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Exhibitions

29 06, 2023

The multimedia project “Music of Heroes” was presented in Belgium

2023-06-30T11:52:36+02:00June 29th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, History & Memory, Russian House News|Tags: , , , |

To the 82nd commemoretion of the start of the Great Patriotic War On June 29, 2023, the presentation of the multimedia project of the Russian National Museum of Music "Music of Heroes" took place on the virtual site of the Russian House in Brussels. The project presented by Mikhail Bryzgalov, Director General of the Russian National Museum of Music, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. "Music of Heroes" is a synthesis of the museum and theater, music and literature, photography and cinema. The music of heroes is the music of those who worked in the rear, fought on the [...]

16 06, 2023

The Day of Russia was celebrated in Belgium

2023-06-26T15:47:56+02:00June 16th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, Russian House News|Tags: , |

On the 16th of June in the Russian House in Brussels there was a celebration of the Day of Russia, which included a vernissage of an exhibition of paintings and drawings by contemporary Russian artists "Art of Russia in Benelux 2023". The exhibition was presented by Tatiana Koteris, director of the international exhibition project "Russian Art in Benelux. Beautiful Belgian musicians Bertrand Lavrenov (violin) and Kefren Bayvir (piano) took part in the concert. They performed works by Russian and foreign composers: Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski, Elgar, Bavier, Kreisler and Kroll. The musicians captivated the audience with their performance of [...]

15 06, 2023

Online tour “Collection of the Russian Museum. Art from the 12th to mid-19th centuries”

2023-10-26T20:06:06+02:00June 15th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, Meet Russia, Our Compatriots, Russian House News|Tags: , |

On 15 June 2023, the Russian Museum held a virtual tour round the permanent exposition of the museum in the Mikhailovsky Palace. Valentina Gorlova, Head of the Excursion and Lecture Department, told the viewers from Belgium, France, Russia and other countries about the masterpieces of Russian Art of the 12th to the mid -19 th centuries. During the virtual tour the audience explored the rooms of the Grand Duke's Mikhailovsky Palace that had been rebuilt in the late 19th century for the purposes of the art museum. The viewers started exploring Russian art from the rooms of Old Russian Art [...]

6 06, 2023

Events dedicated to Sergei Rachmaninoff took place in Brussels

2023-10-26T20:07:14+02:00June 6th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, Our Compatriots, Sergei Rachmaninoff|Tags: , |

On June 5th and 6th, in the Russian House in Brussels there were the events dedicated to the great Russian composer Sergey Rachmaninov, organized jointly with the Russian National Museum of Music (Moscow) with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Russia. A special guest Mikhail Bryzgalov, Director General of the Russian National Museum of Music, President of the Association of Music Museums and Collectors, honored art worker of the Russian Federation, laureate of the RF Government Prize in Culture, member of RF UNESCO Commission, member of the Public Council Commission for Cultural Cooperation under Rossotrudnichestvo, took part in [...]

24 05, 2023

On the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, an online tour of the Slovo Museum, VDNKh

2023-05-29T15:46:28+02:00May 24th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions|Tags: , |

On May 24, 2023, on the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, an online sightseeing tour of the Slovo Museum, VDNKh took place on the virtual site of the Russian House in Brussels. During a tour of the exhibition at the Slovo Museum, visitors learned about the main milestones in the history of writing in Russia, about the first alphabets: Cyrillic and Glagolitic, got acquainted with the oldest literary works that have survived to this day. During the tour, we saw the first handwritten books, wax tablets and birch bark manuscripts, and also learned how the monks worked by hand [...]

19 04, 2023

VDHN Aerospace and aviation center online tour

2023-04-24T10:11:21+02:00April 19th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, Russian House News|Tags: , , |

On April 19th, 2023, Russian House Brussels and VDNH Aerospace and aviation center celebrated Museum day by an online guided tour at the biggest, the most modern and interactive space museum in Russia – long and long years of Soviet and Russian aviation and cosmonautics history come to life here. The spectators saw what millions of people had created to make their common dream of conquering sky and space come true. Tour participants walked “Space Boulevard” and learned about space missions, unique Russian engineering designs and cosmonauts’ life in orbit, looked inside “Mir” space station and found [...]

10 04, 2023

The exhibition “Orenburg downy shawl in Belgium” has completed its work

2023-04-11T12:05:50+02:00April 10th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions|

From February 22 to April 9, 2023, the exhibition "Orenburg Downy Shawl" was presented at the Russian House in Brussels, which introduced the Belgian public to the works of the best knitters of the Orenburg region, whose art is a high artistic and quality criteria that characterize the world-famous down knitting craft. Since the end of the 18th century, in the Orenburg region, in the very heart of Russia, there has been a world-famous craft "Orenburg downy shawl". Orenburg downy shawl is a collective name. This is a warm heavy scarf - a shawl and a thin, light, openwork scarf [...]

9 04, 2023

Exhibition project “The Age of Light”

2023-04-14T16:34:23+02:00April 9th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, Russian House News|Tags: |

On April 9, an exhibition project by costume designer Alexandra Samarova and photographer Ekaterina Troshina finished its work at the Russian House in Brussels. The 18th century heralded the Age of Enlightenment. The time when mind and reason shone through lives, being the guiding light to cognition and knowledge about human beings, within and beyond. The enlightenment of the XXIst century, in turn, requires tuning of hearts, through which one may hope to channel inner radiance. Being witnesses to the present world transformation, we can clearly see that the reliable time of planning and aspirations has become unstable and worrying. [...]

9 04, 2023

Exhibition of the Belgian artist Valt d’Akvavilla “Tribute to a woman”

2023-04-14T16:07:44+02:00April 9th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions|Tags: |

The exhibition of the Belgian artist Valt d'Acquavilla from Antwerp, which was exhibited from March 9 to April 9, 2023 and was dedicated to the beautiful half of humanity - a woman, has finished its work at the Russian House in Brussels. In paintings and watercolors, where there are different symbols on the same topic, the woman always plays the main role. As a symbolist artist, he is inspired by ancient civilizations and the psychology of Z. Freud and K. Jung. Inspired by Russian literature, the artist painted Polina from the novel The Gambler by Dostoevsky, [...]

22 03, 2023

Online tour «The Russian Museum is the first state museum of national art in Russia»

2023-03-24T12:11:22+01:00March 22nd, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, Meet Russia, Russian House News|Tags: , |

The State Russian Museum, together with the Russian House in Brussels, continues a series of online meetings dedicated to introducing foreign audiences to the history, collection and expositions of the State Russian Museum. The meetings in 2023 are dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Russian Museum for visitors. On March 22 the first online tour dedicated to the history of the creation of the Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III took place, which was conducted by the leading specialist of the «Virtual Russian Museum» department, Maria Rudenskaya. Video recordings of the online tour in French: [...]

17 03, 2023

Excursion-finishing of the exhibition “Russia and the West. 500 years” with Doctor of History Vladimir Ronin

2023-03-24T15:10:17+01:00March 17th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, History & Memory, Russian House News|Tags: |

On March 17, the exhibition "In Fraternitate et Caritate" finished its work at the Russian House in Brussels. Russia and the West 500 years ago”, dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and the Holy Roman Empire. A tour of the exhibition was conducted by Vladimir Ronin, Doctor of History, Master of Slavic Studies, currently teaching at the KU Leuven (Antwerp campus). Author of numerous publications – works on the history of Central Europe in the Middle Ages, as well as on Russian-Belgian relations over the past two centuries. Since 1522, the Grand Prince [...]

28 02, 2023

The exhibition «Age of Light» has completed its work at the Russian House in Brussels

2023-02-28T19:14:53+01:00February 28th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions|Tags: , |

From January 27 to February 28, the Russian House in Brussels presented a joint exhibition project of the artist - Alexandra  Samarova and the photographer - Ekaterina Troshina, which contained two parts: The Path of Light and People of Light. Alexandra and Ekaterina explore the theme of inner light through photographs, paintings, drawings, and costumes. The 18th century heralded the Age of Enlightenment. The time when mind and reason shone through lives, being the guiding light to cognition and knowledge about human beings, within and beyond. The enlightenment of the XXIst century, in turn, requires tuning of hearts, through which [...]

8 02, 2023

On Museum Day, the Battle of Stalingrad Museum-Reserve presented its virtual tour.

2023-02-13T12:03:39+01:00February 8th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions|

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad, a tour of Mamaev Kurgan was held on the virtual site of the Russian House in Brussels. It was held by Ivan Khomitsevich, head of the excursion and educational department of the State Historical and Memorial Museum-Reserve "Battle of Stalingrad". The fighting here lasted more than 130 out of 200 days of the famous battle, Mamaev Kurgan became one of its epicenters. The audience had the opportunity to “walk” through all the sculptural compositions of the Memorial Complex “To the Heroes of the Battle of [...]

20 01, 2023

The photo exhibition of the winners of the VI International Photo Contest “Russian Civilization” has completed its work in the Russian House in Brussels

2023-02-27T16:19:32+01:00January 20th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, Russian House News|Tags: , |

The project brings together professionals and amateurs of photography and is held annually. The purpose of the photo contest is to harmonize interethnic relations and the ethno-cultural development of the peoples of Russia by drawing the attention of citizens to the origins and traditions of Russian culture. The organizer of the photo competition is the Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs (FADN of Russia). Both professional photographers and amateurs aged 18 and over, regardless of gender, place of residence and occupation, can submit their works to the competition. The competition is held in the following nominations: Unique nature. Landscape photographs showing [...]

12 10, 2022

Both sailor and carpenter. Peter the Great in Russian Artistic Culture. Virtual tour

2023-02-26T20:12:48+01:00October 12th, 2022|Categories: Exhibitions, History & Memory, Peter The Great|Tags: , , |

On October 12, 2022, as part of the cycle “Art talk with the Russian Museum”, a virtual tour of the exhibition “Both Navigator and Carpenter. Peter the Great in Russian Artistic Culture. The exhibition, dedicated to the celebration of the 350th anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great, took place at the Russian Museum in June-September 2022. It consisted of works of painting, graphics, sculpture, crafts and numismatics, the plot of which is the activity and personality of Peter I. The exhibition includes 150 works from the 18th - early 20th century from the collection of the Russian Museum, [...]

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