Project
Piece of News
Category
Best Implemented Project of Temporary or Permanent Museum Exposition
About the project (provided by the applicant)
Piece of News exhibition is dedicated to communication, reception, and reliability of information. This is the first ever exhibition in Russia to cover this subject, and there are about 300 exhibits from museum and private collections put on display there. Works from different epochs, starting with Old Russian crafts and finishing with street and science art occupy both wings of the Benois Block. Masterpieces by Ivan Aivazovsky, Ilya Repin, and Orest Kiprensky are exhibited side by side with works by contemporary artists — Alla Urban, Andrey Bartenev, Tatyana Parfenova, Olga Michi, Tatyana Akhmegalieva, Pokras Lampas and many more. The exhibition offers a new take on the world of information and assures that human beings are always in the epicenter of any technological process.
Location
St. Petersburg, Russia
Project implementation year
2024
Project website
https://rusmuseum.ru/benois-wing/exhibitions/vest
Extra visual materials (photos, videos etc.)
Story on TV https://vk.com/video-23802764_456251269
Video https://vk.com/video-405271_456240937
https://vk.com/video-405271_456240919
https://vk.com/video-405271_456240936
Teaser https://vk.com/video-405271_456240897
Lectures from the enlightenment program https://vk.com/@-405271-programma-meropriyatii-k-vystavke-vest-v-korpuse-benua
More photos https://disk.yandex.ru/d/5fvtR75wYRcoFw
Applicant
State Russian Museum Federal Enterprise
Author of the project
Alla Manilova, Director of the Russian Museum
Alexander Borovsky, author of the concept and curator
Architecture and design by Anna Ilyina
Project status
Implemented