Monday, February 4, 2008

Russian art trends

Recently I found another interesting article in a Russian newspaper "Vedomosti" about trends in Russian art. Here is a summary of the 3 main trends described in the article:
1. It is difficult to find Russian art exhibited in galleries and museums abroad because on the one hand the galleries are interested but on the other not sure how to present the Russian art and if it will attract big audiences. Therefore the galleries tend to go with an easier option of Italian or Spanish artists (if they have to choose European art for exhibits) because they know that the latter are always popular.

2. The most popular genres of Russian art today are contemprory art and photography, especially photography. The prices for contemprory works of art based on photography are growing incredibly faster than the prices for any other types of art.

3. In general the prices of Russian works of art are astronomical, especially at the major foreign auction houses. In most cases the prices are artificially inflated.

An Internet art gallery has the freedom to avoid the aforesaid pitfalls: Capucines Boulevard gallery currently exhibits 8 Russian artists (out of more than a dozen Eastern European artists in total) and the prices are realistic and affordable including those popular works of art based on photography. Here are some examples of fine art you can find at http://www.capucinesboulevard.com/:



To view more works of art, please, visit the gallery website.

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