New Events!

 

'From Perestroika to Pinchuk, Contemporary Post-Soviet Art'

lecture by: Jo Vickery:

(Senior Director, Sotheby's Russian Section);

when:- 10 Feb 2010, Wednesday.

Venue:- Gordon Cameron Lecture Theatre, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

Russia and the Ukraine's contemporary artists have only recently entered the international art market for the first time. From established names to bright newcomers, what are the major trends and themes?. This lively talk aims to present a broad selection of Russia and Ukraine's top contemporary artists, such as AES+F, the Blue Noses, Leonid Tishkov and Arsen Savadov with special focus on more recent work.

Jo Vickery is Sotheby's most experienced expert in Russian Art and has been with the company for over 12 years. Since joining Sotheby's she has turned the Russian Department into the most successful in the field worldwide. Jo has pioneered many activities for Sotheby's in Russia, notably participation in the annual Art and Antique Salons in Moscow from 2000–2004. Recent achievements include organising the first ever auction of Contemporary Russian Art in London in February 2007, the sale of the Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Collection (2007) and holding Sotheby's first exhibition of Contemporary Ukrainian Art in Kiev (2009).

 

International Women's Night

when: 8th March, Monday.

Venue:- Teryaki Restaurant, Quayside, Cambridge.

 


play:- "BLOODY MARY"

when:- 20th March, Saturday

by:- contemporary RUSSIAN PLAYWRIGHT Dmitri Boyko

Production by Scotland-Russia Forum, (mainly in English);
(organised in collaboration with Slavonic Dept.)

Venue:- t.b.a.

 

Meeting with OLGA SLAVNIKOVA, NATASHA PEROVA, and a group of YOUNG RUSSIAN WRITERS

when:- 23rd April, Fri, 7:30 p.m.

OLGA SLAVNIKOVA is one of the leading Russian novelists today.
NATASHA PEROVA is the publusher of "Glas".
(organised in collaboration with Cambridge University Russian Society:- 'CURS')

Venue:- t.b.a.

 

Exhibition by ANDREY SHIROKOV

when:- 3rd to 10th May

Andrey Shirokov is a modern Russian painter (from the city of Vyatka, currently known as Kirov).

Venue:- t.b.a.