V-A-C Foundation
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| Founded | 2009 |
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| Founder | Leonid Mikhelson, Teresa Mavica |
| Focus | Arts |
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Area served | European Union, Russian Federation, United States |
Key people | Leonid Mikhelson, Teresa Mavica |
| Website | www.v-a-c.ru |
V-A-C Foundation is an international non-profit private organization founded in 2009 with an emphasis on supporting contemporary art exhibitions and projects emerging from Russia and the former Soviet Union.
History
Founded in 2009 by businessman and philanthropist Leonid Mikhelson, the V-A-C Foundation is a nonprofit organization that initiates, supports, presents, and preserves contemporary art projects by internationally-based visual and multidisciplinary artists, with a particular emphasis on artists located in, or emerging from, the Russian Federation and the former Soviet Union.[1]
In 2015, architect Renzo Piano was commissioned to design the foundation's venue (GES-2) in Moscow.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Laying The Foundations". Financial Times. May 24, 2013.
- ^ "V-A-C Foundation unveils plans for Renzo Piano-designed museum for Moscow". The Art Newspaper. January 28, 2016.
- ^ "Billionaire Builds a Big Museum for Russia's Tiny Art Market". Bloomberg. June 14, 2018.
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