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The final rooms complete the rich collection of 20th-century art, featuring Miro, Kandin-
sky, Chagall, Arp and others.
Volkhonka 10; adult/child R200/100; Kropotkinskaya)
shows off art collections donated by
private individuals. The centrepiece is the
collection of Ilya Silberstein
(rooms 16 to 19),
the museum's founder and an accomplished historian of Russian literature and art. This col-
lection is especially rich in pieces by early-20th-century 'Mir Iskusstva' artists such as
Benois, Serebryakova, Serov and Kustodiev. Other highlights include the
Inna Koretskaya
and Boris Mihailovsky Collection
(room 2) featuring works by Rerikh, Golovin and
Kuznetsov; the
Lemkul room
(room 20) with graphic art by Fyodor Lemkul, as well as the
artist's collection of glassworks from Russia and Europe; the
Sergei Solovyov Collection
(room 21), with paintings by Perov and Repin; and the impressive collection of
Old Believ-
er icons
from the 16th to 20th centuries in rooms 14 and 15.
DON'T MISS...
Treasures of Troy
Golden Age of Dutch Art
Impressionist and post-Impressionist collections
PRACTICALITIES
ul Volkhonka 12
admission each branch R200-300
10am-7pm Tue-Sun, to 9pm Thu
Kropotkinskaya
