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The BORK Collector of the Year Award was announced at the 12th Cosmoscow Foundation Charity Auction and is being held for the first time. The initiative aims to popularize collecting for the development of the Russian contemporary art industry, as well as to create opportunities and favorable conditions for recognizing personal contributions to the formation of the art market. Based on the results of the selection, the nominees for the BORK “Collector of the Year” award included: Dmitry Aksenov, Sergey Limonov, Natalia Opaleva, Igor Sukhanov, and others.

Revenue more than 15.5 million rubles On May 14, the 11th Charity Auction of the Cosmoscow Foundation was held in Moscow with the support of Sber Private Banking, STONE, BORK, Hadassah Medical Moscow and the Beluga brand. The auction took place in the Noôdome club space, an inspiring environment for the display and development of social projects, primarily in the field of charity and the preservation of cultural code. It was here that collectors and patrons of the arts provided assistance to contemporary Russian artists and made their contribution to the development of the art sphere. The theme of the auction, curated by Alexey Maslyaev in 2024, is “Vertigo”. As part of the stated theme, the attention of the curator and artists in the presented works was focused on the feeling of instability and loss of balance that every person can experience against the backdrop of ongoing events in the world around us.

On May 13, 2024, a preview took place in the A-House space 11th Charity Auction of the Cosmoscow Foundation. The curator of the auction was Alexey Maslyaev, who determined its theme - “Vertigo”. Curatorial concept centers around feelings of instability and loss balance, which at certain moments in life every person experiences - in other words, states dizziness, or vertigo. The auction will feature works of artists who reflect in their art experience of vertigo, human fragility and instability of the surrounding world. The auction will take place on May 14 2024 with the support of Sber Private Banking companies, STONE, BORK, Hadassah Medical Moscow and the Beluga brand.

As part of the annual Museum of the Year program, the Cosmoscow Foundation for the Support of Contemporary Art allocated 1.8 million rubles for the purchase of new works for the collection of the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art PERMM. The museum selected 23 works by Russian artists and one artistic duet. Until this moment, the museum’s collection comprised 16% of the art of female artists; after the collection is replenished thanks to the Cosmoscow Foundation, this ratio will increase to 19%.

As part of Cosmoscow Foundation’s special support project, 8 authors received funds to continue their professional activities. They are: Eldar Ganeev, Alina Gutkina, Mikhail Dobrovolsky, Konstantin Zvezdochetov, Anastasia Livadnova, Dmitry Okruzhnov and Maria Sharova, Anna Titova and Sveta Shuvaeva.

The Cosmoscow Foundation for Contemporary Art launches the second educational season with a new online course “How to Understand Contemporary Culture? Unpacking – Actual Assembly”, the purpose of which is to explore the general cultural landscape and create a theoretical basis for the study of contemporary art.

On June 2, the opening day of the pre-auction exhibition, the Cosmoscow Foundation announced the winners of the annual programs. Valery Chtak was named Artist of the Year, CK19 (Novosibirsk) was chosen as Institution of the Year, and the State Hermitage became Museum of the Year.

Audi Russia together with Cosmoscow Foundation for Contemporary Art have announced the Audi Born-Digital Award 2021 winner: it’s art group "Vorozheya" with their project "Safari Verucca”.

Audi Russia, together with Cosmoscow Foundation for Contemporary Art, announce the launch of the annual Audi Born-Digital Award, aimed at the development of digital art in Russia.

This year young artist Misha Buryj is the winner. The presentation of the grant took place at the Patrons of Art Evening, which took place on March 31st, 2021 at Ruarts Gallery.

Cosmoscow Foundation for Contemporary Art has announced the winners of the 2021 programs, whose projects will be presented at the 9th Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair.

From October 20 to November 15, 2020 as part of the annual cross-cultural festival BURO. ИEW COOГ, organized by the online media BURO, at the MMOMA Educational Center in Ermolaevsky Lane with the support of the Cosmoscow Foundation and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition project “20:20. Time has stood still"

On September 2nd, the project of the winner of Audi Born-Digital Award, Pavel Seldemirov's “The Becoming” was opened in the innovative space of Audi City Moscow (Nikolskaya str. 10), which became the first event of the Parallel program of the 8th Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair.

Фонд поддержки современного искусства Cosmoscow запускает свой первый образовательный онлайн-курс «Как коллекционировать современное искусство», лекторами которого стали представители ведущих художественных институций – от куратора Государственной Третьяковской галереи и комиссара Уральской индустриальной биеннале до владельцев топовых галерей современного искусства.

Cosmoscow Foundation for Support of Contemporary Art which won the "Common Cause" competition of the "Effective Philanthropy" program of Vladimir Potanin's Charitable Foundation, launches the "Closer" educational platform which will present experimental forms of online learning.

The Cosmoscow Foundation for Contemporary Art with the support of The New Center for Research & Practice launches the Public Program of the 'Off White’ Charity Auction.

Thanks to a new partnership with Pro Helvetia Moscow, the winner can participate in a 3-month studio residency in Switzerland

Cosmoscow Foundation for Contemporary Art announces details of the 7th Cosmoscow International Comtemporary Art Fair non-commercial programming.

5 works by 2018 Artist of the Year Taus Makhacheva will be part of new collection of media art formed as a part of the Pushkin Museum XXI programme.

“We had very strong nominations for this year's Prize, and it wasn't an easy choice, which is a testament to a very rich contemporary artistic culture in Russia”, said Andre Rogger, head of Credit Suisse Art Collection.