Russia - The New Contemporary Art Market

…says Carol Vogel in the New York Times. Dasha Zhukova, the 27-year-old girlfriend of mega collector Roman Abramovich is set to open a new contemporary art space in Moscow. The Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture already features an enormous installation by (VoCA favorite) Montreal’s Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.

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A light installation by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer in the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow.
Image: nytimes.com

Check out our interview with him HERE.

Read Vogel’s article HERE and FlashArt’s take HERE

3 comments ↓

#1 martha haldimann on 08.19.08 at 1:07 pm

The Garage Center should investigate the art works of Michael Biberstein. His works would fit perfectly in the ‘garage’. M. Haldimann

#2 Stefan on 08.29.08 at 9:13 am

Is there a website for the GCCC?

#3 Andrea on 09.17.08 at 1:57 pm

Yes, they do know:

http://cccmoscow.com/

And it has just opened to the public.

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