St. Petersburg is a world famous art centre and an art capital of Russia. The significance of our city in the artistic life of the whole world could be compared only to the significance of Paris. A lot of famous artists used to live and still live in our city. Many young talents from all around Russia specially come to St. Petersburg. Despite this till recently we had no museums of modern or contemporary art. And though they have been opened at last, it is still better to see the modern art in Modern Art Galleries. Very often you have a possibility not only to enjoy pieces of art there, but also buy them. We have quite a few such galleries, which are very unlike each other and follow various trends of contemporary art.

During this tour (which actually could be altered depending on your taste and wishes) we will show you several art galleries which represent different spheres of art. In each place art historian of the gallery will conduct a small tour and will be pleased to answer all your questions.

Bellow you can see an approximate list of the galleries which we are ready to show you:

1. The "Pushkinskay-10" Art-Centre. This is a really unique organization and the history of its creation goes back to the beginning of "perestroika". In 1989 a group of young artists - musicians and painters - occupied an empty building in the centre of St. Petersburg. They started to live and work there, organize different exhibitions, concerts and other events, and a miracle happened - the city government let the artists keep this building. Now it is one of the world's best known cultural centres. It comprises art galleries, museums, concert venues, clubs, and studios for about forty artists and musicians.
2. The Photo gallery "The Rachmaninov garden". It's a small gallery which is situated in the very centre of St. Petersburg behind the Cazansky cathedral. At the moment they carry out two big projects: "St. Petersburg monochrome art-photography at the turn of the century" and "Stars of world photography". This gallery is at the same time a very important art centre of the city, which unites the best contemporary photographers of St. Petersburg.
3. KGallery. A comparatively big gallery in the centre of the city, which focuses on the Soviet period art (1930-1970). This gallery became famous in the city after several successful exhibitions where they put on display masterpieces of world known Russian painters from private collections.
4. SOL ART Gallery. It shows one of the best collections of contemporary St. Petersburg Art. Here you can find works of mature masters as well as works of the beginners. The selection of pieces displayed in this gallery shows the talent of artists and high quality of works. The location of Sol Art Gallery makes it even more famous in the city because it occupies one of most beautiful rooms of Baron Stieglits Museum of Decorative Art, and a short optional excursion around this museum, which could be included into the tour at your request, would make the visit to the gallery even more interesting.

N.B. If you have no possibility to include the whole tour into your itinerary, we can plan a visit to one of these galleries (chosen according to your taste and requirements) during the city tour or just stop there while driving around the city when it is convenient.

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