Museum of the Year: Tretyakov Gallery’s Samara branch

The Tretyakov Gallery’s Samara branch opened in 2024 in the historic Maslennikov Factory Kitchen, a prominent landmark of the Soviet avant-garde. Designed by architect Ekaterina Maximova and built in 1932, the Factory Kitchen's history has become an integral context for many of the gallery team's projects. Archival materials and exhibits from the Narpit era are integrated into an exhibition dedicated to the building and the stories of the people who worked there, as part of the "Factory Kitchen Museum" project.

At the Cosmoscow fair, the museum will present the “Common Kitchen” installation, imbued with the Samara artistic context. The installation inverts the familiar logic: everything is turned inside out, the private becomes public, and visitors find themselves fully engaged in the artistic expression and co-authors of a conversation about contemporary Russian culture.