Irina Antonova: How Modern art finds its place in traditional museums

Irina Antonova: How Modern art finds its place in traditional museums

Directors of the charitable foundations Chance For Life and  Life Line  invite you to meet the longest serving director of a major art museum in Russia, Irina  Alexandrovna Antonova. She was the Director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in  Moscow for 52 years, from 1961 to 2013. Among her many awards and decorations are the State Prize of the Russian Federation and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres as well as  Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Irina Antonova is the most celebrated connoisseur and the most interesting public speaker in the field of fine arts. She is a legend not only because of her experience, but also because of her fresh and ultimate view on the traditional and modern trends in museums’ development. She has curated dozens of exhibitions during her professional life, challenging the forms and the customs of each enterprise. The circle of the celebrities and talents, with whom she came across with, is so huge that could not be fit even in the thickest edition. Each person revives a story, which is cherished in Irina Alexandrovna’s heart.

During our planned event Irina Alexandrovna will talk about ways of establishing modern art in traditional museums and how art finds new means to speak to viewers and change their understanding of everyday life.

All the raised money will be transferred to charitable foundation Life Line in Russia to safe 13-year-old Kamila Batrshina. You can also donate here.

The event will be held in Russian. Tickets are non-refundable.

Doors open at 14:00, Talk starts at 14:30.