Occupation curator, editor | Name Sergey Kuskov | |
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Born 6 June 1957Moscow, USSR ( 1957-06-06 ) Relatives Father: Ivan Kuskov, renowned Russian pictorialist | ||
Sergey Ivanovich Kuskov (June 6, 1957 in Moscow, USSR – June 22, 2008 in Krasnodar, Russia) was a renowned Russian curator.
Biography
Kuskoy was born on June 6, 1957 in Moscow to Ivan Kuskov (ru) and Irina, daughter of Russian scientist Alexander Chizhevsky. In 1980, he graduated from the Department of History at Moscow State University, with a major in History and Art Theory. In 1989 has defended his Ph.D. in Art Studies. After that he worked in Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow and curated a large number of exhibitions. Beyond curating exhibits, he was a well known art critic and authored articles about many artists, including Rasikh Akhmetvaliev, Anatoly Zverev, Dmitry Krasnopevtsev, Nina Valetova, and Vladimir Yakovlev. He died on June 22, 2008 in Krasnodar.