Habitat
Selected works from the gazprombank collection
JUNE 26TH — SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2025
About the Exhibition
New exhibition space at the Multifunctional Complex Lakhta Center, opened by PJSC Gazprom, becomes a place for contemporary art immersion — a habitat for unique artworks from one of the most important corporate collections. Today, Gazprombank’s corporate art collection serves as a kind of a repository for Russian contemporary art, filling some of the gaps in museum collections. This selection represents a comprehensive artistic reflection on the perception of our contemporary era through the eyes of artists and clearly indicates the nature of the collection itself.
The city, a space we inhabit and work in, historical memory, life events, everyday trifles, the surrounding landscape — these fragments make up our everyday life. The project attempts to explore the things, objects and ideas that surround us and shape our reality through the prism of art.
As a part of this artistic experiment, the artists turn to a number of mediums: painting, graphics, photography and installation. The artists use different methods of artistic interpretation and analyze fragments of reality in different ways.
Artists: Nikita Alexeev, Viktor Alimpiev, Konstantin Batynkov, Erik Bulatov, Petr Bystov, Alexander Vinogradov, Vladimir Dubossarsky, Ivan Gorshkov, Alexander Jikiya, Konstantin Zvezdochetov, Irina Korina, MishMash (Mikhail Leikin and Maria Sumnina), Andrey Monastyrsky, Damir Muratov, Igor Mukhin, Alexandra Paperno, Viktor Pivovarov, Alexander Povzner, Mikhail Rozanov, Olga Chernysheva, Ivan Chuikov, Svetlana Shuvaeva
Curator: Oleg Filatov
Collection: Gazprombank Corporate Art Collection
Organizer: Gazprom Cultural Initiatives Foundation; Art Finance, LLC.
Partners: PJSC Gazprom; 1703 Art Fair, Saint-Petersburg; Lakhta Center
Venue: Lakhta Center Multifunctional Complex, Saint-Petersburg, Vysotnaya ul., 1, Entrance №11, 5th Floor
Lecture Program
Meetings with the leading experts from the art community, collectors and contemporary artists as part of the 1703 art fair lecture series at the Lakhta Center’s planetarium offers a chance to immerse oneself in the context of current issues in contemporary art and become a part of the art community.
As part of the exhibition “Habitat. Selected Works from the Gazprombank Collection,” a series of special events is planned for 1703 Lecture Program at the Lakhta Center’s planetarium. Lectures and discussions will focus on the current issues in contemporary art, the art market, and, especially, corporate and private art collecting. Representatives of the industry, including curators, collectors, and gallery owners will share their experience and personal approach to interaction with the world of contemporary art and its players.
The lecture program will be available soon.
Please stay tuned for updates!
PLEASE BE AWARE, THAT YOU MUST PURCHASE A TICKET TO THE EXHIBITION TO ATTEND THE LECTURE EVENTS.
Date:
17.07.2025
