Opening of the Russian Paintings Exhibition «Russian Art from Private Collections: from Borovikovsky to Kabakov».

On 10 May 2012, New York's ABA Gallery presented the exhibition titled Russian Art from Private Collections: from Borovikovsky to Kabakov.
The exhibition has multiple works on display, including paintings from Mikhail Baryshnikov's and Vladimir Spivakov's collections. Chronologically, the exhibition begins with a portrait of Savva Yakovlev by Vlamidir Borovikovskiy and ends with the works by the 'generation of the sixties' like Oscar Rabin, Vladimir Yankylevsky, Eric Bulatov and Ilya Kabakov. The exhibition is mainly sponsored by Ulvi Kasimov, Head of IQ Group, an investment company, and Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation.