Sergey Ivanovich Kuskov
Born	(1957-06-06)6 June 1957 Moscow, USSR
Died	(2008-06-22)22 June 2008 Krasnodar, Russia
Occupation	curator, editor
Education	Moscow State University
Relatives	Father: Ivan Kuskov ( ru), renowned Russian pictorialist Grandfather: Alexander Chizhevsky, biophysicist

Sergey Ivanovich Kuskov (June 6, 1957 in Moscow, USSR – June 22, 2008 in Krasnodar, Russia) was a renowned Russian curator.

Biography

Kuskov 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 ^[1] 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, Lena Hades, Nina Valetova, and Vladimir Yakovlev [ ru]. He died on June 22, 2008, in Krasnodar.^{[ citation needed]}

References

External links

• National Center for Contemporary Arts: Sergey Kuskov Memorial evening
• Posthumous web site (in Russian)
• Member list of Association of Art Critics (in Russian)
• YOUR CIRCLE / Author Index (in Russian)