Art Exhibitions
Dotted across the city are a surprising number of state run exhibition centres and independently owned galleries. There are token admission fees at some places and temporary exhibitions at the major museums may also require an additional fee on top of the normal admission price. If you are touring the city on foot then dropping into an exhibition you may pass is rarely a disappointing experience.
Royal Treasures: European Masterpieces 1600-1800
16 August – 4 November 2012
Belarusian National Arts Museum, Lenina 20 (Ленина 20)
11:00-18:00 Wed-Mon. Closed Tuesday
A collection of seventy masterpieces from the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It includes painting and sculpture, ceramic and glass, metalwork and furniture, textiles and dress, prints and drawing. The exhibition is split between the Arts Museum in Minsk and the museum at Nezvizh, a historic town 120km from Minsk.
My Minsk: The land that inspires me
7 September – 1 December 2012
Mikhail Savitskiy Galley (Художественная галерея Михаила Савицкого)
Ploshad Svobodi 15 (Площадь Свободы 15)
11:00-19:00 Wed-Sun. Closed Mon-Tue
60 works from 52 different artists on the theme of Minsk, brought together as part of celebrations to commemorate the 945th anniversary of the city. The works range from the 1950s to the present day and the host is this newly opened gallery in an 18th century building that as recently as 2004 served as a local military recruiting office.
1812. War and Peace
22 June – 31 December 2012
Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Prospekt Nezavisimosti 25a, (пр. Независимости, 25а)
10:00-17:00, closed Mondays
An exhibition of lithographs, engravings and postcards related to the war between Russia and France that is referred to in this part of the world as the First Patriotic War.
Artists of the School of Paris from Belarus
22 September 2012 – 14 January 2013
Belarusian National Arts Museum, Lenina 20 (Ленина 20)
11:00-18:00 Wed-Mon. Closed Tuesday
Around 100 pieces from artists who were born in Belarus but emigrated to France at the turn of the 20th century and become part of the School of Paris movement. The exhibition also includes documentaries specially made for the exhibition and a “Paris cafe” serving coffee.
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