Fabrizio Plessi’s Vertical Seas at the Pushkin Museum

When: 18 August 2026 — 15 November 2026

Where: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Main Building, Room 31, Moscow

Fabrizio Plessi’s Vertical Seas invites you to see water as movement, light and rhythm. It is an intimate encounter with media art inside a classical museum: a video installation on four vertical screens takes the place of a sequence of paintings.

Water across four vertical screens in the official Fabrizio Plessi announcementSource: pushkinmuseum.art · Source

The Italian artist created this version especially for the Pushkin Museum. It marked the beginning of the museum’s media-art collection; the current display celebrates ten years of its work in this field.

Give the screens time

Water is one of the central subjects of Plessi’s art. Rather than searching for a single ideal image, allow the work to unfold: changes, movement and recurring rhythms emerge over time. It suits visitors who want to try another way of looking at art without following a lengthy route through a large exhibition.

The museum accompanies the display with a special programme. Individual talks and mediated visits have their own dates; select them from the current listings and check their admission arrangements.

Main building of the Pushkin Museum, archive view of the façadeSource: pushkinmuseum.art · Source

Columns of the Main Building portico, archive photographSource: pushkinmuseum.art · Source

Where to see it

The display continues until 15 November 2026 in Room 31 of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts’ Main Building. Choose the Main Building when booking, rather than the separate Gallery of European and American Art.

For a journey from your hotel to the museum or after your visit, write to Hola Taxi. Include the date, pickup address and number of passengers; mention it if you plan to return to your hotel afterwards.