Director of the Tretyakov gallery dismissed

The General Director of the State Tretyakov gallery Irina Lebedeva, working at the Museum since 1985 and head of the Pinacoteca since 2009, devoid of working with the post. Informs TASS referring to the public relations division of the Ministry of culture.

The office has accumulated a number of complaints to Lebedeva. Now, 10 February, there was a meeting of the Director-General with the Minister of culture. Vladimir Medinsky was Tuesday at the Museum, all urgent documents have already been signed.

A new Manager was appointed Zelfira Tregulova, the General Director of the State Museum and exhibition center ROSIZO.

"Lebedeva in the Ministry of culture unhappy for a long time, and in the foreseeable future it will likely replace other person," said now in the morning interlocutor "Interfax". "We hope that the Board of Trustees will be determined and will appoint the planet who will be able to make the gallery a comfortable, convenient Museum both for professionals and for all others," he added. Therefore, the information the Agency has confirmed.

Lebedev worked in the Tretyakov gallery almost 30 years. In 1987 she became a senior research worker, in 1998 he held the post of Deputy Manager of the Department of painting of the 1 half of the twentieth century, in 2001, he headed the division, and in 2005 was appointed Deputy Director of the gallery. Lebedev is considered one of the main experts on the Russian avant-garde, she took part in exhibitions of art of the XX century in Russia and abroad.

Soon after Lebedev, head of the Tretyakov gallery, in the blogosphere have any message about corruption composing in action Director: she was accused of misappropriation of service apartments, illegal charging of premiums and the sale of the collections of the Museum of private collections. The Ministry of culture has stood up for the sub, and Lebedev called the accusations jealous reaction to the success of not so long ago occurred exhibitions.

Tregulova headed the Museum and exhibition center ROSIZO in 2013. At the end of January it happened a Board meeting of the Ministry of culture, which dealt with the activities of the organization and focused on transitional results of its work, which is very appreciated by the Minister of culture. For example, in 2014 active exhibition activities with the participation of the Museum and exhibition center - in addition to its own 30 exposures, there were engaged in creation of virtual museums, regional and international projects, among them - "Palladio in Russia. From Baroque to modernism in Venice Museo Correr and retrospective Kazimir Malevich in English Tate Modern.

Before to go in the Museum and exhibition center, Tregulova has worked as the Deputy Director of the Kremlin Museums 11 years.

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