THE TRETYAKOV-GALLERY REOPENS ITS DOORS

In its fourth issue of 1991, Museum carried an interview with the Director-General of Moscow's Tretyakov State Gallery, Yuri Korolev (1929-92), and architect Gennady Astafev on the reconstruction of the gallery. The overall strategy was gradually being implemented and it seemed that it would not be long before it was completed. No one could have known that for reasons largely beyond the control of all concerned, it would take several more years, or that Yuri Korolev, the driving force behind the museum's revamp, would not live to see it finished. Vitold Petyushenko, a distinguished Russian cultural figure, describes the results of this major museum overhaul. He is academic secretary of the gallery and has written many articles for various reference works, albums and collections devoted to Russian and Soviet art. © UNESCO 1996.