Champagne and vodka



The Art Newspaper Russia launched in Moscow this week, with events in the Italian Garden at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and the Italian Embassy. Nicolas Iljine, who is VP of international development at Tom Krens’s Global Culture Asset Management, was on hand at the festivities and shared a nice description of the event with us on Facebook: “Queues stood in front of the Russian publisher Inna Bazhenova & editor-in-chief Milena Orlova waiting to congratulate them and give flowers to the makers and shakers of the Russian edition, of which the 64 page pilot edition was distributed at the exit in a modest brown paper bag… An eclectic mix of artists, museum directors, journalists, gallerists and collectors—all future subscribers—were pleasantly surprised by the informal and friendly atmosphere of this very special event and even the dozens of cameras clicking did not spoil the fun.” We’re glad everyone enjoyed the party, and to our Russian colleagues: Pozdravlyayu! For a gallery of party pics, click here to see the slideshow.