Duration: November 11, 2023 - January 9, 2024

Venue: B1F, Temporary Gallery

Organizers: Ministry of Culture Russian Federation, The State Museum of Leo Tolstoy, Beijing Lu Xun Museum, Mu Xin Art Museum

The special exhibition "Leo Tolstoy in the eyes of Ilya Repin", jointly organized by The State Museum of Leo Tolstoy, the Beijing Lu Xun Museum and Mu Xin Art Museum, displays 41 precious museum collections over a hundred years old from The State Museum of Leo Tolstoy. These include oil paintings, sketches, watercolors, statues and related derivatives created by Ilya Repin for Leo Tolstoy, as well as the autographed letters between Leo Tolstoy and Ilya Repin, Russian editions of Leo Tolstoy's works, photos and videos. Meanwhile, the Beijing Lu Xun Museum also brought a set of prints created for Leo Tolstoy's novel "The Kreutzer Sonata" collected by Mr. Lu Xun.