20th‑century art

The exhibition is based on three principles: monographic halls dedicated to the work of great artists; halls dedicated to collectors; and halls representing the diversity of artistic movements of the 20th century. In the renovated halls 1−14 of the New Tretyakov Gallery, curators and curators present a new exhibition reflecting contemporary views on Russian art of the early 20th century. Now, visitors are greeted by works by K. S. Petrov‑Vodkin and the famous painting «The Bathing of the Red Horse» (1912). Next, a kind of evolutionary route is being built: the brightest representatives of the early avant-garde, N.S. Goncharova and M.F. Larionov, with their primitivist experiments, searches and experiments in luchism; a wide panorama of artistic associations of the 1910s — from the Union of Youth to the Jack of Diamonds — and the famous canvases by A.V. Lentulov, I.I. Mashkov, P.P. Konchalovsky and other «jacks»; a hall dedicated to the collection of the outstanding collector George Dionisovich Kostaki. The collector donated most of his collection to the Tretyakov Gallery in 1977. This donation became the largest in the museum’s entire history, and today our visitors can fully appreciate its value. A separate hall brings together the works of the «Amazonas of the avant‑garde» — A. A. Exter, O. V. Rozanova, L. S. Popova, and V. E. Pestel. In the monographic hall dedicated to Marc Chagall, visitors will still find the master’s masterpiece — «Above the City» (1918). In the hall dedicated to Vladimir Tatlin, they will see the famous «counter‑reliefs» and the original «Letatlin» flyer — a motorless individual flying machine that the artist designed in the early 1930s. The reconstruction of the 1921 exhibition of the OBMOKHU (Society of Young Artists), the distinctive school of P. N. Filonov and his followers, as well as two versions of K. S. Malevich’s «Black Square» (1915 and 1929) and works by his students from different years — these and many other pieces that may prove to be a real discovery await you in the new exhibition.