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Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art

2 Line 29 Vasilyevsky Island, St. Petersburg 199106 , Russia
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Ranked #4 of 389 attractions in St. Petersburg
5.0 of 5 stars 55 Reviews
Type: Museums
Owner description: Erarta brings under one roof Russia's largest private Museum of Contemporary Russian Art (with over 2,000 works in its collection) and one of the...... more » Owner description: Erarta brings under one roof Russia's largest private Museum of Contemporary Russian Art (with over 2,000 works in its collection) and one of the branches of its international Galleries (others located in London, New York and Zurich). Erarta building with an overall floor space of 8,600 sqm (currently being expanded to 10,200sqm) opened its doors in September 2010 but has already been nominated for Russia's museum of the year in its first year of existence. The Museum is especially worth visiting for its creativity, not only exhibiting other artists' works but also acting as an author itself with unique projects such as "U-Spaces" (total installations created by the Museum itself to immerse the viewer in a particular world), "Theatre with no actors" (the world's only multi-media play whose cast is made up exclusively of characters from paintings with special audio and video effects bringing them to life), "Art-literature" (accompanying essays of experts and regular visitors' thoughts about particular works of art, helping explain what kind of emotions they trigger in others), "Art-animation" (videos and cartoons transforming a two-dimensional painting into a story prolonged in time). Erarta building also has a restaurant, a cafe and several museum shops offering gifts, prints and books and is open every day (except for Tuesdays) from 10am to 10pm « less
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London, United Kingdom
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“New standard in guest services in Russia”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2012
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Great place, lots of positive impressions, highest-ranking of those is the fact that I was approached by one of their girls on reception while walking around, was asked if I was finding everything alright, needed any help and she even told me a little bit about the exhibition in English. Rest of Russia could really do with taking a page... More

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Anastasia Blokhina, Public Relations Manager at Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, responded to this review
17 May 2012

Thank you very much, we're delighted to hear you enjoyed your time at Erarta. We always try our hardest to make everyone feel welcome and want to pass on our enthusiasm for contemporary art to others so it's great to hear that our staff have made a good impression! Hopefully see you again very soon! More

London, United Kingdom
2 reviews
“Cultural capital finally has the missing piece”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 May 2012

Excellent to see a centre of contemporary art on the map of Saint Petersburg - the city's a better place for having it and I'm sure I'm not the only one grateful for it! More

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Anastasia Blokhina, Public Relations Manager at Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, responded to this review
12 May 2012

Dear Artur, thank you for taking the time to write these positive words about Erarta! Erarta's overall goal is to make contemporary art a natural part of everyone's life, one that makes it more interesting and happy so we're delighted to see that you appreciated our efforts. We hope to see you at Erarta again very soon More

London, United Kingdom
2 reviews
“simply the best”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 May 2012

I visited Erarta during my first time trip to Russia. I can definitely say that it was the best museum experience in St.Petersburg. I didn't expect Erarta to be that massive!! The building itself is amazing and the way they transformed it into museum is impressive. the navigation is all in english and the staff speaks very good English (unlike... More

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Anastasia Blokhina, Public Relations Manager at Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, responded to this review
11 May 2012

Dear Andy, thank you for your kind words, it's great to hear you enjoyed yourself at Erarta. You captured our key ambition perfectly - we want to make contemporary art a natural part of everyone's life, one that makes it more interesting and happy. As for 'pirogi', the cherry one in our Cafe is my favourite :) - if you... More

London
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“More installations please but full marks for effort”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 April 2012

I can't give anything but full marks to Saint Petersburg's only real effort at a museum of contemporary art, and a private project at that - without it, the city would be missing a big slice of culture. A big thank you to the creators and one request - please exhibit more installations. Game over in the lobby is great,... More

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Anastasia Blokhina, Public Relations Manager at Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, responded to this review
11 May 2012

Thank you very much for your review - Erarta is indeed a wholly private project and Erarta Museum is the biggest private museum of contemporary art in Russia so your support of the project is greatly appreciated. Will relay your thoughts regarding more installations to our art department but I know they're already always on a look out for any... More

London, United Kingdom
1 review
“A definite St Pete highlight”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 April 2012

While if you only have one day, I wouldn't recommend straying from the usual suspects like the Hermitage but Erarta's modern works make for a great contrast to the old grandeur and opulence of kings. Certainly helps you see Russia from a new angle More

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Anastasia Blokhina, Public Relations Manager at Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, responded to this review
11 May 2012

Dear Adam, thank you for your review and we're glad to hear that you enjoyed yourself at Erarta. We indeed aim to complete the picture of Russia for our foreign guests from the contemporary art angle which they will otherwise miss if they stick to, as you put it, "the usual suspects". Even if you're in St. Petersburg for one... More

London, United Kingdom
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“Lots of new discoveries, most of them very pleasant”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 April 2012

Was pleasantly surprised to see that a museum of contemporary art has appeared in St. Petersburg and has been well-received judging by the reviews! Went to check it out with my family and was pleasantly surprised. A word in advance - there are no "global names" here but it's a phenomenally rare instance of a Russian project with a genuine... More

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Anastasia Blokhina, Public Relations Manager at Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, responded to this review
10 May 2012

Dear Serge! Happy to hear that you've enjoyed your visit. You managed to get the message we are sending to everybody: indeed, we are trying to spread the love of art to the public. Please come back soon - you will definitely find something interesting and new. Thank you very much! More

New York City, New York
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“Shame we only stopped here for an hour, would have loved more time”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 April 2012

Had an action packed weekend in Saint Pete and the only place I felt compelled by to write something here was Erarta. Great effort to involve the visitors in art - just a shame that that we were rushing to make dinner reservations. Will definitely be back if I return to Russia More

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Anastasia Blokhina, Public Relations Manager at Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, responded to this review
10 May 2012

Dear Roger! Thank you for your kind words about Erarta museum. Sorry to hear that you had so little time to visit us. You are kindly welcome to come again next time you;re in St. Petersburg! More

St. Petersburg
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4 reviews 4 reviews
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“The only real contemporary art museum in SPb”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 April 2012

Very clean and modern place (comparing to some other museums in SPb). Good, often renewed exhibitions by local and inernational artists. The only negative thing was a security guy, who in very unfriendly way told us that "museum is closed" and turned off the light in one of the galleries ;) More

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Anastasia Blokhina, Public Relations Manager at Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, responded to this review
19 April 2012

Dear Mr. Melnikov - thank you for the kind words about Erarta, it's great to hear all those positive things as we definitely aim to (and even pride ourselves) on the factors you listed such as cleanliness and of course, our exhibitions - we always want people to be part of an interesting, stimulating and friendly atmosphere in the building...... More

Zurich, Switzerland
1 review
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Great international project with a new Swiss admirer”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 April 2012
1
person found this review helpful

When I visited Erarta gallery in Zurich and told the staff that I'm going to be visiting St. Petersburg, they told me that I must visit Erarta Museum and having come back just now, I can confirm that the correct expression is indeed "must". Lots of new and original art on display and many ways to get to understand and... More

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Anastasia Blokhina, Public Relations Manager at Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, responded to this review
12 April 2012

Dear Mario, thank you for taking the time to visit Erarta gallery in Zurich and then our Museum in St. Petersburg - it's wonderful to see that you enjoyed yourself. In case you travel further, Erarta Galleries also has branches in London and New York and each one would be delighted to welcome you. More

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“Nonuniform collection of Russian modern and contemprorary art”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 April 2012

Some parts of the exhibition in the museum were quite interesting, but they had too much of indifferent and uninteresting art, in my opinion. A small disappointment. Some of the exhibition halls were maintained sloppy, e.g. loudspeakers in front of paintings etc. It's a private museum and you could see it in the commercial attitude - you could e.g. buy... More

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Anastasia Blokhina, Public Relations Manager at Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, responded to this review
12 April 2012

Dear Karpal, thank you for taking the time to visit Erarta while you were in St. Petersburg and then sharing your thoughts with others. I'm sorry you were slightly disappointed - in terms of a non-uniform collection, as Russia's largest private Museum of contemporary art, our aim was to always display a very broad collection of Russian contemporary talent with... More

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