Museum of Art Nouveau in Samara

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In Curlin[/URL] December 25 opening of the Museum of Art Nouveau, which was an exhibition of art association members abroad XIX-XX centuries. "World of Art" from the collection of the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music.

The concept of the Museum of Modern formulated several months ago, but it has been modified several times. The uniqueness of the building and the theme of the museum requires a very careful approach to the issue of collection, and to the concept. In the formation of the museum will be attended by two well-known theater artists - Paul Kaplevich and fashion historian Alexander Vasiliev.
It is now known that the exposure of the main building divided in two parts. Permanent exhibition will talk about the history of modernism in Samara, Russia, Europe. Part of it will be dedicated to the history and hosts a luxurious estate of the last century, merchants Curlin.
Unfortunately, the house has been preserved furniture since its inception. Almost none of the funds and the Samara Regional History Museum, so some items will be purchased. Planned production and new stylized modern interior.
The first floor will be a variety of temporary exhibitions related to the modern era and its leaders. In addition, the estate complex will also include a cafe, cinema, and other functional areas. Will be used and the courtyard of the estate.
Even before the discovery of modern museum managed to get the first gift. Public Initiative Company "Rostelecom" has donated to the museum pre-revolutionary iron lid of the well, made in Samara in 1915. On the cover there is an inscription "Samara government telephone system. 1915." Cover is already installed in the complex, and the opening of the museum is its solemn transfer. On the streets of Samara to transfer to the museum were removed two rare cover. One of them had already taken place in the courtyard of the Museum of Art Nouveau. The second will soon be transferred to the museum-estate of Alexei Tolstoy.

"Creation of the museum - it's not fast. Now we are talking about the launch of the first projects that will create some kind of vision of what this museum will be, and at the same time asked a certain level of quality", - said Head of the Museum of Modern Mikhail Savchenko. The exhibition, which is scheduled to open house will be the first event that set a high bar to the new museum.

Among the items that will see Samarians the exhibition will feature approximately 10 costumes from various plays and about 60 works in various techniques. This is a self-portrait of Zinaida Serebryakova and majolica Berendey performed by Mikhail Vrubel, numerous sketches of the scenery and costumes by Alexandre Benois, Dmitry Stelletskogo, Sergei Sudeikina, Fyodor Fedorovsky, Konstantin Yuon, Basil Shuhaeva, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Costantino Korovin, Alexander Golovin, Léon Bakst and other masters.