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.
born 1943
"MY YOUTH PASSED AT A DIFFERENT TIME. WE CONSIDERED NATURAL TO LIVE IN POVERTY, TAKING UP PAINTING AT NIGHTS, BUT LABORING FOR THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT AT A DAYTIME, IN ORDER NOT TO BE DRIVEN TO THE «101ST KILOMETRE» FOR THE SOCIAL PARASITISM. I JUST PAINTED AND TRIED TO SEE THE WORLD WITH MY OWN EYES. BUT IT ALREADY WAS CONSIDERED AS A CRIME. THEY PUT TOGETHER A DOSSIER ON YOU, AND ANY LIKE YOU HAD TO STAY IN A MADHOUSE OR IN A GULAG. SEVERAL TIMES THE PERSONAL SEARCHERS TOOK PLACE, THEN I WAS TAKEN TO AN INSANE ASYLUM…’’
Mihail Chemiakin was an artist and sculptor. The major part of childhood he passed in East Germany occupation, then in GDR. After numerous exhibit arrests, art works confiscation, compulsory treatment in psychiatric facilities, the Soviet Authorities forced Chemiakin out of the USSR in 1971. First, he lived in Paris, then in the United States. Michael Chemiakin launched the Institute of Philosophy and Psychology of Creativity in Hudson (USA). In 2007 he came back to France.
Saint Petersburg Carnivals. 1995
Saint Petersburg Carnivals. 1995
Saint Petersburg Carnivals. 1995
Saint Petersburg Carnivals. 1995
Saint Petersburg Carnivals. 1995
Saint Petersburg Carnivals. 1995
Phantom I.From the series "The Life Of Rembrandt". 1987
Phantom II. From the series "The Life Of Rembrandt". 1987
Portrait Of Igor Stravinsky. 1985
Metaphysical Portrait. 1981
Saint Christopher. 1976
Two Figures (Homage to G. Costakis). 1975
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.