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Russia Unveils 2026 Museum Slate: Aivazovsky Retrospective, Tretyakov’s 30+ Shows, Pushkin’s Barjatinsky Debut

The Culture Ministry framed a coordinated slate that pairs flagship anniversaries with expanded regional tours plus overseas collaborations.

Overview

  • The State Russian Museum plans more than 20 exhibitions in St. Petersburg and over 50 touring shows nationwide, highlighted by a 210th‑anniversary Ivan Aivazovsky project featuring 200+ works and additional programs on Stepan Erzia, Pyotr Konchalovsky, Ivan Shishkin and the image of women in Russian art.
  • The Tretyakov Gallery will stage over 30 exhibitions, including a project marking the Bolshoi Theatre’s 250th anniversary in Kaliningrad, a rehang of the Tretyakov brothers’ memorial museum for the gallery’s 170th year and major international shows in Beijing, Hunan and Hong Kong.
  • The Pushkin Museum schedules about 20 exhibitions, led by the first public presentation in Russia of the Barjatinsky princely collection and a six‑city ‘Impressionists in Siberia’ tour, alongside projects on the Ludwigs’ collection, Russian Buddhism, India and Madame de Pompadour.
  • The Moscow ‘Great Victory. Russia — my history’ exhibition drew 115,000 visitors from 25 countries in its first month, with organizers noting President Vladimir Putin’s visit on opening day and extensive loans from state archives and partner museums.
  • Regional programming expands access with new and traveling shows in the Moscow Region, including a major lacquer miniatures exhibition and displays of Roerich, Levitan and Savrasov, while a free‑entry gallery devoted to Rostov‑on‑Don’s sculptural history is slated to open by year‑end.