A large-scale exhibition Arctic: Pole of Color will open in the Tretyakov Gallery building in Kadashevskaya Embankment on December 12 to mark the 500th anniversary of the Northern Sea Route development. 

The exhibition will present more than 130 works in a variety of genres and techniques revealing the periods of living in the high latitudes from the 18th century to present time.

The display makes a special emphasis on the works by Nenets artists Tyko Vylka and Konstantin Pankov as well as on the works by the first artists who travelled across the Arctic, Alexander Borisov and Konstantin Korovin. The exhibition will also show works by modern artists, including members of polar expeditions, Fyodor Reshetnikov, Mitrofan Beringov and Igor Ruban.

The exhibition will run through June 21, 2026.

Read more about the exhibition on the museum’s site.