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Erarta Galleries

Coordinates: 59°56′N 30°15′E / 59.93°N 30.25°E / 59.93; 30.25
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Erarta Galleries Saint Petersburg
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Established2010
Coordinates59°56′N 30°15′E / 59.93°N 30.25°E / 59.93; 30.25
Websitewww.erartagalleries.com
Erarta in London
Erarta in Hong Kong

Erarta Galleries are the three galleries established in the 2010s in London (UK), Hong Kong (China) and St. Petersburg (Russia)[1] with a goal to promote contemporary art in the corresponding country and outside its borders.[2][3] The project itself is a private institution.[4] A promotional process is based on reinvestments from sales of art pieces back into the project.[5] In 2016, two of these galleries were closed; only the gallery in St. Petersburg survived up to now.

Saint Petersburg

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Erarta Galleries St. Petersburg is situated in the main building of the Erarta Museum that occupies a 10,000 sq. m building on Vasilyevsky Island.[6] The gallery opened its doors at the same time as the Erarta Museum, in September 2010.[7] The gallery opens a new exhibition every two months. All art pieces that are shown at the gallery are available for sale (unless they are objects that are exhibited in the museum collection).[8]

London

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Erarta Galleries London was located in Mayfair.[9] The gallery presented mainly young Russian artists to the British contemporary art scene.[10] Erarta London was opened in 2011 in the 300 sq. m exhibition space with a group exhibition "Peter and the Wolf: Contemporary Painting" from St. Petersburg, presenting Russian artists who had already established themselves on the art scene, such as Vladimir Ovchinnikov, David Plaksin, Aleksandr Dashevsky and others.[11] During several years the gallery showed different Russian artists who work in totally different techniques and directions: Rinat Voligamsi,[12] Pavel Brat,[13] Katya Krasnaya,[14] Leonid Tishkov[15] and others.

Hong Kong

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Erarta Galleries Hong Kong was located in the Central area on the Hollywood Road.[16] The 300 sq. m two-floor exhibition space was situated opposite one of the main local attractions, the Man Mo Temple. The Hong Kong gallery was opened at 2014 to become the latest in the Erarta Galleries group.[17] It opened its doors to visitors with a group exhibition "Game Changers" on 20 November 2014, presenting over 40 works from a capacious selection of contemporary Russian Art.[18] Since then the gallery held several more exhibitions.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Galleries". Erarta Galleries.
  2. ^ "Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art". Google Cultural Institute. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Erarta museum and galleries of contemporary art". Russian Cultural Heritage Network. Archived from the original on 2015-07-29.
  4. ^ Hewitt, Simon. "ERARTA: Russian Art's Iconoclastic Window on the World", The Huffington Post, 16 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Buying art: Erarta galleries, design and online store". Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art.
  6. ^ "Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art". In Your Pocket City Guides.
  7. ^ "Erarta". Best Guides.
  8. ^ Blokhina, Anastasia. "Erarta engages global audiences with Russian contemporary art (part 1 of 2)", thinkRUSSIA, 26 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Erarta Galleries". Visit London.
  10. ^ "Erarta Galleries". Artsper.
  11. ^ "Peter and the Wolf: Contemporary Painting from St. Petersburg". Barrington Publications.
  12. ^ "Rinat Voligamsi's Conditions of Winter - picture preview". The Independent.
  13. ^ White, Lyndon. "Russian Artist Pavel Brat: His "Dominion"", Billionaire, 15 October 2014.
  14. ^ "Exposed at Erarta Galleries". The Kompass. Archived from the original on 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  15. ^ "EXH: Private Moon by Leonid Tishkov at Erarta Galleries, 29 May – 5 June". Russian Art and Culture.
  16. ^ "Erarta Galleries". Yelp.
  17. ^ "NEWS: Erarta Official Launched First Asian-based Art Gallery". Russian Art and Culture.
  18. ^ "Game Changers". HK Magazine.
  19. ^ "Erarta Galleries Hong Kong's new exhibit". ETB Travel News. Archived from the original on 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2015-08-11.