Alexander Borovsky
«Alexander D. Borovsky is by right considered the most highly estimated art critic ... In fact, Alexander Davidovich Borovsky is the head of the postmodern and post-postmodern art department and is the major specialist in his area of expertise» (Museum.ru)
«I am still inspired by women, good cuisine and, however funny it may look, by the art. I put these points in this very sequence, because when a person says that he is inspired by art only, then he must be given a kick in his bottom immediately and must be sent off as a junior clerk» (A. Borovsky, Sobaka.ru)
«He is the author of a funny and easy book about Kandinsky and Velázquez “The history of art for dogs”, which is read by artists, critics and children» (Sobaka.ru)
Head of the Newest Trends Department of the State Russian Museum, member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, PhD in Art History, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (Department of Art History and Art Criticism), curator.
Alexander Borovsky is the Head of the Newest Trends Department of the State Russian Museum; he is in charge of the contemporary art sector of The State Russian Museum since its formation in 1989. Within the framework of the Newest Trends Department of the State Russian Museum, the Russian audience was able to visit the expositions of such contemporary art masters as Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Timur Novikov, Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe, and others. Also Borovsky supervises the project “The Ludwig Museum in The State Russian Museum” - an exposition of the one of the most significant collections of contemporary art in the world.
Borovsky is a member of the jury of “The INNOVATION Prize”, “The Kandinsky Prize”, “Sergey Kuryokhin Modern Art Award”, Ars Fennica (Sweden).
Alexander Borovsky has published more than 500 works on the history of 20th century art, as well as the critical articles and the articles in contemporary art catalogues. In 2011, he became the first winner of the “Sergey Kuryokhin Modern Art Award“ for “The Best Text about Contemporary Culture”.
Selected projects:
1977 — “The Soviet theater poster”. - L: Aurora. Author of the book.
1998 — Retrospective exhibition of Timur Novikov. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Author of the catalogue.
2003 — Silhouettes of contemporary artists. - St. Petersburg: Ivan Limbakh Publishing House. Author of the book.
2003 — “Olga Tobreluts. Emperor and Galilean” The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Author of the catalogue.
2003-2004 — “BodyCathedrals. Dieter Blum's Photography”. The Ludwig Museum in the Russian Museum. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Author of the catalogue.
2004 — “Dorel Dobocan”. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Author of the catalogue.
2004 — “Evgeniy Chubarov. A return to pointless painting abstraction.” Marble Palace.
2004 — “Alya Yesipovich. No Comment”. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Author of the catalogue.
2004 — “Eduard Steinberg”. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Author of the catalogue.
2007 — “Architecture: ad marginem”. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Author of the catalogue.
2007 — “Mikhail Khazin”. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Author of the catalogue.
2007 — “Matt Lamb”. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Author of the catalogue.
2009 — “Practically not Fine Arts”. — St. Petersburg: Amphora. Author of the book.
2012 — “The history of art for dogs”. — St. Petersburg: Amphora, 2012. Author of the book.
2013 — “Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe. Foreword to the future exhibition”. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Author of the catalogue.
2016 — “ Petrov-Vodkin’s Circle”. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Lector.
2017 — "One Day Zeuxis and Parrhasius… Contemporary Art: Practical Observations". Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf, 2017
Awards and titles:
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation;
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (Department of Art History and Art Criticism);
Member of the Saint Petersburg branch of The International Association of Art Critics (AICA);
The winner of the “Sergey Kuryokhin Modern Art Award“ for “The Best Text about Contemporary Culture”.
The winner of Kandinsky Prize in 2017, nomination 'Scholarly Work. History and Theory of Contemporary Art' for the work 'One Day Zeuxis and Parrhasius… Contemporary Art: Practical Observations'.
Education and professional activities:
Graduated from the I. Repin Saint Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculptureand Architecture, Faculty of the Theory and History of the Fine Arts.
Head of the Newest Trends Department of the State Russian Museum since 1989.
Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts.
Member of the jury of the “INNOVATION Prize”, the All-Russian Competition in Contemporary Visual Art.
Member of the jury of the “Sergey Kuryokhin Modern Art Award”.
Member of the jury of the "Ars Fennica" award (Швеция).
Member of the Expert Council of the Russian investment art rating 49ART 2017-2018.
Member of the Rating Board of the Russian investment Art Rating 49ART since 2019.
Participation in creative and public organizations:
Member of the Saint Petersburg branch of The International Association of Art Critics (AICA)