5 Outdoor Ways to Bid Summer Farewell

Outdoor Pushkin Pushkin Museum Surprised to see a Rubens, Van Gogh or Monet out on the streets? It's all part of the Pushkin Museum's project, "Masterpieces on the Streets of Moscow." Dozens of prints have been placed around the city, along with information about them, including a telephone number you can ring to hear more details about the paintings and their artists. Underwater World David Doubilet Let U.S. photographer David Doubilet take you away from Moscow's traffic-choked streets to an underwater world of tranquility and beauty. One hundred works by this renowned photographer are on display on Chistoprudny Bulvar. Paparazzi A display of photographs by self-proclaimed "King of the Paparazzi Rino Barillari is up on Stoleshnikov Pereulok. The works span several decades and include classic shots, such as one of Sonia Romanoff shoving an ice cream into Barillari's face.
Published: August 29, 2008

Outdoor Pushkin




Pushkin Museum
Surprised to see a Rubens, Van Gogh or Monet out on the streets? It's all part of the Pushkin Museum's project, "Masterpieces on the Streets of Moscow." Dozens of prints have been placed around the city, along with information about them, including a telephone number you can ring to hear more details about the paintings and their artists.

Underwater World




David Doubilet
Let U.S. photographer David Doubilet take you away from Moscow's traffic-choked streets to an underwater world of tranquility and beauty. One hundred works by this renowned photographer are on display on Chistoprudny Bulvar.

Paparazzi



A display of photographs by self-proclaimed "King of the Paparazzi Rino Barillari is up on Stoleshnikov Pereulok. The works span several decades and include classic shots, such as one of Sonia Romanoff shoving an ice cream into Barillari's face.

Sculpture In the Park




Moscow House Of Artists
This Friday, the Moscow Union of Artists will fill their sculpture garden with even more sculptures by leading Moscow artists. The garden will turn into a "Winter Garden" with species of rare plants and flowers. The Moscow Zoo has loaned exotic species of birds and reptiles for the evening. Moscow House of Artists is located at 11 Kuznetsky Most.

Musical Fountain




Igor Tabakov / MT
This weekend, 20,000 fountains will dance to composers such as Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Vangeglisa, Verdi and Mozart at VDNKh. As well as water, choreographed to move to music, there will be artificial fog, video projections, pyrotechnics and a lazer show. On Saturday night the fountains will move to the seductive sound of pop-diva, Alla Pugachyova.