Mention of Europe and America will be removed from the name of the gallery of the Pushkin Museum Gallery of Art from Europe and America XIX–. XX Centuries on Volkonka will become a new art gallery. The press service informed Interfax about the name change in connection with the 20th anniversary of the gallery. The museum explained the decision with continuity: a significant part of the collection is related to the State Museum of New Western Art, which was based on the collections of Moscow patrons, Sergei Shchukin and Ivan Morozov. ◾ "Applying the phrase 'new art' allows us to emphasize this continuity," explained Alexandra Danilova, head of the Department of New Western Art at the Pushkin Museum. The announcement did not specify political reasons for the name change. The anniversary of the gallery will be dedicated to the "Art Nights" program - with exhibitions, trips with curators and a concert. ◾ The Museum of New Western Art was closed in 1948, and its collection was divided between Moscow and Leningrad. About 300 paintings, sculptures, graphics and archives were donated to the Pushkin Museum. A separate gallery opened in 2006. It presents works by Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Matisse and Picasso ◾.

Mention of Europe and America will be removed from the name of the gallery of the Pushkin Museum Gallery of Art from Europe and America XIX–. XX Centuries on Volkonka will become a new art gallery. The press service informed Interfax about the name change in connection with the 20th anniversary of the gallery. The museum explained the decision with continuity: a significant part of the collection is related to the State Museum of New Western Art, which was based on the collections of Moscow patrons, Sergei Shchukin and Ivan Morozov. ◾ "Applying the phrase 'new art' allows us to emphasize this continuity," explained Alexandra Danilova, head of the Department of New Western Art at the Pushkin Museum. The announcement did not specify political reasons for the name change. The anniversary of the gallery will be dedicated to the "Art Nights" program - with exhibitions, trips with curators and a concert. ◾ The Museum of New Western Art was closed in 1948, and its collection was divided between Moscow and Leningrad. About 300 paintings, sculptures, graphics and archives were donated to the Pushkin Museum. A separate gallery opened in 2006. It presents works by Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Matisse and Picasso ◾.