Tuesday, Friday to Sunday 12:00 – 20:00
Wednesday to Thursday 12:00 – 21:00
Closed Mondays
Ticket office closes 30 minutes
before Museum closing time
Dear visitors! Note that the AZ Museum will be closed from April 1 due to the exposition change.
1927–1998
"THE WHOLE POINT OF MY PAINTING AND GRAPHIC WORKS ROOTS IN THE FACT THAT I SUBMERGE MYSELF IN THE FLATNESS OF PAPER, CANVAS AND LIVE THERE. AND ONLY IN THIS CONFINED EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS CAN BE REVEALED, NOT HAVING BEEN KNOWN BEFORE."
Boris Svechnikov was a painter. In 1946, while studying at the Institute of Applied and Decorative Art, he was arrested on charges of "anti-Soviet propaganda" and sentenced to camps for 8 years. In 1954, after serving his sentence, Sveshnikov came back to Moscow. Sveshnikov's "Gulag Art" made a splash at the “Creativity in Camps and Exiles” exhibitions, which have been held since the 1990s by the Memorial Society. His works are kept in the Museum of Russian Art in Jersey City and the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University (USA), as well as in the collection of the Memorial Society and others.
By metro
We recommend travelling to Mayakovskaya metro station. The walk to the AZ Museum will take around five minutes. After leaving the station, turn first to the right into the alley, then moving forward, at the first intersection, turn left to 2nd Tverskaya-Yamskaya street. Walk a few meters. AZ Museum will be on your right.
By car
There are paid parking spaces on either side of 2nd Tverskaya-Yamskaya street or in the nearest alleys. Parking is limited, and on weekends and public holidays, the parking lots may be full.
