Gallery shopping in Moscow
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Ministerstvo Podarkov
For quirky, clever souvenirs, stop by this network of artists’ cooperatives. Each outlet has a different name, but the goods are more or less the same: uniquely Russian gifts such as artist-designed tapki (slippers) and hand-woven linens. Most intriguingly, artist Yuri Movchan has invented a line of funky, functional fixtures (lights, clocks, etc) made from old appliances and other industrial discards. There is another outlet – Podarky, Dekor & Podarky – near Patriarch’s Ponds.
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Podarky, Dekor & Podarky
For quirky, clever souvenirs, stop by this network of artists’ cooperatives. Each outlet has a different name, but the goods are more or less the same: uniquely Russian gifts such as artist-designed tapki (slippers) and hand-woven linens. Most intriguingly, artist Yuri Movchan has invented a line of funky, functional fixtures (lights, clocks, etc) made from old appliances and other industrial discards.
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Apteka Podarkov & Zaytsy
Perhaps a little creative whimsy is just what the doctor ordered. If so, this is the place for you. It calls itself an apteka (pharmacy), but it’s really a boutique of creative gifts and souvenirs – one in a network of artists’ cooperatives around Moscow. Another is Ministerstvo Podarkov, in Tverskoy.
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Khudozhezestvenny Salon
Although it has a rather innocuous name, this art gallery is packed with paintings, sculpture, ceramics, jewellery and handicrafts by local artists. This place is owned by the artists, so you won’t have the high gallery mark-ups you might find at some other art centres. There is another outlet in Basmanny.
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Mostok
Shelves are stacked with trade books and counters are piled high with postcards. The walls are crammed with posters, prints and original artwork, some portraying unusual panoramas and historic Moscow scenes. Part frame store, part graphic-design service, part print shop, you never know what treasures you might find.
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Room Arterium
Room is really an interior-design service and showroom, its 1st floor displaying modern furniture and accessories, as well as some on-topic coffee-table books (in English). Downstairs, the ‘Arterium’ is a sort of gallery with an ever-changing exhibit of contemporary art.
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Khudozhezestvenny Salon
Although it has a rather innocuous name, this art gallery is packed with paintings, sculpture, ceramics, jewellery and handicrafts by local artists. This place is owned by the artists, so you won’t have the high gallery mark-ups you might find at some other art centres.
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Byuro Nakhodok
In 2003 three Moscow artists opened this shop to sell their fun and funky gifts and souvenirs. It was the first of what would become a network of artists’ cooperatives around the city. Another outlet is Ministerstvo Podarkov, in Tverskoy.
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Moskovsky Fond Kultury
Packed with books, art, jewellery, ceramics and figurines, the Fond Kultury is a treasure trove for antiquers, art lovers and other collectors. The place is tiny but somehow they manage to squeeze in centuries worth of stuff.
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M’ars Contemporary Art Centre
Founded by artists who were banned during the Soviet era, this gallery space includes 10 exhibit halls showing the work of top contemporary artists, as well as a cool club and café in the basement.
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Art Strelka
The garages and warehouses at the old Krasny Oktyabr Factory now serve as studio and gallery space for up-and-coming artists.
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