How to gather? Acting in a Center in a City in the Heart of the Island of Eurasia
Under challenging circumstances, the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art opts for a radical format and changes its structure: the biennale will be condensed into ten days. Artistic, discursive and reflective moments will shape the space. Located in the Pavilion No.1 of VDNKh, it is here that the Moscow Biennale will evolve, as a think tank in real time.
Biennale: Sept 22 - Oct 1, 2015
Documentary exhibition project: Oct 3 - Oct 11, 2015
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
VDNKh
Moscow Biennale Art Foundation
All-Russia Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art
All-Russian Union of Architects
ARTPLAY Design Center
Artwin Gallery
A3 Gallery
Bauman Moscow State Technical University Palace of Culture
Belyaevo Gallery
Center MARS
Center for Creative Industries FABRIKA
Centre for Contemporary Art WINZAVOD
Dodo
Ekaterina Cultural Foundation
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
GRAD
GROUND Khodynka
GROUND Peschanaya
Kashirka Gallery
KultProekt Gallery
Manezh Exhibition Hall
MOD
Moscow Brewing Company
Moscow Cinema
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
Museum and Exhibition Center “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman”
Museum Center of the Russian State University for the Humanities
Museum of Moscow
National Centre for Contemporary Arts
NEW WING of Gogol House
The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
The State Biology Museum named after K.A. Timiryazev
The State Darwin Museum
The State Literary Museum
The State Museum-Reserve “Tsaritsyno”
The State Tretyakov Gallery
Trekhgornaya Manufaktura
Slovak Institut (Moscow)
Stella Art Foundation
Solyanka State Gallery
Udarnik Cinema
Usolsky Museum History Architecture «House of Stroganovs»
VDNH, Circular Kinopanorama Pavilion
VDNH, Health Pavilion
VDNKH, Karelia Pavilion
Zverev Center of Contemporary Arts
Joseph Backstein
Daniel Birnbaum
Iara Boubnova
Jean Hubert Martin
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Petr Aven, Alfs-Bank
Nadezhda Agisheva, New Collection Cultural Projects Support Foundation
Dmitry Aksenov, RDI Group
Dilyara Allekhverdova, Contemporary City Foundation
Vladimir Bershader, The Tyshler Foundation
Len Blavatnik, Access Industries
Shalva Breus, Art Chronika Cultural Foundation
Maria Bukhtoyarova
Olga Vashchilina, Energy Standard Group
Mark Garber, GHP Group
Andrey Goncharenko, Gazpromstroyengeneering
Andrey Grinev, State Development Group
Aleksander Dobrovinsky, Dobrovinsky and Partners
Daria Zhukova, Garage Museum of contemporary art
Stella Kesaeva, Stella Art Foundation
Dmitry Kovalenko, Grinwill Company
Anton Kudryashov, VimpelCom Ltd
Artem Kuznetsov, Guta Group
Nonna Materkova, Calvert 22 Foundation
Ivan Polyakov, Ivan Polyakov Humanitarian Foundation
Natalya Resh, Open Culture Center
Vladimir Semenikhin, Ekaterina Cultural Foundation
Alya Tesis, Iskusstvo, The Art Magazine
Sofia Trotsenko, Center for contemporary art WINZAVOD
Leonid Friedland, Mercury
Maria Loshak, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, General director
Mikhail Mindlin, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, General Director
Arseny Mironov, Heritage Institute, General Director
Mikhail Piotrovsky, The State Hermitage Museum, general director
Andrey Tolstoy, Fine arts theory and history research institute Russian Academy of Fine Arts, director
Zelfira Tregulova, State Tretyakov Gallery, general director
Vasily Tsereteli, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, director
Konstantin Ernst, Channel One, General Director
Commissioner
Joseph Backstein, commissioner and artistic director of the Moscow Biennale Art Foundation
Andrey Martynov, General director
Ludmila Frost, executive director
Ekaterina Savchenko, Main project producer
Bart De Baere
Defne Ayas
Nicolaus Schafhausen
Marie Egger (Kunsthalle Wien), Evi Bert (M HKA, Antwerp), Yakan Klichuk (Witte de With, Rotterdam)
Ekaterina Savchenko, Main project producer
Marie Egger, curatorial project producer
Daria Kalugina, coordinator of the Main project
Anastasia Skvortsova, coordinator of the Main project
Nadezhda Proskuryakova, coordinator of the Special Projects and Parallel Program
Furqat Palvanzade social media editor
Nadezhda Shirobokova, travel manager
Iliya Fomin, production manager
Polina Demidova, senior administrator
Furqat Palvanzade, Evi Bert,
Andrey Martynov, General director
Ludmila Frost, executive director
Larisa Nikolaeva, accountant
Violetta Lisokhmar, finance manager
Irina Semkina, manager
Stanislav Yurionas-Yurgans
MEL Architectural Bureau
Fedor Dubinnikov
Pavel Tchaunin
Stepan Lukyanov
Natalya Shendrik
Nathan De Witte and Koen Van der Auwera
10to1, Antwerp, Belgium
Leonid Kommisarov
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Maria Terekhova
OgiryaART
Nikolai Molok
Natalya Shendrik
Anna Yurionas-Yurgans
Press Center in Russia: Art Pr International
Anna Svergun, Natalya Vorobyova, Anton Mirimanov, Kristina Vronskaya, Marysia Belowa
International press agent: ART MANAGEMENT
Danila Stratovich, Elena Petrilyak
The Organizers of the 6th Moscow Biennale of contemporary art express their gratitude to
Vladimir Medinsky, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, especially
Irina Tarasova, Director of the Department for State Support of Professional and Folk Arts
Maria Sparzhina, Chief of the Fine Art Section of the Department for State Support and Folk Arts
Olga Otradnova, Chief of the Project Supervision Section of the Department for State Support and Folk Arts
VDNKh and especially,
Ekaterina Pronicheva, General Director
Ekaterina Mochalina, acting Head of the Development Department, Head of the Exhibition Projects Department of the Historic Pavilions
Anastassiya Nedelina, manager of the Development Department, Exhibition Projects Department of the Historic Pavilions
All-Russia Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art, especially Elena Titova, Director
Center for Creative Industries FABRIKA, especially Asya Filippova, Director
Centre for Contemporary Art WINZAVOD, especially Sofya Trotsenko, The President of Found for the support of Contemporary Art Winzavod
Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, especially Ekaterina and Vladimir Semenikhin
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, especially
Daria Zhukova, Founder
Kate Fowle, Chief Curator
Hans-Ulrich Obrist, International Adviser
Anton Belov, Director
Anastasia Tarasova, Head of Exhibitions
Alexandra Romantsova, Project Manager
Kirstine Wallace, Head of International Office
Brittany Stewart, International Project Manager
Anastasia Mityushina, Head of Education
Marina Vasiltsova, Head of Marketing & PR
Daria Kotova, Senior PR Manager
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, especially
Zurab Tsereteli, Director
Vassily Tsereteli, CEO
Lyudmila Andreeva, Elena Tsereteli, Manana Popova, Georgi Patashuri, Deputy Directors;
Alexei Novoselov, Natalia Malaychuk, Yuri Kopytov, Maria Kalinina, Tatiana Chernaya, Ekaterina Novokshonova, Tatiana Sirotina, Parviz
Niyazmukhamedov, Exhibition department
Alexander Tikhonov, Veronika Kandaurova, Nataliya Zinenko, Maria Komarova, Dmitri Panov, Natalya Grudinina, PR department;
Elena Nasonova, Sergey Smirnov and staff of Foundations department;
Vyacheslav Maslov, lighting design and electrotechnics
German Beridze and maintenance department staff
Stanislav Bortnikov and technical support department staff
As well as Lyudmila Antoshina, Dmitry Denisenko, Dinara Zubko, Inna Kolosova, KakhaberSurgulaze and other employees of the museum
Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, especially
Olga Sviblova, Director
Anna Zaitseva, Deputy Director
Olga Nestertseva, Deputy Director
Yulia Naumenko, Deputy Director
Ekaterina Finogenova, Head of the Corporate Relationships Department
Alexander Zaitsev
Diana Gurova
Museum of Moscow, especially Alina Saprykina, Director
Museum Center of the Russian State University for the Humanities, especially Irina Bakanova, Director
National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), especially
Mikhail Mindlin, General Director
Leonid Bazhanov, Artistic Director
Irina Gorlova, Head of Artistic and interdisciplinary Programs Department
The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, especially
Alexander Boroda, General Director
Maria Nasimova, Chief Curator
Ekaterina Shebanova, Project Manager
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, especially Marina Loshak, Director, Anna Kamenskikh, Chief of Exhibitions, Polina Mogilina,
Alexandra Danilova
The State Tretyakov Gallery, especially Zelfira Tregulova, General Director
Stella Art Foundation, especially Stella Kesaeva, President
Curators of the Special Projects
Yulia Aksenova
Natalia Alexander
Tania Antoshina
Maria Arendt
Anna Azarnova
Joseph Backstein
Antonina Baever
Ferran Barenblit
Vladimir Beskid
Annushka Brochet
Sasha Burkhanova
Ulrika Christell
Alexandra Danilova
Alexandra Dementieva
Elena Demi-dova
Vladislav Efimov
Nadezhda Efimova
Marie Egger
Kate Fowle
Anna Frants
Oleg Frolov
Kirill Gavrilin
Marina Grigoryeva
Hu Geli
Ekaterina Inozemtseva
Alena Ivanova-Johanson
Noh Jung Suk
Nataliya Kamenetskaya
Larisa Kashuk
Maria Katkova
Kolesnikov/Denisov
Elena Komarenko
Zinaida Kostyaeva
Maria Kotlyachkova
Katia Krupennikova
Elena Kuprina-Lyakhovich
Gerasim Kuznetsov
An Kyeongmi
Leonid Larionov
Vladimir Logutov
Victor Loukin
Yulia Manusevich
Natalia Markova
Andrey Martynov
Oleg Matrokhin
Roman Minaev
Sergei Mironenko
Polina Moghilina
Simon Mraz
Alla Nadezhdina
Maria Nasimova
Maria Nazarova
Nadezhda Nazarova
Maaria Niemi
Natalia Nusinova
Julia Ovchinnikova
Claudia Paetzold
Vitaly Patsyukov
Alexandra Paperno
Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich
Alexander Petrelli
Vera Pogodina
Andrey Prigov
Alisa Prudnikova
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Natalia Rebrova
Alessandro Romanini
Michael Roshnyak
Anna Russova
Ekaterina Rychkova
Anna Santalova
Nicolaus Schafhausen
Anastasia Semenova
Martin Ševčovič
Alena Shapovalova
Anastasia Shavlokhova
Elena Shipitsina
Zanna Shumilova
Mikhail Slobodinsky
Nikolay Smirnov
Yana Smurova
Irina Solntseva
Elena Sudakova
Kirill Svetlyakov
Olga Sviblova
Rostan Tavasiev
Galina Tebieva
Vasily Tsereteli
Astrid Wege
Elena Yaichnikova
Kim Young-ho
Yuri Yurkin
Irina Zaika
Anna Zaitseva
Vadim Zakharov
Polina Zakharova
Yang Zhenzhong
Anna Zhurba
Olga Zubareva
Rietumu Banka and especially
Leonid Esterkin, the Chairman of the Board of the bank RIETUMU
Arkady Sukharenko, deputy of the Chairman of the Board of the bank RIETUMU
Alexander Gafin, member of the Board of the bank RIETUMU
Samsung Electronics and especially
Uitack Kim, the President of the Headquarters Samsung Electronics in CIS Countries
Panasonic Russia and especially
The vice-president Mr. Masato Nakamura
Barko and especially
Jordi Gilabert Molins, Vice-President Barco
Mr. Chetverev, STS-Capital, the General Director
M HKA, the Antwerp Contemporary Art Museum, and especially Wouter De Ploey, president, and Dieter Van Keirsbilck, financial director
Metropol Hotel and especially
Dominique Godat, the General manager
Inna Pekhova, the Director of Sales and Marketing Department
Irina Rivkina, the Head of saled Department
Azimut Hotel and especially
Patrick Naughter, General Director AZIMUT Moscow Olympic Hotel
UBER Taxi and especially
Anastassiya Nassan, marketing manager
Olga Kalinina, marketing manager
The Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia and especially
Irina Uspenskaya, Director
Elena Lungina, Director
Kirill Savchenkov
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Russia
And especially
His Excellency (H.E.) Alex Van Meuwen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Belgium to Russia
Eugène Crijns, First Secretary – Cultural Attaché
The Embassy of Kingdom of the Netherlands and especially
Иде де Кат - ван Мерс, советник по вопросам культуры, науки и образования
Olga Grinkrug, senior expert
The Embassy of Norway and especially
Tatyana Feodoritova, acting cultural attaché
Henrik Jonassen, acting cultural attaché
Rupert and especially
Juste Jonutyte
OCA and especially
Katya García-Antón, Director
Anne Charlotte Hauen, Grant and Administration Officer
Institut Francais in Moscow and Franch Embassy in Moscow and especially
Edward de Lumley, conseiller de cooperation et d’action culturelle adjoint, Attache cultural
Anna Goussalova, charge de projets artistiques Musiques/ Arts visuels
Goethe-Institute in Moscow and especialle
Astrid Wege, the Head of the Cultural program Department
Elizaveta Welitschko, manager of the Cultural program Department, Fine Arts
British Council and especially,
Tatiana Ilyina| Head of Arts
Elizaveta Rozova| Projects and Partnerships Manager | Arts
Nadezhda Gulevich| Project and Partnership Manager | Arts
Flemish Govermtent and especially,
Stan Van Pelt
Hilde Lievens
Italian Institute in Moscow and especially,
Olga Strada, the director
Claudio Poeta, cultural attaché
SAHA Association and especially,
Merve Caglar, the Director
Yavuz Parlar, project coordinator
Austrian cultural forum and especially
Simon Mraz, the Director
Institute of contemporary art Moscow and especially
Anna Morochnik, president
Yuliya Eibogina
Nadezhda Busheneva
Karen Sarkisov
The Polytechnic Museum and especially
Nataliya Sergievskaya, deputy director
Mariya Skripalshchikova
Archive of the State Museum of Architecture and especially
Irina Korobina, the director
Archive of the VDNKh and especially
Inne Docenko
Mikhail Novitskiy
OgiryaART and especially Sergey Ogirya
Valeriya Oleynik, Anatoly Golubovsky, Iara Boubnova, Zelfira Tregulova, Daria Parfenenko,
Allen & Overy, Alexander Antoshchenko, Giulia Bellinetti, Kenneth Brostrom, Jan De Vree, Maurice Dorren, LM/TM, Nav Haq, Marijke
Hellemans, Iris Kockelbergh, Olaf Koens, Andres Kreuger, Ilya Vinkovetsky, Monica Narula, Nathalie Obadia, Vladimir Ovcharenko, Rik
Pinxten, RAQS Media Collective, Filip Tanghe, Willem Van de Wiele, Dieter Van Keirsbilck, Alex Van Meeuwen, Stan Van Pelt
All the participants of the Main Project
All the employees of the museums, exhibition halls, galleries and other organizations who have given their support to the 6thMoscow Biennale