The building was reopened to the public in September as the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture (abbreviated in Russian as CCC), featuring an exhibition of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov.
He studied art at the University of Texas at Austin with a focus on installation and sculpture, as well as in 2001 at the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Art, under the instructors Ilya Kabakov & Emilia Kabakov and the theorist/critic Boris Groys.
Amongst the artists who have appeared at the festival are Ariane Mnouchkine, Peter Brook, Bill Viola, Patrice Chéreau, Ilya Kabakov, Peter Sellars, Christian Boltanski, Bill Frisell, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Akram Khan (dancer), Cecilia Bartoli and Thomas Hampson.
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The gallery presents or has presented both upcoming and established artists such as Stephan Balkenhol, Günter Brus, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Tony Cragg, Stefaan Dheedene, Jan Fabre, Ilya Kabakov, Matthieu Laurette, Panamarenko, Johan Tahon, Koen Vanmechelen and Andy Wauman.
Among the most important acquisitions are works by Ilya Kabakov, Stephen Antonakos, Gary Hill, Nan Goldin, Vadim Zakharov, Gillian Wearing, Ann Sofi Siden, Vlassis Caniaris, Nikos Kessanlis, Dimitris Alithinos, Nikos Navridis, Joel Sanders, Allan Sekula, Costas Tsoclis, George Hadjimichalis, Chryssa, Jannis Psychopedis, Andreas Angelidakis, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis and Tessera.