The exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative" opens in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Eugen Blume, curator of the exhibition and director of the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, part the Berlin National Gallery, attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Anton Belov, director of the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Zelfira Tregulova, deputy director general for exhibitions at the Moscow Kremlin Museums, attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Vasily Tsereteli, executive director of the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA), attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Artist and designer Yekaterina Bochavar attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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A visitor looks at an exhibit during the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors talk at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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From left: Semyon Mikhailovsky, rector of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, and Simon Mraz, the cultural attaché of the Austrian Embassy in Moscow and director of the Austrian Cultural Forum.

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Artist Grigory Bruskin attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors watch a film during the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors look at an exhibit during the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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A visitor looks at exhibits at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Architect Yevgeny Ass attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors talk at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Russia Ulrich Brandenburg, left, attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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A visitor looks at an exhibit during the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors look at exhibits at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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From left: artists Dmitry Gayev-Orlov and Andrei Vereshchagin attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Semyon Mikhailovsky, rector of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Littérateur Alexander Shatalov and John Mann, right, director of Information Policy at Millhouse, attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Littérateur Alexander Shatalov and John Mann, right, director of Information Policy at Millhouse, attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors stand near the exhibit "I Don't Know Weekends" at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow (photographed through glass).

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Josef Backstein, director of Contemporary Art Institute and commissioner of the Moscow Biennale, with art dealer Nikolai Palazhchenko, right, attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Art dealer Nikolai Palazhchenko attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors look at the "Tramway Setting" exhibit during the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Architect Yevgeny Ass attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Andrei Kovalchuk, sculptor, People's Artist of Russia and chairman of the Artists' Union of Russia, attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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A visitor reads a book at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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A visitor photographs a part of the "Tramway Setting" exhibit during the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Artist Aleksei Belyayev-Gintovt attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow (photographed through glass).

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A visitor looks at an exhibit at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors look at exhibits at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors look at exhibits at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Artist Yury Albert attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors look at exhibits at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors look at exhibits at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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A visitor looks at an exhibit at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Oriental Gallery owner Mikhail Agroskin attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Artist Yury Shutov attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Art critic Mikhail Bode attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Dmitry Kovalenko, general director of the Fund for Support of Nonprofit Artistic Projects by the Club of Contemporary Art Collectors, attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Russia Ulrich Brandenburg attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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From left: Prof. Rainer Lindner, executive director of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations of Germany, and Dr. Rüdiger Bolz, director of the Goethe-Institute Moscow, attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Artist Alyona Kirtsova and architect Yury Avvakumov attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Andrei Kovalchuk, sculptor, People's Artist of Russia and chairman of the Artists' Union of Russia, with Semyon Mikhailovsky, rector of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, foreground, attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors look at exhibits at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors watch a film at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Denis Solovyov, director of the Public Relations Department at Novatek, attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Russia Ulrich Brandenburg, right, and Andrei Kovalchuk, sculptor, People's Artist of Russia and chairman of the Artists' Union of Russia, attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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From left: Vasily Tsereteli, executive director of the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA), and Josef Backstein, director of Contemporary Art Institute and commissioner of the Moscow Biennale, attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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From left: Prof. Rainer Lindner, executive director of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations of Germany, and Denis Solovyov, director of the Public Relations Department at Novatek, attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Dr. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, president of the Goethe-Institut and Eugen Blume, left, curator of the exhibition and director of the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, part the Berlin National Gallery, attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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From left: Dr. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, president of the Goethe-Institut; Eugen Blume, curator of the exhibition and director of the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, part the Berlin National Gallery; and Vasily Tsereteli, executive director of the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA) attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Dr. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, president of the Goethe-Institut, attends the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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From left: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Russia Ulrich Brandenburg and Andrei Kovalchuk, sculptor, People's Artist of Russia and chairman of the Artists' Union of Russia, attend the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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Visitors near the "Tramway Setting" exhibit at the grand opening of the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative", in the State Museum of Contemporary Art at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow.

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