Time: 30 June 2019, from 12:00 to 21:00

Venue: President Hotel, 24 Bolshaya Yakimanka Street, Moscow

Admission by invitation

Optional table reservations for lunch or dinner: +7 (499) 271-29-38
+7 (916) 550-42-25

All paintings and sculptures are available for purchase.

Once every season, the Moscow contemporary art gallery Kvartira S brings together dear friends who share a love of art, vibrant leisure and good music for its traditional family vernissage. The theme of this summer celebration will be Moscow Jazz—the rhythm of our beloved city in summer: light, lively and filled with creativity.

 

As tradition dictates, the centrepiece of the programme will be a major exhibition of paintings and sculptures by artists of the Kvartira S gallery. Curator: Alexandra Panchenko, art historian, member of the Creative Union of Professional Artists of Russia and arts journalist.

Guests at the vernissage will also be able to take part in masterclasses, watch a performance, enjoy a jazz concert and, of course, admire the breathtaking view of the capital. The event will be held at the Assambleya restaurant on the 14th floor of the President Hotel, which offers a picturesque panorama of the city centre. 

Programme:

12:00–20:00 — major vernissage of paintings and sculptures

13:00–15:00 — painting masterclass by Rembrandt brand ambassador and gallery artist Sasha Sokolova

16:00–17:00 — lecture by art historian and member of the Creative Union of Professional Artists of Russia Alexandra Panchenko

17:00–18:00 — culinary masterclass by show chef Arseny Matveenko

18:40–19:00 — Performance of Life. "Quarter Past Eight" (excerpt), performed by ARTICULI Dance Company

19:30–20:30 — concert by the T. Dokshitzer New Life Brass Jazz Orchestra

Host: Klavs Koshin

The vernissage features paintings and sculptures by the following artists: Dmitry Artishchev, Sasha Sokolova, Maria Pom, Maria Subbotina, Dmitry Plotkin, Tatyana Kuzmina-Chugunova, Dina Chubukova, Albina Bunina, Alexey Chaikasov, Marina Bogomazova, Ekaterina Lebedeva, Anna Abidina, Victoria Ròs, Arseny Krainyukov, Denis Petrulenkov, Milana Juventa, Victoria Predybailo, Artem Davtyan, Ivan Pashentsev and Oleg Grigorash. 
 

 

Participants of the vernissage programme: 

"In their works, the gallery's artists explore and develop a musical sense of form and color. Each artist, employing individual technical methods, creates their own harmony of music, color, form, and beauty, which together compose an unforgettable atmosphere."

Curator of the exhibition "Moscow Jazz" — Alexandra Panchenko, art historian, member of the Creative Union of Professional Artists of Russia, art journalist.

On June 30 at 4:00 p.m., guests of the "Moscow Jazz" vernissage attended a lecture by the curator on the theme “Performance: Idea and Embodiment”. We discussed what this direction in art represents, the premises of its emergence, its prominent figures, and its most memorable realizations.

On Sunday, June 30, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., as part of the vernissage, anyone who wished could try their hand at being an artist. The oil painting master class "My Moscow" was led by Rembrandt brand ambassador, artist awarded scholarships from the Spivakov Foundation and Young Talents, Sasha Sokolova.
The paintings created during the session took as their subject iconic and beloved Moscow landscapes.

All materials are provided free of charge.
For children over 7 years of age. Number of places is limited.

At 5:00 p.m., show chef, host of a culinary segment on Channel One, gourmet and mischief-maker Arseny Matveenko held a family master class on creating delicious dishes with special effects, treated guests to his signature vitamin cocktail, and surprised them with dishes that had a real spark.
Over the course of his career, Arseny has worked in Russia, China, and France, staged a culinary show in Tallinn and a series of gastronomic presentations in Grozny, created a cake-painting, and developed a "Floral Menu."
According to Arseny, he is delighted to take part in the seasonal vernissages of the "Kvartira S" gallery every year, because art is!
@show-chef

At 6:40 p.m., guests of the vernissage were treated to a Performance of Life. Quarter past eight (excerpt)
ARTICULI Dance Company
Director-choreographer: Ekaterina Nikulnikova
Performers: Elizaveta Kuzmina, Alesya Lukyanova, Ekaterina Nikulnikova, Anastasia Yakimenko, Dmitry Antonov, Maria Bakhrameeva, Natalia Doynikova, Ksenia Mikhalkina.
How does space — and the people within it — change the moment the clock hands reach 8:15 in the evening? We ask ourselves the same question again and again, and await that instant with great trepidation and fear. We hear how the city and the people in it are transformed. We feel the heat that gradually envelops us from head to toe. The closer the big hand of the clock approaches the number 15, the more thrilling the moment becomes...
8:15 — we hear the footsteps of the city; it stands at our door, rustling the pages of the evening press. If we do not open — we will never know what they write...

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The culmination of the "Moscow Jazz" vernissage was a performance by the brass ensemble New Life Brass, named after Timofei Dokshitser. Professional musicians of the highest caliber have been working together for 10 years. During this time, New Life Brass has won the Grand Prix at the International Competition in St. Petersburg, become laureates of numerous international and all-Russian music festivals, and received the "Talent and Calling" award badge and the Moscow Government Prize "For the Best Realized Project."

The ensemble's repertoire covers a significant part of world musical culture and includes popular classical, jazz, and variety compositions, as well as music from films, cartoons, and video games.