Time: 02 October 2016, Sunday, 12:00–19:30
Venue: Jean-Rémy Restaurant, Trouville residential community,
Odintsovsky District, 18 km along Minskoye Highway

Admission is free (through the restaurant). Parking available. 
Table reservations at the restaurant (lunch or dinner): +7 (498) 736-11-99

On the first Sunday of October, Kvartira S Gallery and Jean-Rémy Restaurant held a grand family vernissage entitled “The Art of Living.”

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What is the art of living? It is the ability to take joy in every day and see beauty in the world around us, to appreciate works of art and fine music, and to savour delicious food and the company of fascinating people.
From noon until late evening on 2 October, guests were treated to the finest works by the gallery’s artists, musical performances and unusual masterclasses, delightful conversation and captivating entertainment in one of the most beautiful settings in the Moscow Region.

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The vernissage programme included:

12:00–18:00 — grand vernissage, artist-led masterclasses, open-air painting and a photo zone

14:00–15:00 — children’s sports masterclass “The Art of Kung Fu” with world kung fu champion Vadim Lavlinsky

14:00–16:00 — DJ Good Music Corner

14:30–16:00 — tasting and interactive presentation by chocolatier Dave Manger

16:00–17:00 — lecture by Bella Korotkina, art historian at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, “The Art of Eighteenth-Century France: ‘The Theatre of Pleasures’”

17:00–18:00 — interactive presentation by Russia’s first wine academic and sommelier Tatyana Selivanova

18:00–19:00 — “The Art of Writing” competition

19:00–19:30 — auction of unusual lots

19:00–20:00 — live music

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On October 2, a lecture by Bella Korotkina, art historian at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, titled “French Art of the Eighteenth Century: ‘A Theatre of Pleasures,’” took place.

In the eighteenth century, the sensuous love that possessed the hearts of Parisians spilled over into the visual arts and gave rise to a new style—Rococo. At this lecture we will learn how the emergence of the “new taste” shaped the painterly tradition, attitudes toward living space and its décor, and what role the celebrated Marquise de Pompadour and the theatre played in it all.

At the vernissage, guests were treated to a tasting and interactive program by master chocolatier Dave Manger.

Dave works on the border between art and magic. He came to Russia in 1998 to study Orthodoxy and the “Russian soul.” But the country and his Russian wife inspired him to create inimitable signature desserts. His confection filled with dark chocolate flavored with white jasmine tea won a prestigious pastry competition in Paris. Today Mr. Manger is the owner of the company Theobroma, which produces the freshest truffles and citrus peel in dark chocolate.

At the vernissage an interactive program with a tasting was held by Russia’s first wine academician and sommelier, Tatyana Selivanova. We talked about French wines, tried our hand as wine experts, and simply enjoyed pleasant conversation in good company.

In August we announced a competition for literary works inspired by paintings and photographs by the artists of Kvartira S Gallery. Some of the works can be read on our website in the Blog section.
At the vernissage, literary readings took place! Invited actors, media figures, art lovers, and even some staff of Kvartira S Gallery read several works for the event’s guests. And, of course, every poem and story was illustrated by real paintings!

More photos here

The vernissage in the media: 

Cabinet de l'art Magazine

Podmoskovye