MOSCOW, 19 Apr. International exhibition exchange has now practically ceased. However, Russian art is still available in European cities. And it still enjoys the same success.
Is there a cancellation: Russian art in foreign museums
There is no total cancellation. Collectors play a big role in this. For example, a few months ago, Briton Jenny Green actually saved the Spanish branch of the State Russian Museum in Malaga (Collection del Museo Ruso) from closing. She organized an exhibition of her collection, which includes 76 works from 1876-1980. These are paintings by Alexei Venetsianov, Ivan Aivazovsky, Ilya Repin, Valentin Serov, Wassily Kandinsky, Zinaida Serebryakova and other Russian artists.
Also, many works are kept in foreign museums for many years and have become part of the collections and permanent exhibitions.
«Birthday» by Marc Chagall and «White on White» by Kazimir Malevich — in the New York Museum of Modern Art. «Spring. Cleaning the garden» by Natalia Goncharova — in the Tate Modern gallery in London. «Ice of the Kara Sea» by Alexander Borisov — in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
These are just some examples of paintings that Europeans and Americans are clearly not going to part with. And they don’t even try to rewrite the nationality of the artists, as was the case with Aivazovsky and Kuindzhi at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Sanctions are not sanctions: links between the museums of the West and Russia
Cooperation continues even in this difficult time. The Bakhrushin Museum, for example, is developing international projects in defiance of all sanctions and the «cancellation culture». In September, as part of the European Days of Cultural Heritage, the Russian Embassy in France opened the exhibition «Galina Ulanova: «The Soul of Movement is the Movement of the Soul».
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"She will be seen in Sofia soon — in May , in the Russian House. We are also planning Kazakhstan — Ulanova stood at the origins of Kazakh classical ballet,» said Dilorom Rudenko, head of the international activities department of the Bakhrushinsky Theater Museum.
And on January 17, the exhibition «Stanislavsky: in search of the» blue bird «» opened in the Russian House in Belgrade. This cultural center turned 90 on April 9 — it was built at the expense of 40,000 Russian emigrants. And no one is going to «cancel» it. 
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“Now the exposition is being prepared for moving to Kragujevac, which was once the capital of Serbia,” notes Rudenko. “Already on May 5, we will present this project at the National Museum.”
Until the end of May, an exposition dedicated to the great choreographer Yuri Grigorovich is open in Paris — another exhibition of the Bakhrushinites. And a project about Maya Plisetskaya is planned for the summer.
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“For obvious reasons, museums cannot export original items,” says Dilorom Rudenko. — As well as taking part in large joint projects, for example, at the Pompidou Center in Paris or the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Unfortunately, in this sense, we have a pause.
Therefore, the curators focus on photos, archival documents and media exhibits. The Russian Museum has transferred international projects online. 
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"All this is available to our foreign partners and viewers. The multimedia programs of the virtual Russian Museum are open for the Spaniards,” Anna Tsvetkova, acting director general of the Russian Museum, said in an interview.
There is a demand: the popularity of Russian art in the West h3>The «Association of Galleries» reported that Russian contemporary artists are shown in Italy, Austria, Germany and Estonia, South Korea.
In December, the exhibition of Ursula Molitor and Vladimir Kuzmin ended in Belgium. This year, Semyon Agroskin, the art duo EliKuka, as well as artists Masha Schmidt and Jolie Alien were presented in France. In Vienna, one could see the works of Yevgeny Shadko, in Estonia — by Olga Tobreluts, and in Berlin they will soon show Oleg Kulik and Andrey Krasulin.
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«Artists continue to move between countries, create art in various residences, temporary workshops and sometimes immediately sell it to local collectors,” said a representative of the AGA.
The authors are not afraid to lose their work. They are more concerned about the cost of transportation.
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“Logistic companies can deliver works of art from Russia to any country and vice versa,” the CAA specified. “The problem of high prices is solved, among other things, by uniting gallerists: group transportation is much cheaper.”While the media trumpets the «cancellation culture», ordinary viewers rejoice at the opportunity to look at Russian masterpieces or meet new authors.
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«Due to high attendance, at the request of our partners in Paris, we extended the exhibition about Ulanova, says Rudenko. — She delighted the French public during September and October of last year. -crop-ratio=»0.75″ data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»450″ data-source-sid=»» class=»lazyload» lazy=»1″ />
The project «Stanislavsky: in search of the blue bird» was widely covered by the local media. The central television channel prepared a story with comments and interviews of the organizers, the newspapers devoted entire spreads to the project. On the day of the opening day, the hall was full. discovery, I was approached by a local resident, whose great-grandmother was from the emigration of the first wave, «recalls Rudenko. «She does not speak Russian at all, but retains a sense of belonging to everything Russian. It was nice to see her sincere desire to touch her roots, as it were.» .
The exhibition «Big Ballet of Yuri Grigorovich» was also successful — on the opening day the organizers could hardly cope with the influx of guests. percent of visitors are French speakers. «data->