Marat Gelman Gallery closes on the "Winery"

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Gallery owner Marat Gelman
confirmed published in "Moskovsky Komsomolets"
message stating that "the Gelman Gallery," "Winery"
cease to exist in its present form. "Instead, the
production center will be "Cultural Alliance ', which will be
the art of other Russian cities "-
Gelman told RIA Novosti.
According to Gelman, the reason for this decision was that
Russian market of collectibles, especially
contemporary art, virtually ceased to
exist. "About 80 percent of all collectors,
collecting contemporary art, has left Russia ", -
he said.
"The Fall of the art market is directly linked to
increased levels of corruption and the general atmosphere.
The middle class, not seeing the class of large-scale collections, not
comes to mind to collect the art itself, "- said
Gelman in my LJ. According to the gallerist, the situation
explained by the fact that now in Russia, most
collectors - it is the officials who hide collection
because they "are not interested (to) show
their wealth to society. "

According to Gelman, the "Winery" and closed gallery
XL Elena Selina, but accurate information on this subject
no. "Celine does, in my opinion, the curatorial project
ceases to be art galleries and cultural institutions will be "
- Said the gallery owner. It is expected that more details about these
changes gallerists tell at a press conference on the
"Winery" on April 23.
All the galleries in question, there are 20 years or
more and is considered one of the most authoritative
galleries of contemporary art in Russia.