World culture: The exhibition “Chagall and his Russian contemporaries” in Malaga

From July 20 to November 6, 2016 in the "Tabacalera" Center for the Arts (the branch of the Russian Museum) in Malaga (Spain) will be held an exhibition dedicated to the works of Marc Chagall and his Russian contemporaries. The exposition will be about 35 works of painting and sculpture from the collection of the Russian Museum and private collections. It will include works by Marc Chagall, created in the years of his life in Paris, as well as works written in his native Vitebsk. In addition, at the exhibition visitors can get acquainted with the works of famous painters and sculptors of the XX century: Nathan Altman, Isaac Asknaziya, Mark Antokolsky, David Shterenberg, Ilya Ginzburg and others.

A special addition to the paintings and sculptures will be Vitebsk Marc Chagall's room, which will be recreated with the help of original objects of the time stored in the Russian Museum collection.