National Portrait Gallery

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The National Portrait Gallery, which is scheduled to open in Moscow, will be among other portraits of historical figures of the XX century. This was told Deputy Culture Minister Andrei Gagarin in his interview to "Rossiyskaya Gazeta", dedicated to the concept of the new museum. According to him, the discussion of the museum is with the Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery and the State Historical Museum, which contain significant collections of portraits. At the same time Bulgakov stressed that the redistribution of the museum's collections do not nobody will.
Due to what it will be created paintings collection of the National Portrait Gallery, until just is not reported. However, it is assumed that works of art will go to the museum from private collections. Since work started before the XX century, mostly found in museums, galleries organizers decided to focus its attention on the last century.
At the moment, formed the principles of selection of historical figures for a museum. It is assumed that the criteria will be submitted by October 2012, but now the organizers believe that it is first necessary to evaluate the historical and cultural significance of the person.
The publication, in particular, asked Busygin, whether presented in the gallery portraits of various nationalities, as well as people who "confronted with history" - for example, Pavel Florensky, Shalamov and others. The official did not give precise answers to these questions, but noted that none of the museum space can not accommodate a "gallery of portraits of Russia." That's why one of the steps towards the development of the concept of the museum will create a virtual gallery of portraits, and thereafter will be an exhibition.
The initiator of the museum in 2010 was made by a collector and patron Nikita Lobanov-Rostov. National Portrait Gallery in Great Britain and the United States. When it will open a museum in Russia, not known, but the authorities decided that he could stay in the buildings of the Historical Museum.

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