Let’s recollect some of the most memorable lip-locks of all time. Is it the kiss from a handsome prince that would bring Sleeping Beauty back to life? Or the kiss of Judas? Or a so called “Eskimo kiss” with a tip of the nose? Perhaps, a fraternal embrace of comrade Brezhnev? Or all covered with gold The kiss by Gustav Klimt? Perhaps, you may recall a movie kiss? Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh’s in Gone With the Wind or the passionate and tragic embrace outside the…

The Lumiere Bothers Center for Photography is pleased to present an exhibition Document / Metaphor featuring photographs by Vladimir Filonov, created from the late 1970s till 1990s. The exhibition will be held in the White Hall from 16 September till 11 October as a part of the long-term project Anthology of Russian Photography of the XX century. Photo 80-90. Vladimir Filonov`s photography is a complex combination of poetics and analysis. Whatever artistic te…

The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography marks its 5th anniversary by the exhibition that spans the history of Soviet and Russian photography of the 20th century as seen through the magazine Soviet Photo. Soviet Photo was the most popular in the USSR periodical on photography with the focus both on professional and amateur photography. During its lifetime from 1926 till 1997 the magazine witnessed all key figures of the photographic life of the country. Despite obvious governmental c…