Russian Museums Unveil 2026 Slate: Blockade Tributes, ROSIZO Sequels, Regional Tours
The coordinated rollout emphasizes wider regional access by pairing nationwide commemorations with new reappraisals of Soviet and nonconformist art.
Overview
- Museum of Victory will deploy three multimedia exhibitions on the Leningrad blockade across about 50 partner institutions nationwide, with offline and online access and participation from Belarusian museums.
- ROSIZO confirmed a second installment of its apartment-exhibition project for 2026 focused on the Leningrad underground, with works being assembled from St. Petersburg collections and private lenders.
- ROSIZO plans to tour works by Soviet realist Gely Korzhev to cities across Russia, with details to be adapted to host venues as the project develops.
- A spring 2026 Erik Bulatov retrospective at ROSIZO will include rare children’s book illustrations from the center’s holdings to present the artist beyond his conceptual canon.
- The broader calendar highlights continued reach at home and abroad, with the Pushkin Museum’s Lukashevker show now open through March 1, a Russian Impressionism exhibition set for Serpukhov from February 4 to August 16, and the Tretyakov’s Repin project in Beijing drawing over 350,000 visitors.