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VINZAVOD & ARTPLAY
A hundred years ago, industrialization was a buzz word in Moscow.
Nowadays it is gentrification, bringing the old-world, centenarian red-brick
factories back into the spotlight. The huge former industrial area behind
Kursky train station is being redeveloped as a hotspot for modern culture and
start-ups.
such as 'Fermentation Workshop', but now they are packed with art galleries, funky shops
and fashion showrooms.
M&J Guelman Gallery
(entrance 23) is the flagship gallery; its self-declared mission is
to display modern art from outside Moscow. At
Aidan Studio
(entrance 20), you can see
venerable owner Aidan Salakhova and her students at work on weekends. The
pop/off/art
gallery
(entrance 22) is dedicated to 'sots-art' - the Soviet non-conformist's answer to Andy
Warhol.
Fotoloft
(entrance 4) is all about photography.
Red & White Wine Workshop
houses temporary art exhibitions.
The nearby Manometer factory has also been touched by the magic wand of gentrification
Syromyatnichesky per 10; noon-8pm Tue-Sun; Chkalovskaya)
. ArtPlay focuses on design,
housing many furniture showrooms and antique stores. It's a bit of a maze, at the far end of
which you'll find the building housing permanent art exhibitions. Halfway between it and
the entrance,
Edward's
is a convenient pit stop, if your engine has run out of beer.
ArtPlay and Vinzavod are being joined by the much bigger
Arma factory
, which is un-
dergoing a major reconstruction.
To find Vinzavod and ArtPlay, walk down Verkhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya ul from
Garden Ring, looking for passages under the railway line on your left. The first one leads to
Vinzavod (100m along on your left). Take the second one for ArtPlay.
