to Malevich” is opening in the Vatican Museums

19 November 2018

The exhibition “Pilgrimage of Russian Art. From Dionysius to Malevich” is opening on November 19, 2018 in the Vatican Museums (Braccio di Carlo Magno in the gallery of Bernini's colonnade in St. Peter’s Basilica). The exhibition is presenting masterpieces from the Tretyakov gallery and other Russian Museums.

It is the first exhibition, that showcases around 40 masterpieces from the permanent exposition of the Tretyakov gallery. The Tretyakov gallery has provided 47 paintings, while a total of 54 pieces are on display. The State Russian Museum, Andrey Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture, museums of Vyatka, Ivanovo, Perm and others are participants of the exhibition project.