This cultural event will include exhibitions of works by famous Belgian artist and sculptor Arne Quins and well-known Russian and international photographers: Francoise Huguier, Leonid Tishkov, Gabriele Bazilico, Natalya Nikitina and Alina Utkina. Capital Group is willing to grant free admission to its corporate collection (Russia’s only installation by Anish Kapur, Peter Haley, Jeff Kuns and others) that consists over 80 items and is scheduled to open in September.
Dinara Lizunova, PR director of Capital Group, notes: “Although Capital Group Art Foundation takes part in this event for the first time, our gallery has become Moscow’s notable cultural landmark. Capital City regularly hosts artistic and photo exhibitions, as well as public events – fashion shows, festivals and presentations. It is by no means surprising since Capital City is a unique building that reflects the artistic endeavors by the company that started its own collection of paintings and sculptures 10 years ago.
On May, 15-16 you can visit the Capital City exhibition for free.
Opening hours: 6 p.m. till 2 a.m.
For further information please cantact Evgeniya Sazonova, press-secretary of Capital Group, at +7 495 363 62 05; e-mail sazonova@capitalgroup.ru
Capital Group
Capital Group is one of Moscow’s leading developers. Since its inception, the company has been focused on integrated development projects that include all stages ranging from initial analysis of a property and market research to commissioning and facility management.
Capital Group’s project portfolio is comprised of 70 properties with a total floors pace of over 7 mln. Square meters. The overall surface of all properties that have been sold amounts to 3 mln. Square meters. Capital Group projects are implemented in the two fastest-growing segments of the Moscow development market: de luxe, premium and business-class residential and class A commercial real estate, as well as hotels and shopping malls. Today, the company is running over 15 construction projects.
Capital Group maintains its leading position in the Moscow market of residential real estate thanks to its high quality standards, innovative approach in engineering and architecture and its sound reputation as an experienced and reliable developer.
As a veteran developer, Capital Group has made a significant contribution in shaping the architectural image of today’s Moscow. The company maintains close ties with internationally-acclaimed architecture and designer agencies: NBBJ, Arup, SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill). Also, it works in partnership with Zaha Khadid. Its Russian partners are Capital Group Ostozhenka, creative production enterprise Reserv, Workshop #19 of the Mosproyekt – 2 led by Alexandr Asadov and Architectural Workshop Lyzlov. Many of the company’s projects were frequently displayed at international exhibitions and earned numerous awards.
Under its annual survey, Euromoney conferred upon Capital Group the ‘best Russian Developer” award while the Kompania magazine named it the ‘Developer 2009’.
Long Night of Museums is an international cultural event designed to demonstrate the capabilities of modern museums to the general public and to reach out to the youth.
The event was initiated in 1999 by the French ministry of culture and communication. At the beginning it was called ‘Spring of museums’. The event was to coincide with the international Day of Museums celebrated annually on May, 18. In 2001 it involved 39 countries in Europe and on the American continent. In 2005 the Spring of Museums developed into the Long Night of Museums. In Russia, the initiative was taken up by the Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre that became the first museum in Russia to open to visitors by night. In 2005 campaign encompassed 750 museums in France and 500 museums in other European countries. Their counterparts in Moscow took up the torch in 2007 when several city museums were open till 9 p.m.
In 2009 the initiative engaged as many as 2300 European museums, i.a.in France and Russia. In the Russian Federation, the initiative involves over 100 artistic organizations (federal, city and private museums and galleries). They conduct large and small-scale events for 20 to 30 guests, some of them need registering ahead of time (Wikipedia).
