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The Night of Museums at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Date: May 15, 2010
Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, 25 Petrovka Str The admission is free
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On May 15, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art will be open from 7pm to 2am. You will have a unique opportunity to see «Doors Open Day: Mansion — Gymnasium — Clinic — Museum» exhibition marking the Museum’s 10th anniversary. This large-scale project includes over 200 iconic pieces from 1989 to 2009 by contemporary Russian artists, and masterfully integrates contemporary art into classic architectural context of the old mansion at Petrovka Street. The display closes May 18 — so don’t miss your chance to see it!
The Museum, together with its innovative partner MTS, has created a mobile audio-guide, with original audio tracks from best known contemporary Russian artists. The night of May 15-16, you will hear your favorite artists — Victor Alimpiyev, Andrey Bartenev, Vladimir Dubossarsky, Elena Kovylina, Alexander Savko, Evgeniy Svyatsky (AES+F), Rostan Tavasiyev, Sergey Shehovtsov, Sergey Shutov — and museum curators talk about the artworks presented at the display.
This Night you will also have a chance to join one of our guided tours, meet real mime artists, watch performances and listen to live music at the Museum courtyard.
The program at the Museum courtyard starts at 6pm:
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interactive master classes with artists from the «Free Studios» School of Contemporary Art;
- DJ and live music;
- drawing with TagTool — a unique technology provided by MTS, the innovative partner of the museum;
- MTS lounge—zone with free Wi-Fi at the café summer terrace;
- 23:00 «Tamm» Art-group presents «L. H. C.» (Large Hadron ChoColider) performance, devoted to the creative dialogue between science, art, and society;
- 01:30 —"Niedlex Kenflie" concert.
The program inside the museum building, 7pm to 2am:
- Guided Tours: Hits of the «Open Doors Day» exhibition«;
- 19:00–02:00 — performance by «Mir Lits» clown-mime-theatre;
- 19:30, hall № 21 — performance by the «Fantasy» Museum Children Art Studio.

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