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Exhibitions in Paris and Antwerp will be opened in 2020 by the Academy of Arts of St. Petersburg, they will be included in the Russian Seasons cultural project. One of the main topics of the exhibition will be the history of the oldest art university in Russia, at different centuries and years famous painters Karl Bryullov, Vasily Surikov, Ilya Repin and others graduated from it, TASS reports.
The rector of the Repin St. Petersburg Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (modern name of the Academy) Semyon Mikhailovsky spoke about the opening of exhibitions in France and Belgium. According to him, the Paris exhibition will be devoted to the history of the St. Petersburg educational institution and the long-standing creative relations of the Academy with France.
The rector recalled that the Russian charter of the academy was created according to the French canon, and the French were the first teachers of the institution, opened in the middle of the 18th century.
Semyon Mikhailovsky also shared plans for exchanging exhibitions with another centuries-old partner - the Antwerp Academy of Arts. The rector emphasized that the Belgian and Japanese exhibitions might arrive in St.Petersburg at the same time.
The Repin Petersburg Institute remains the leading art university in Russia and a sought-after educational institution for foreign students. Now over four hundred students from 40 countries study at the university.
Russkiy Mir
