ARTETAGE – Museum of modern art,DVFY .
Gallery and Public foundation “Artetage” are based in Vladivostok in 1990. The main task is to promote the study and conservation of Vladivostok best examples of modern art. Supporting of the artists in their exhibition activities, attracting new audiences to contemporary art forms. The creation of Vladivostok Museum of modern art.
April 4, 2004, the order №. 08-26 rector DVFY of Turnova, H. P. are created the Museum of modern art Artetage, DVHTY. The Museum operates as a division of the far Eastern State Technical University (now the division of Teaching and Scientific Museum DVFY) and it is today the only one in Siberia and the Russian far East Museum of modern art. The total area of the Museum about 1000 sq. m: the permanent exhibition hall is 220 square meters, two rooms for temporary exhibitions are 410 and 60 sq. m.
The Museum’s main holdings were purchased in the late 1980 s and early 1990 s, i.e. from the time of perestroika in the USSR, and in the first place was supplemented by works (avant – garde persuasion) artists of Primorye. These were the artists of the group “Vladivostok” and group “Shtil” and others, who later collaborated and worked Artetage, including the now – famous Russian and foreign artists.
Currently in the Museum about 1000 items in the permanent exhibition are presented works by artists: Yuri Zharkih, Mikhail Shemyakin, Ernst Neizvestny, Oscar Rabin, Anatoly Zverev, Boris Sveshnikov, Lev Kropivnitsky, Gleb Bogomolov, Mikhail Roginsky, Valery Lukka, Konstantin Kuzminykh, Alexander Lepetukhina, Oleg Yakhnin, Dmitry Shagin, Peter Beluy, Victor Fedorov, Yuri Sobchenko, Alexander Pyrkov, Victor Schlicht, Rurik Tuskin, Fedor Morozov, Valery Ninazhivil, Oleg Batuhtin, Eugene Makeev, Ilyas Zinatulin, Victor Serov, Andrew Kamalov, Sergey Simakov, Vladimir Pogrebnyak, Vladimir Ganin, Michael Pavin, Victor Hmelyk, Gleb Teleshov, Anton Bubnovskuy, Ross Coates, Larry Randall, Marielle Onodera, Utay Verasittcherungen, Luke Tuymans, An – Mi Van Kerkhoven, Freak Jansens, Geri De Smith, Amia Masaro, Yoshio Murakami, Rydzi Sakuyama, Jahn Francois Gerry, Jagdish Chandler, Kalicharan Gupta, Volfram Kurzenberger and other. The Museum Artetage constantly holds thematic exhibitions, participates in Russian and international projects of contemporary art. Since 1990 has conducted more than 250 exhibitions of contemporary art. Currently, the activities of the Museum is supported by the far Eastern State Federal University (DVFY), involved in the company and individuals to various Museum projects, as well as the Board of Trustees of the Museum.
Key dates:
– April 12, 1990 – the establishment of the Fund and the opening of the Gallery of modern art Artetage
– on January 21, 2006 – opening of the 1st exhibition of the Museum of modern art ARTETAGE