A Rem Koolhaas rendering of the Garage Museum's new, permanent building, set to open in June 2015. Courtesy of OMA/Rem Koolhaas

Forty-seven years after it first debuted as Moscow’s largest restaurant and nearly a quarter century after it was abandoned, the Seasons of the Year will finally see new tenants. The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art announced yesterday that its forthcoming permanent home inside the Soviet-era eatery in the capital’s central Gorky Park is due to open in June 2015. The nearly 54,000-square-foot space will initially host such exhibitions as new work by Rirkrit Tiravanija, a monumental installation by Eric Bulatov, and pieces from leading Russian and international artists.

Garage changed its name from Center for Contemporary Culture to Museum of Contemporary Art this past spring, a move that was meant to signal expansion plans not only for its building, but also for its programming. Founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova to display contemporary art, Garage now runs a booming education program, expects to open a public library devoted to contemporary art, and produces its own exhibitions under the guidance of Kate Fowle, its chief curator. “Garage’s new name reflects a long-term commitment to providing broad public access to contemporary art and ideas in Russia, a commitment that has been increasingly exhibited throughout Garage’s six-year history with robust educational programming,” the museum announced at the time of the name change.....Continue Reading

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