Visual essay by Galina Bakinova Mural Harbor Gallery is a gallery located in an industrial zone on the outskirts of Linz: concrete, rust textures, empty surfaces of hangar walls –  seemingly an ideal environment for street art. Artists are selected by curators, works are sold, tours run on schedule. The space gives the impression of…

Peculiarities of artists’ work with historical buildings Even white walls rising more than eight meters high, arched windows, a cold stone floor laid with black tiles featuring a geometric checkerboard pattern running in a narrow strip along the entire space, emphasizing its already elongated form. Belle Godshuis is a historic building located in Ypres in…

“The restrictions faced by Russian art are a beneficial window of opportunity. I am sure that new people and new money will come to the domestic market. After all, even before, our art primarily interested Russian buyers, and now their number will only grow.”Vadim Lobov (President of the Synergy Corporation, co-founder of the “Art Russia”…

Gallery “The House on the Hill” Not every viewer is able to perceive art outside the walls of a gallery.Not every art piece placed outside a gallery is perceived as art. The exhibition in an abandoned house called “The House on the Hill” in Montenegro became an example of how abandoned space is used by…