The Cinémathèque additionally presents exhibitions featuring artists past and present, as well as treasures from its collections. Despite its name, the museum has no direct association with the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, other than as a posthumous commemoration. Tsvetaev persuaded the millionaire and philanthropist Yuriy Nechaev-Maltsov and the architect Roman Klein of the pressing want to offer Moscow a fine arts museum. After going by way of numerous name modifications, notably within the transition to the Soviet era and the return of the Russian capital to Moscow, the museum was finally renamed to honour Pushkin in 1937, the one hundredth anniversary of his demise. The textile mill-turned-art zone at 50 Moganshan Lu in Putuo district has been around for twenty years. Since its institution by native artist Xue Song in 2000, the former industrial house attracted a string of artists to set up their studios for its handy location and low cost rent.
After a profitable $3 million fundraising marketing campaign and intensive interior remodeling, the museum re-opened on June 18, 2005, with a revised mission centered on art, craft and design and with an emphasis on Northwest artists. Founded in 1952, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo was …
