Erarta Museum’s mission

Erarta Museum’s mission is to discover, research, collect and popularize works of art created by talented contemporary artists of Russia.

The museum collection provides an opportunity to see works of both renowned masters and inherently talented and original artists which aren’t yet widely known, but whose art is already outstanding. Many of them will go on to find worldwide acclaim in the future but Erarta’s guests can discover their art today. The museum pays particular attention to working with young artists and searching for new talents. The museum's activity is aimed at the widest audience and its goal is to make contemporary art an important part of as many people’s lives as possible. Some of Erarta Museum’s most important features are its constant evolution and its focus on the audience, which helps even those without any prior experience of contemporary art develop a passion for it.

Erarta Museum is the first museum of contemporary art in Saint Petersburg and the largest private museum in Russia. Erarta’s mission can be summed up easily: to maximize the audience which enjoys contemporary art and is interested in supporting it. Our activities are aimed at the widest audience and we believe that everyone can find something interesting in contemporary art and as a result, learn more about themselves

Experiencing art is deeply personal and highly individual and only the viewer can decide to travel that path. The museum’s role in this process is creating the right conditions for it, to showcase something truly worthwhile, capable of moving the viewer to wanting to understand oneself, to find their place in the world, to see and accept life. As a rule, if someone says they don’t understand art, it just means he or she doesn’t feel any personal connection to it.

Our goal is to do everything so that people who come to Erarta see that contemporary art is both about them and for them, that the world is big and everyone has a place in it. As you walk our floors, you’ll see works which touch upon eternal philosophical themes — who we are and why we exist, where do happiness and suffering come from and what do they bring to our lives, what kind of world surrounds us — hostile, friendly or indifferent, whether loneliness brings pain or opportunity and so on and so forth.

We hope that the depth of these topics will help you immerse yourself into art and refer to your own personal experience. It is at that precise moment that art will serve its main purpose — to awaken the human mind and emotions and make the viewer feel connected to the intellectual and spiritual capital of humanity.

We hope that for all of you Erarta becomes a place which will fuel your own inner potential, where the courage of artists in the open expression of their vision of the world will help you to not be afraid of being yourselves, to forget about the bustle and other distractions and recognise that it’s only the inner riches which are truly important. Every man is an artist — this will manifest brightly in all those who want it to happen.

WE WISH YOU A HAPPY JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY!