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.
1951–1995
"A CROCODILE WAS EATING MY FEET. MY HEAD WAS BEING CHEWED ON BY A GIRAFFE. WHEN THEY FINISHED EATING ME, AND THEIR MUZZLES TOUCHED, I UNDERSTOOD THAT I HAD BEEN EATEN. IT’S A PRETTY UNPLEASANT FEELING WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAD BEEN EATEN."
Leonid Purygin was an artist who worked in a variety of techniques and genres: traditional oil painting, wooden and bronze sculpture, and works using mixed media. His major works are triptychs which are often compared with Hieronymus Bosch’s paintings and with other masters of Northern Renaissance. His pictures frequently depict luminous Space with numerous phantasmagoric images of people and animals. Purygin is classified as a representative of the Art Brut movement, specifically of "Naive Art", which incorporates personal mythology.
The artist's works are in the Tretyakov Gallery and in personal collections in Russia, the United States and Europe.
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.
