At the Dressing-Table. Self-Portrait, Zinaida Serebriakova, 1909, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Context: Painted in 1909 by Russian artist Zinaida Serebriakova during a snowy winter near Neskuchnoye, “At the Dressing-Table. Self-Portrait” was exhibited at the Union of Russian Artists in early 1910, where it received enthusiastic praise from critics like Alexandre Benois and painter Valentin Serov. The Tretyakov Gallery immediately purchased the work after the exhibition, and it has since been recognized as one of Serebriakova’s most important paintings, marking a significant moment in early twentieth-century Russian art.

Russia ousts director of elite museum as Kremlin demands patriotic art.

Russia has ousted the director of Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, one of the world’s most famous art museums, just days after Russia’s Culture Ministry demanded that she prove the museum’s prestigious collection was “in line with spiritual and moral values.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/09/russia-tretyakov-gallery-director-ousted/ #Russia #museums #TretyakovGallery #art #artmuseums

Russia ousts director of elite museum as Kremlin demands patriotic art @washingtonpost

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/09/russia-tretyakov-gallery-director-ousted/

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