Program

Igor Samolet’s large-scale installation "Splash" will serve as a visual landmark for the fair—a nine-meter-tall "lighthouse" amidst the swift, shifting, and colorful waves of the fair’s crowd. The work consists of three parts and offers a symbolic representation of the life cycle of an artistic idea.

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.

The MIRA exhibition at Cosmoscow will offer a glimpse of the future museum in Suzdal, scheduled to open in the spring of 2027. The stand will bring together works from various eras and artistic practices, reflecting the collection’s diversity and its dialogue with theater, music, and contemporary art.

The stand will showcase the art collection of Zoya Galeeva, the winner of the Collector of the Year award, established by the Cosmoscow Foundation in 2025. This initiative aims to promote collecting to develop the Russian contemporary art industry, as well as to create opportunities and favorable conditions for recognizing personal contributions to the art market.

The discussion will explore different ways in which craft can evolve into authorial art, as well as pathways for craftspeople to enter the art market. Participants will discuss mentorship and curatorial strategies, the preservation of established traditions alongside radical creative experimentation, and the demands that today’s market places on artists.

In recent years, international biennials and art fairs have increasingly presented examples of translating regional cultural codes and craft traditions into the international language of contemporary art. The discussion will explore how to avoid exoticization in this process and turn working with craft into a method of in-depth research.

The growing interest in the restoration of architectural heritage, the revival of traditional crafts and folk arts, the search for national identity, and the much-discussed cultural code of Russia’s ancient cities calls for unconventional approaches. Practitioners from different fields will discuss how to strike a balance between the authenticity of the original, stylization, and contemporary reinterpretation.

Continuing its series of non-commercial stands and the RBC Visionaries line, RBC will present a new project created in collaboration with the One and a Half Rooms museum and its architect, Alexander Brodsky.

At the fair, the foundation will present Zverinets (The Menagerie), a project by Vladimir Kopeikin, a young rising star of the Russian art scene. Open to the viewer's presence, the installation will combine a stained-glass exhibition with a sculptural group depicting animals.

"If This Is Not So" by Olga and Oleg Tatarentsev is the third book in Denis Khimilyayne's publishing program. Phrases by Wittgenstein, Beckett, Arendt, and Heidegger, torn from their contexts, come together in it to form a new paradoxical text.

The Museum will showcase the "pearls" of its collection: works and museum objects by G. Guryanov, V. Tsoi, T. Novikov, A. Warhol, and K. Haring.

The exhibition "Thorns, Roses, and the Best in Me" references the image of a fantastic garden and brings together artists who create mythopoetic worlds in which the tragic and the comic, pain and joy, beauty and ugliness coexist as parts of a single whole, reminding us of the dual nature of life.

This year, the unpacking will happen to the Sobo Gallery and to MARSHACK's (Dima Korolev) total installation "Bella and the Chumps".

"Recovery Form" Stand is the result of a joint project by the British Higher School of Design, the ORBI Stroke Foundation, and Lamoda, focused on functional clothing.

By Touch is a project initiated by social entrepreneur Yulia Knyazhanskaya. It brings together deafblind beneficiaries of the Yaseneva Polyana Resource Center and contemporary artists working in various techniques and media.

На ярмарке Cosmoscow Сбер представляет ГигаЛаундж — манифест новой синергии искусства и технологий.

Sber Private Lounge — камерная арт-гостиная для самых премиальных клиентов Сбера, созданная как пространство для спокойного общения, персонального внимания и знакомства с современным искусством.

Бренд премиальных электромобилей и гибридов VOYAH превратил свой стенд в место, где после гула ярмарки легко прийти к состоянию покоя и баланса.

«Примерочная Пигмалиона» символизирует работу Lamoda с образами — с тем, как человек выбирает, создает и выражает себя через них.

Компания представляет совместную инсталляцию с Виктором Поляковым. В центре объекта — X, римская цифра десять, собранная из линз Френеля. Пластика X соединяет в одной форме архитектуру, искусство и человека. Она становится образом завершенного цикла и точкой перехода к новому этапу.

Концепция проекта переносит архитектурный образ небоскреба «Оне» из Москва-Сити в пространство ярмарки, превратив ее в отдельное художественное высказывание.

На стенде ēdomo будет представлена коллекция «Москва», вдохновленная дизайном 1970-х годов. Обращаясь к эстетике советского модернизма, авторы не отказываются и от современных трендов: в изделиях сочетаются ореховое дерево, натуральная кожа, текстиль и металл.

Азбука вкуса представит совместный проект с Модным домом ALENA AKHMADULLINA. Главным героем и источником вдохновения здесь становится знакомая всем капуста. Привычный предмет будет превращен дизайнерами модного дома в арт-объект «Капустная дева» и раскроет многослойность образа, включающего русскую традицию, изобилие, трансформацию и способность увидеть искусство в привычном.

Константин Чайкин представит Восточную Коллекцию произведений изобразительного и часового искусства, посвященную образам животных — панде, обезьяне, волку, соколу и тигру. Пространство преобразуется в живой уголок бестиария Чайкина, в рамках которого можно проследить рождение каждого Часового Архетипа.

Косметическая компания Geltek представит на Cosmoscow проект «Я не железная». Экспозиция разворачивается от внешнего к внутреннему: снаружи — стальная многорукая богиня Weld Queen, ржавеющая под тяжестью бесконечных ролей; внутри — вышивка Анастасии Иваненковой, где женщина возвращает себе право на мягкость и заботу.

Бренд Мистраль представит проект «Артефакт» в жанре мокьюментари совместно с Вовой Перкиным. Проект осмысляет важный исторический этап в жизни человечества — переход к земледелию и начало возделывания зерновых культур около 10–12 тысяч лет назад. Это событие стало одним из самых значимых в биологической и социальной истории нашего вида.

Интерактивная арт-инсталляция «Чупа Оракул» представляет собой загадочную сферу, которая оживает при приближении зрителя и дает персональный ответ на вопрос, который он, возможно, еще не успел себе задать сам.

Концепция пространства построена вокруг образа дома — первой среды, в которой ребенок играет, фантазирует, познает мир и проявляет себя. Центральной фигурой зоны станет мягкий кенгуру. В программе — образовательные мастер-классы и творческие занятия, посвященные экспериментам и знакомству с разными художественными техниками.

В сентябре в номерах The Carlton, Moscow гости смогут увидеть видеоработу «Сад камней» 2021 года из частной коллекции Сергея Лимонова, основателя Limonov Art Foundation. Автор работы — Василий Кононов-Гредин.

Визуальный образ стенда отсылает к гаражу — пространству, где искусство соседствует с повседневными вещами и артефактами неформальной культуры. Эта среда становится метафорой того, как новое и значимое возникает не в стерильном пространстве, а прорастает из андеграунда — там, куда еще не направлен взгляд большинства и где формируются явления, находящиеся за пределами привычных представлений о культуре и общественных нормах.

СберСтрахование — официальный страховой партнер 14-й Международной ярмарки современного искусства Cosmoscow. Компания обеспечивает страховую защиту представленных на ярмарке произведений искусства, поддерживая галереи, художников и коллекционеров. Работы, застрахованные СберСтрахованием, будут отмечены специальной экспликацией «Под защитой СберСтрахования».

Contemporary galleries are increasingly becoming the first point of entry into art for a new generation of viewers and collectors. Their work goes beyond representing artists: ways of communicating, formats of engaging with audiences, and approaches to building interest in art are all changing.

МОНТАЖНИК совместно с INTERVALS представят процесс, в котором художественная работа возникает между материальной поверхностью и технологической попыткой ее проявления.

In the art market, the ability to spot a promising artist, a new direction, or a shift in audience interest before they become obvious to the majority is particularly valued. But what is this skill based on—experience, visual literacy, intuition, or analysis?

The Russian art market is at a stage where the need for systematic research is becoming increasingly evident. However, unified approaches to data collection, analysis, and interpretation are only just beginning to take shape.

The expansion of museum collections through private philanthropy is one of the most promising yet least systematically explored practices in the Russian art market. Cosmoscow has developed unique expertise in this area through the Museum of the Year Award and its work with cultural institutions. In 2026, the Association of Galleries is launching systematic research aimed at developing a culture of collecting and building bridges of cooperation with museum institutions.

The revival of traditional crafts is important for the state, as they protect cultural identity, strengthen the economy through the development of tourism and small businesses, and pass unique traditional skills on to new generations. Today, experts consider the revival of traditional crafts a resource for the innovative development of tourism, culture and education, as well as for accumulating symbolic capital and creating a holistic and aesthetically shaped picture of the world.

The discussion explores how contemporary art engages with the past and tradition—not only by preserving cultural heritage, but also by transforming it into a source of new meanings and ideas. The participants will discuss where the boundary lies between preservation and reinterpretation, artistic and scholarly approaches, and how these themes are reflected in the works of artists presented at Cosmoscow.

Collectible design evolves alongside changing perceptions of the object, space, and ways of interacting with objects. What themes and approaches are shaping the direction today?

Can Russian contemporary art be considered an investment at all? Why is a Russian artist often worth many times less than a comparable Western artist—is the artist undervalued, or simply worth that much? What needs to happen for an artist’s price to increase? And most importantly, if the price does go up, who will buy the work afterwards?

Why do entrepreneurs start investing in art? How does collecting become part of personal and corporate strategy?

How are relationships built between contemporary artists and local craft communities? Who owns the rights to the resulting works: the “artist” or the artisan who executes them? These and many other questions surrounding co-creation and (self-)positioning will be at the heart of the discussion.

Design today means much more than applied solutions. It is the materialization of expectations that reflect—and sometimes anticipate—structural changes in society. In this discussion about the future, experts will share their thoughts and predictions on how we can look towards the future of design with optimism.

A conversation with artists about how traditional techniques can help us get to know a place and how artist residencies can contribute to this process.

How do art and the cultural environment influence a person's quality of life? Can participation in creative practices and cultural life support psychological well-being and activity in older age?

Projects focused on restoring cultural heritage sites and adapting them to contemporary life increasingly turn to the search for or creation of a “local identity” that enhances recognition and builds symbolic capital. The revival of craft workshops, engagement with historical context and the memory of a place, the preservation of tangible and intangible heritage, and the organisation of artist residencies are among the key issues facing the teams behind such projects.

What turns a book into a work of art and a collectible object in its own right?

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How do you prepare for a museum visit, what do you do if a child gets bored, and where is the line between an educational conversation and imposing the "correct" reading?

How is the role of the expert changing in an environment where the speed of information dissemination is increasing, and algorithms and new tools are transforming the ways art is perceived?