CALENDAR: ALL EVENTS - January 2009
26.09.2008 - 10.01.2009The Buccellati heritage. Timeless art of jewellery
The exhibition in the Assumption Belfry presents jewellery artworks of the world-renowned Italian company, established by Mario Buccellati, a goldsmith of Milan, in 1919. Having mastered the art of metal working and jewellery making he developed his own style, improved traditional techniques and decorative methods. Among the 150 exhibited articles, executed by Mario Buccellati and his sun Gianmaria, you will see precious rings, bracelets and brooches, jewellery sets, figured silver items, decorative cups and many other artworks from private and museums' collections of Milan, Florence, the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, etc. The display, illustrating the history and evolution of the Buccellati production, is one of the projects, organized by the Moscow Kremlin museums to represent the greatest jewellery firms of the XXth century to the Russian audience.
17.12.2008 - 15.03.2009The Art of the Sublime Porte
The exhibition in the One-Pillar Chamber of the Patriarch's Palace is fully dedicated to the art of the Sublime Port from the XVIth to XVIIth centuries. Consisting of more than 80 exhibits it is based on a unique Kremlin collection of the Turkish artworks executed in the period of active diplomatic and trade relations between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The exposition includes ancient arms, luxurious horse trappings, articles decorated with precious metals and stones, embroidered textiles and some articles of the Russian Tsars' regalia, such as orb and staff by the Istanbul makers which belonged to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.