Togliatti Museum of Fine Arts archive

History of the Department for Contemporary Art

The opening of The Department for contemporary art was in January 2013 in the Avtozavodsky district of Tolyatti on the first and ground floor of a residential building on Sverdlov Street. From the very beginning of its existence The Department has done these tasks: the promotion of young artists of the city (through collective and personal exhibitions); the organization of research projects related to the rethinking of the Soviet cultural and architectural heritage; work with children: the development and realization of educational programs in contemporary art. In January 2019, the team The Department for contemporary art was completely changed.

About Archive

The geography of archive covers 2 cities: Samara and Tolyatti and includes materials on contemporary art, starting from the 90s to the present moment. Archive materials can be divided into three groups: the Samara part, represented by such artists as Vladimir Logutov, Andrey Syaylev, Frol Vesyoliy, Oksana Stogova, Sergey Balandin, Nelya and Roman Korzhovy, Anastasia Albokrinova; Togliatti, including the period from the 90s to the 2000s. and representatives through art union “Solaris”, headed by Oleg Berezina, as well as artists Tatyana Chirikova, Tatyana Minsafina. The third part of the archive includes materials related to the exhibition projects of The Department for Contemporary Art.