Your Art Muse

Your Art Muse

The blog of Maria Hiltunen-Sedoshenko — curator, art historian and art manager. Covering what is happening in the art world and helping you build a career in art.

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Work by artist Vanya Kasatka

Making art through deep horror. An interview with Vanya Kasatka

Hi everyone! Friends, today I want to introduce you to a creative soul, an artist and poet — Vanya Kasatka, in issue…

Artist whose paintings feature cheetahs

Reflecting the world through a universe of cheetahs, symbols of how quickly time passes

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 12 of #ourstudents — a series of interviews in which our students talk about themselves and their…

Artist at her stand of textile works

A Love of Fabric, Expressed Through Every Possible Technique and Texture

An Interview with Oksana Muratova Hi everyone! It’s hard to believe how fast the #ourstudents series is picking up speed! This is…

Artist at his easel in the studio

A cinematic approach to painting

An interview with artist Ilya Filatov Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 10 of our #ourstudents series — a run of interviews in…

Gallery visit during a study of the art scene in China

Exploring the Art Scene of China’s Megacities

An Interview with Kostya Pavlov, a Graduate of the “I Want Into the Art World” Program Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 9…

Artist who explores the subconscious through the language of symbols

Exploring the subconscious through the language of symbols

An interview with our graduate, artist Tatiana Ergunova Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 8 of our #ourstudents series — interviews in which…

Artist Tatyana Vafina in her studio

Unlocking symbolism. An interview with artist Tatyana Vafina

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 7 of our #ourstudents series, a run of interviews where our students talk about themselves and their…

Artist Alina Aparina with her painting

An interview with our graduate, artist Alina Aparina

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue six of our #ourstudents series — interviews in which our students talk about themselves and their art.…

Viewer in front of a large work by Victoria Ark

An artist whose work inspires people to dream and to act. An interview with Victoria Ark

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 4 of our #ourstudents series — interviews in which our students talk about themselves and their art.…

Artist Xenia RAW with her textile panels

Art is in everything. An interview with graduate and artist Xenia RAW

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 5 of #ourstudents — a series of interviews in which our students talk about themselves and their…

Artist outdoors with her partner

Balancing Creative Projects and Personal Life

An Interview with Dmitry and Apollinaria, students of the program “Selling and Promoting Art for Artists in Russia and Abroad” A couple…

Work at the meeting point of abstraction and figuration

Art at the meeting point of abstraction and figuration

An interview with Arseny Blinov Hi everyone! Welcome to the second issue of our #ourstudents series, a run of interviews where our…

Artist in an interior of chandeliers and coloured light

Magical realism, mythology and literature

An interview with Wei Hi everyone! Welcome to the first issue of #ourstudents — a series of interviews in which our students…

Work from a series exploring voyeurism and exhibitionism

Exploring Voyeurism and Exhibitionism: an Interview with a Student on Our “I Want Into the Art World!” Program – TATIY

I’ve introduced you to TATIY (Tatyana Kozlova) before. She won a #Rosmolodyozh #TavridaGrants grant of 750,000 roubles, which backed her mental-health awareness…

Artist beside her installation at the exhibition

Answers to society’s collective traumas come out of people’s small objects: an interview with a student of the program — Vivato Eka

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 20 of our #ourstudents series, a run of interviews where our students talk about themselves and their…

Curator Anna Malay at the exhibition "Love. From A to Z"

An interview with Anna Malay, curator of the exhibition “Love. From A to Z” and founder of the PRANNA concept bureau

I shared the details of the opening of the exhibition “Love. From A to Z” with you in this post, and now…

Artist Raul Alvarez in front of his painting

Interview with Raúl Álvarez

Interview with Raúl Álvarez You have to believe in yourself and evolve with your work, not give up and think carefully about what…

Kostya Pavlov's paintings in a gallery hall

Kostya Pavlov’s Story

Interview navigation: 1. Tell us how you’re connected to art and what you do. 2. What were your first works? 3. So what does the…

Artist Lena Chigrina

Lena Chigrina’s story

The course is incredibly rich — so many references, so many brilliant examples that I now start to notice out in the…

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