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Founded by curator Maria Baibakova in 2008, BAIBAKOV art projects provides a progressive platform for cultural production within Moscow. The program places a firm emphasis on dialogue, actively engaging both a local and international audience through a series of exhibitions, lectures, performances, and publications intended to both further the public’s interest and understanding of contemporary art as well as to challenge previous conceptions about how this art can function within contemporary society. To this end, BAIBAKOV art projects welcomes creative collaboration with international artists, curators, and cultural institutions. Additionally, in keeping with Baibakova’s vision, the program is committed to the support and sustained development of emerging art, pioneering a new model of patronage to promote experimental art practice in Moscow.

Director and chief curator, Maria Baibakova was born in Moscow and later studied art history at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, and at the Courtauld Institute, London, where she obtained a distinction in her MA. She has gained invaluable experience working within multiple facets of the contemporary art world, from museums and galleries, to auction houses and advising. This experience informs her own independent practice as a curator, bringing an international insight to her work in Moscow.

As of December 2008, BAIBAKOV art projects operates out of the historic Red October Chocolate Factory, where it occupies more than 2,800 square meters on the third floor of the iconic red brick building. From this location, it is poised to become a central part of the nearby cultural hub, which includes the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, the Moscow House of Photography, the New Tretyakov Gallery and Art Center ArtStrelka.