Many Moscow artists can take workshops from-за renovation
ARTinvestment.RU   30 июля 2019

According to the estimates of lawyers of Moscow artists Union, office space can lose about 700 painters and sculptors

reported the merchant and Business FM radio station. We are talking about the prospect of unilateral early termination of the municipal authorities of contracts for gratuitous use, which was to operate until 2025. The Moscow authorities, according to lawyers, have the right under the terms of the contracts. And also have the right to offer other facilities. Thus, today we are talking about the closure of around 500 workshops, dedicated to artists in the Soviet era. This is not a fait accompli, the Ministry of agriculture is negotiating with city officials, those promise-то come up when the city will get its share of the renovation. But the most likely scenario — eviction to nowhere. For not started renovation, so then again to distribute scarce space for free.

But for the artist workshop — is more than a place to work. Often there are stored the finished product, shelves with hundreds of paintings and sculptures. It's part of the artist's life, his habitat. Even a simple move from one workshop to another turns into highly traumatic event. And so the eviction on the street (take pictures and go where they want) for many not become a disaster.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

Sources: bfm.ru, kommersant.ru