MUSEUM OF THE YEAR - THE GARAGE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

In autumn 2020, the Garage Museum will be presented at the Сosmoscow Art Fair in the status of Museum of the Year within the framework of the initiatives of the Cosmoscow Foundation for Contemporary Art.

This was announced by the founder of Cosmoscow Margarita Pushkina and the director of the Garage Museum Anton Belov at a press conference, which took place in February.

Throughout the year, the Cosmoscow Foundation for Contemporary Art and the Garage Museum will implement joint projects. The Cosmoscow Foundation will acquire for the collection of the Museum - the world 's largest collection on the history of Russian Modern Art - three important collections: the archive of the St. Petersburg gallery Navicula Artis; handwritten and illustrated catalogues of Eugene and Leo Kropiwnicki; and the archive of Andrey Chirkov (Remizova), which contains letters of Andrei Sinyavsky. The Museum stand will be presented at the Cosmoscow Art Fair, which will take place on 11-13 of September.

In addition, part of the proceeds from the sold tickets to the fair will be transferred to the the Garage Endowment Fund.

In addition, this year Anton Belov joined the Council of Collectors of Cosmoscow Art Fair.