The Pushkin State Museum of Arts organizes an exhibition dedicated to the 150th anniversary since Leon Bakst’s birth (1866–1924). Bakst was a Russian theatrical designer, painter, portraitist, book illustrator, interior designer and fashion designer during the 1910s. He published numerous articles on contemporary design and dance, he was also interested in photography and cinema, and wrote a novel based on his biography. Being fond of the Ancient Greece and Orient art, Bakst merged classical motives with the eccentricity of Art Nouveau in his art.
Leon Bakst was a Russian and a European painter at the same time. His oeuvre is wholly integrated in the heyday of the European art of the first decennies of the 20th century.
This first retrospective exhibition of the artist to be shown in Russia will include more than 200 paintings, drawings, theatrical costumes and archive photos of Leon Bakst from Russian, Western state and private collections, gathered together by an international group of curators.
Weekdays
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: 350 rub., students, senior visitors 200 rub.
from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.: 400 rub., students, senior visitors 200 rub.
from 5 p.m. till closing time: 500 rub., students, senior visitors 250 rub.
Saturday, Sunday, holidays:
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: 400 rub., students, senior visitors 200 rub.
from 2 p.m. till closing time: 500 rub., students, senior visitors 250 rub.
Children under age of 16, ICOM members, disabled visitors with one accompanying person – free.
Tickets are valid for the date and session chosen (you should enter the Museum in the indicated time slot). There are six sessions are available:
11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
12.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
2.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.
3.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
5.00 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.
6.30 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.
You can purchase entrance tickets online. The ticket admits to all current exhibitions and the permanent display of the Main Building. The ticket is valid for one visit on the date and session chosen. Reduced fee tickets are available at the Museum ticket office only.
You can buy сombined tickets online and pay extra fees for the admission to the exhibition at the Ticket office on the visiting day.
Tickets for the exhibition “Leon Bakst. In Honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth” allows you to buy tickets for the exhibition “Ilya Silberstein. In Honor of the 110th Anniversary of the Birth” at the Private Collections Department with a 50% discount. Private Collections Department is opened Wednesday-Sunday, from 12 a.m.
