Russian Academy of Arts

Also see Imperial Academy of Arts

Russian Academy of Arts

Building of Presidium of the Arts Academy (former I. A. Morozov's mansion)
Established	1757
President	Zurab Tsereteli
Location	Khamovniki, Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Address	119034, Prechistenka st. 21, Moscow, Russian Federation
Website	www.rah.ru

Russian Academy of Arts (RAKh / rus. РАХ, Росси́йская акаде́мия худо́жеств) is the State scientific Institution of Russian Federation, eligible heir to the USSR Academy of Arts. RAKh is the public cultural Institution—a branch of Russian Academy of Sciences in the field of Fine arts, architecture, decorations, design and art education. A founder of RAKh is the Government of the Russian Federation.

Academic system of art education

Art education is one of the main aspects of the Russian Academy of Arts activity. In order to facilitate the development of art school creativity, Art Academy works on its scientific and methodological management.

Next Educational Art institutions are included in academic system:

• Surikov's Moscow Art Institute
• Repin Institute of Arts
• Moscow Academic Art Lyceum
• Saint Petersburg State Academic Art Lyceum named after Boris Ioganson

Art academy departments

Division of occupation branches bases on the scientific and territorial principles. The structure of the Academy consists of separation mainly by type of creative and scientific activity:

• Department of painting
• Department of sculpture
• Department of graphics
• Department of architecture
• Department of decorative arts
• Department of design
• Department of art history and art criticism
• Department of scenography and production design
• Department of photography and multimedia technologies
• Department of innovative art trends