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In the splendid setting of Palazzo Franchetti in Venice, the exhibition “With Eyes Wide Open. Masterpieces from the Moscow Russian Impressionism Museum” is ongoing. It is an exhibition focused on a current of Russian painting inspired by the pictorial languages of French Impressionism.
Curated by Yulia Petrova , director of that museum, and Silvia Burini and Giuseppe Barbieri of the Research Center on the Arts of Russia’s Ca ‘Foscari, the exhibition counts on some fifty works from the private collection of Boris Mints , a Russian billionaire, who will place the works in the Museum of Russian Impressionism in Moscow.
The works on display span a period beyond the period impressionist landscapes and interiors that still refer to the influence of France, demonstrating the persistence of the Impressionist manner for much of the twentieth century. A curious note: the picture used as a poster for the exhibition, “Posters in the Rain” by Yuri Pimenov reminds one of Toulouse Lautrec, but it also offers a glimpse of the Grand Canal seen from a window of the building that houses the exhibition.
In addition to being able to admire “With Eyes Wide Open” works a little known phase of Russian artistic life, the exhibition also highlights the international role of modern Russian art and is open with free admission until 13 September.
Comments by CHELSEA BORRKS