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Learn moreMetal and technology: here's a route worth exploring. Our list features exhibitions that are definitely worth visiting before the weather gets worse: here you will find everything from sound art and sound sculptures, as well as modern technological devices.
Collectors Club
In Moscow, the Transport Museum has initiated a new project that includes exhibitions of private collections. The first of these is dedicated to vintage cars and Soviet toys related to the theme of transportation explored by Ilya Zibarev. The architectural firm .dpt designed a theatrical stage with podiums for the main objects of the exhibition, including a 1969 Moskvich-433 truck, a 1989 Skif-M1 microcar, and a Gulitsa scooter. All of this is decorated in the style of Soviet garages, which creates an atmosphere of nostalgia.
Venue: Pavilion No. 26 "Transport of the USSR", located at VDNKh at the address: Prospekt Mira, 119, building 26, Moscow.
Period from September 30 to December 25, 2025.
Shape memory effect
On the collective The exhibition at the Palaty Gallery, held in the Supermetal space, features twenty works by contemporary artists who incorporate metal into their work. Each piece was handcrafted using welding and casting. Notable among these are Dmitry Zhukov's two-hundred-kilogram lace "trapper" titled "Curtain," Ekaterina Kolosovskaya's Buddhist sculpture, crafted using an old road roller, and Alexandra Lapaeva's embossed panel "There," reminiscent of an icon frame. In this project, the artists interpret the physical properties of metal as the ability to “remember” form, which serves as an elegant metaphor for describing the creative process.
Venue: Supermetal space, located at 2-ya Baumanskaya Street, Building 9/23, Building 3, Moscow.
Period: October 16 to November 30, 2025.
Close to: Vladimir Gilyarovsky
The portrait exhibition of Vladimir Gilyarovsky, known as the "king of reporters", was organized by the Museum of Russian Impressionism jointly with the Polytechnic Museum. The exposition features 234 works from 54 different museums. The exhibits include works by such masters as Ilya Repin, Wassily Kandinsky, Natalia Goncharova, and Konstantin Korovin, capturing the atmosphere of Moscow at the turn of the century. A separate section of the exhibition highlights the technological achievements of that time: on display are Bell telephones, Kodak cameras, and interactive installations using the Alice neural network. Visitors will also enjoy tactile stations featuring various aromas and reconstructions created by contemporary artist Mikhail Rubankov. The titles of the exhibition sections, full of humor and warmth, are sure to bring a smile to the eyes of viewers.
Place and time: The Museum of Russian Impressionism, located in Moscow.
From October 16, 2025 to January 25, 2026.
Intelligent Technologies: Sound Art in the Museum Environment
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is currently hosting an exhibition dedicated to sound art. This project features installations, works created using artificial intelligence, and cyber-organic sculptures - be sure to stop by to learn more about these unique objects. We were particularly impressed by Vladislav Dobrovolsky's "Echo of the Dao," in which neural networks offer their interpretations of texts from the "Tao Te Ching," as well as Petr Ayda's "Stridulations 2.0" installation, which immerses viewers in the world of locust acoustics.
Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, address: Petrovka, 25, Moscow. Time: Please specify the event details.
From October 14 to December 7, 2025.
Autumn Flower: Works of Vadim Sidur and Polina Rukavichkina
The Vadim Sidur Museum, in collaboration with MMOMA, is organizing an exhibition that establishes a connection between a prominent representative of Soviet unofficial art and a contemporary photographer. The exhibition presents Polina Rukavichkina's heartfelt works, which touch on themes such as creative loneliness and vulnerability. These works harmoniously coexist with Sidur's "blooming garden." The exhibition's central image, the "iron flower," symbolizes both stillness and hidden movements in the cultural environment.
Location and time: Vadim Sidur Museum, Moscow.
Period: October 31 – November 30, 2025.
Tatlin: Architecture and Worldview
The exhibition, dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Vladimir Tatlin, will be the first retrospective of this outstanding master of the Russian avant-garde in the last three decades. The event will feature over 220 exhibits, spanning his early works to iconic pieces such as Letatlin, as well as reconstructions of his famous counter-reliefs and the Monument to the Third International.
Venue: Zotov Center, located at 2 Khodynskaya Street, Building 1.
From November 22, 2025 to March 22, 2026.
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To mark its 13th anniversary, the HSE School of Art and Design has organized an exhibition featuring over 60 works by both students and graduates. The exhibition features a variety of areas, from animation and video games to product design. This ambitious project is structured around four key stages of a designer's development: Idea, Project, Business, and Startup. It also features the HSE DESIGN LAB, where real commissioned work is showcased.
Venue: HSE Art Gallery, located at 12 Malaya Pionerskaya Street.
From October 21 to December 2, 2025.
KV. 7. Oleg Kudryashov
The first exhibition of the exhibition "One and a Half Rooms" was held at the Joseph Brodsky Museum. A solo exhibition of the artist in St. Petersburg. Architect Alexander Brodsky, for whom Kudryashov is a valuable mentor, developed the exhibition concept. The space recreates a workshop, housing an etching press, zinc plates, and various tools. Visitors can also see 200 of Kudryashov's works. The artist prefers to work with rough and rugged industrial zinc, treating it with the same respect as he would a canvas.
Venue: The One and a Half Rooms Museum, located at 14 Korolenko Street in St. Petersburg.
Until January 25, 2026.
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