Garage Archive Collection and RAAN

VISIT THE ARCHIVE

To request physical documents to use in an exhibition or digital copies to use in lectures or publications, please send an application to registrar@garagemca.org

Garage Archive Collection aims to support and develop an academic platform for the study of Soviet and Russian contemporary art.

Digitized materials from the collection can be found on the Russian Art Archive Network (RAAN) site, which brings together similar collections across the world. The archive runs regular public events for a wide audience and supports researchers studying Russian contemporary art.

Garage Archive Collection in Moscow

The archive contains over 150 collections of documents gathered by various galleries, museums, and artist-led organizations as well as artists, curators, and collectors. The media archive gathers, processes, studies, and prepares for publication video and audio documents. Items include documentation of art events, recordings of TV shows, home videos, and feature and documentary films, as well as works of video and sound art. Every month, the archive staff record interviews with people in the art world and document exhibitions in Moscow.

Garage Archive in St. Petersburg

In 2018, the St. Petersburg branch of Garage Archive Collection was launched, which holds documents related to the local art scene. Its main areas of interest include Leningrad’s unofficial culture from the 1940s to the 1980s, art groups and institutions in St. Petersburg in the 1990s and 2000s, contemporary self-organized initiatives, and experimental theater. The archive includes a collection of books and magazines on Russian and international contemporary art.