THE MUSEUM of 20th–21st Century Art of St Petersburg FRIENDS’ CLUB
We invite you to join our Friends’ Club so you can be part of the exciting, eventful life of the Museum of 20th–21st Century Art of St Petersburg.
The mission of the Friends’ Club is to help the museum improve and expand. Your membership gives the museum opportunity to improve its activities by augmenting its collection and designing and running exhibition projects and educational programmes for children and adults.
Membership fees are put towards meeting the museum’s specific needs, such as the purchase of artworks from creators or their heirs, restoration of art pieces in the collection, staging exhibitions on the museum’s premises and elsewhere in Russia and abroad, and publication of art books and catalogues introducing audiences to the museum’s treasures.
MASP DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
The foundation mission is to raise money from the private sector. Most of the funds raised go towards artwork purchases, exhibitions, publishing, exhibit restoration, educational programmes, and social initiatives.
GOVERNING BODY OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION:
Board of the MASP Friends’ Club
Founding President of the Board:
Vladimir Yakovlev
1996–2003 Governor of St Petersburg
2003–2007 Deputy Chair of the Government of the Russian Federation, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Southern Federal District, Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation
Since 2009 - President of the RF Builders’ Union
Chair of the Board:
Nikolai Botka
Entrepreneur, art collector
Deputy Chair of the Board:
Egor Semionov
Entrepreneur, art collector
Members:
Georgy Abelev
Vice President of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Chairman of the Public Council of St Petersburg Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia
Dmitry Shneerson
Director of the Museum of the History of Photography
Entrepreneur, artist, art collector
Nikolai Burov
Advisor to the Governor of St Petersburg
People’s Artist of the Russian Federation
Nikolai Malygin
Founder of the Sem Vetrov Charity Foundation
Entrepreneur, art collector
Daniil Kowenskii
Entrepreneur, art collector
Yury Kleiner
Professor, translator
Alexei Talaschuk
People’s Artist of the Russian Federation
Dmitry Kaminker
Sculptor
Viktor Pravdiuk
Film director, historian, journalist
Arsen Apinian
Art collector
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Museum of 20th–21st Century Art of St Petersburg extends its heartfelt thanks to the Friends’ Club members Egor Semenov, Georgy Botka, Nikolai Botka, Dmitry Schneerson and Nikolai Malygin for donating several works by Leningrad artists to the museum.
Donation from G. Abelev:
Lidia Timoshenko. Girl at the hedge.1958 Oil on canvas
Donations from E. Semenov:
Grigory Grinberg. Self-Portrait. 1918. Charcoal on paper, laid on cardboard
Grigory Grinberg. Portrait of a Woman with a High Hairstyle. 1920s. Charcoal on paper
Grigory Grinberg. Mademoiselle Soroka. 1923. Charcoal and sanguine on paper
Donation from N. Botka:
Vladimir Feoktistov. Summer. 2005. Oil on canvas
Donation from D. Schneerson and N. Malygin:
Vladimir Grinberg. Neva. Summer (on the reverse: In the fields. Voronino Village). 1940. Oil on canvas
Thanks to the financial support of Dmitry Shneerson and Daniil Kowenskii, the museum has published a massive catalogue in Russian and English of the very best artworks in the collection of the Museum of 20th–21st Century Art of St Petersburg. The catalogue comes with a substantial scholarly section, featuring introductory articles, artists’ biographies, and archival photographic material.
The financial contribution of Oleg Klimenko has made it possible for us to publish a presentational brochure about the museum and its collection, highlighting its historic significance, developmental focus, and prospective vision.
MASP'S LOYALTY PROGRAMMES
INDIVIDUAL CLUB MEMBER:
- provision of a personal Club member card;
- personal acknowledgement on the website;
- priority introduction to exhibition plans;
- priority booking of tickets to exhibitions, shows and other events;
- invitations to events organised for Friends’ Club members only;
- receiving regular newsletters with information on plans and events;
- receiving invitations to planned events for two persons;
- the right to invite guests (not more than three persons) to exhibitions and other events.
CORPORATE CLUB MEMBER:
- provision of personal Club membership cards to the head of the organisation and two employees;
- acknowledgement of the organisation on the website;
- priority introduction to exhibition plans;
- priority booking of tickets to exhibitions, shows and other events;
- invitations to events organised for Friends’ Club members only;
- receiving regular newsletters with information on plans and events;
- receiving invitation to planned MISP events for two persons;
- the right to invite guests (not more than 5 persons) to exhibitions and other events;
- the right to a free guided tour for the organisation staff pre-approved by MASP (not more than two guided tours per year);
- inclusion of the organisation name in the list of MASP partners published on the website and in the yearly museum publications.