In the coming months, the inhabitants of the British capital awaiting booming Russian contemporary art. Create it, of course, Russian women

Soon, Londoners will be a much better chance to get acquainted with the modern Russian art. May 13, in the East End will open a non-profit Fund Calvert 22, where four times a year will be held major exhibitions of relevant artists from our country. Project manager - Nonna Materkova, a collector from St. Petersburg. Calvert 22 will be the first in the UK non-profit institution, the exposure of contemporary works by artists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

The first project will be 22 Calvert Group exhibition of five well-known Russian artists, including Haim Haim Sokol and Leonid Tishkov . The exhibition will run until 14 June. Its curator is David Thorpe (David Thorp), former director of South London Gallery. At the end of June to open exhibition of works by painters from Russia and Central and Eastern Europe. In September, Calvert will present the exhibition of 22 Russian video, one of the curators by the famous English artist Isaac Julien (Isaac Julien). A November 9, will exhibit dedicated to 20-th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Materkova also plans to open its library fund, which will be presented books about contemporary Russian art. His decision to make a non-profit agency, she explained that she wanted to exhibit the works of only the best artists, regardless of «mood» art market.

There are many Russian and Ukrainian collectors of modern art make their purchases in London. According to the Director of the auction house MacDougall's William McDougall (William MacDougall), in the British capital is two-thirds of deals with the works of Russian modernists and current artists. 90 percent of buyers in the «Russian bid» MacDougall's - from the former Soviet Union.

Calvert 22 - not only in the UK fund, representing the modern Russian art. In 2007, three women - marketing consultant Lyuba Galkina, Nana Zhvitiashvili curator and former art dealer Lada Komarova - opened a fund ARTiculate. Recently, they obtained the support of the German Branch of «Gazprom» and arranged an exhibition of works of conceptual artists Igor Makarevich and Elena Elagin .

Another my countrywoman, owner of White Space Gallery Stounleyk Anya (Anya Stonelake), introducing London to the creativity of artists such as Kulik and Antanas Sutkus , acted as a consultant to many collectors in the Moscow art fair Frieze, held in London Ridzhents - Park last fall.

In addition, recently in London, Paris poyavilcya branch galleries Orel Art, open native Volgograd Ilona Orel. The establishment is located just next to the Phillips de Pury - auction houses, whose controlling stake was recently acquired by Moscow's luxurious retailers Mercury Group . C 22 April to 12 June there will be exhibition of Grid and Greed, which will see works by Andrew Molodkina - the artist, who will represent Russia at the Venice Biennale. Curator of the exhibition will be Margaret Tupitsina, one of the Exhibition Alexander Rodchenko, and Liubov Popova, which is now taking place at Tate Modern Gallery .

At the beginning of June at the Hotel Jumeirah Carlton Tower in the fashionable area Naytsbridzh a Russian art fair, which will involve about 60 dealers. It will provide not only the work of relevant artists, but also icons, pictures classics, modern works, jewelry, furniture. Among the main «primanok» for collectors - a wonderful picture title="Goncharova, «Fisherman», as well as the canvases Vasily Kandinsky , Peter and other authors. At the same time in London will be «Russian bid», organized houses Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams and Macdougall's.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Source: ft.com , calvert22.com , articulatefund.com , orelart.com , russianartfair.com , artinvestment.ru