Christie's Russia managing director Matthew Stephenson, left, and gallery owner Vladimir Frolov at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091421
Millhouse representative John Mann, left, and Christie’s Russia managing director Matthew Stephenson at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091420
Christie’s Russia managing director Matthew Stephenson and TV host Evelina Khromchenko at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091419
Collector and Avant Garde Publishing House general director Pierre Brochet at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091418
Collector and Avant Garde Publishing House general director Pierre Brochet, right, at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091416
Businessman Alexei Garber and his girlfriend, Margarita, at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091415
TV host Evelina Khromchenko at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091413
Financial expert and philanthropist Christopher Muraviev-Apostol at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091412
Designer Kira Sacarello and Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art executive director Vasily Tsereteli at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091410
Photographer Daniil Fyodorov, left, and director Andrei Zhitinkin at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091409
Unicum owner Boris Belotserkovsky at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091408
Actress Anna Ogorodnikova at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091407
Lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091406
Banker Viktor Fedotov at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091405
Financial expert and philantropist Christopher Muraviev-Apostol at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091403
Multimedia Art Museum director Olga Sviblova at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091401
Head of the Federal Agency for Fishery Andrei Krainy at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091400
Head of the Federal Agency for Fishery Andrei Krainy at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091399
Bioenergia board chairman David Yakobashvili at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091398
Artists Daniil Fyodorov, left, and Alex Che at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091397
Financial expert and philanthropist Christopher Muraviev-Apostol at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091395
Christie’s Russia managing director Matthew Stephenson at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091394
Fleming Family & Partners senior partner Mark Garber at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091393
Head of the Federal Agency for Fishery Andrei Krainy at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091392
Bioenergia board chairman David Yakobashvili, left, and Christie's Russia managing director Matthew Stephenson at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muraviev-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091391
Designer Olga Sorokina at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1091390
Pavel Teplukhin, VTB Bank Supervisory Board independent member, at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1091389
Fra Bartolomeo's "Our Lady with the Child" at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muravyov-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091387
Alyona Doletskaya, editor in chief of the Russian and German editions of Interview, at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia, at the Muravyov-Apostol house and museum.11.04.2012#1091383
Ivan Aivazovsky's "Looking for Survivors" at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090560
Christie's Russia managing director Matthew Stephenson at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090559
Keith Tyson's book "Lost in the Labyrinth of Memory" presented at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090558
Rembrandt's "A Bust of a Man in a Gorget and Cap" is among the top lots at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090557
Sarah Mansfield, head of Christie’s Russian Art Department, at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090556
Rembrandt's "Bust of a Man in Gorget and Cap" is among the top lots at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia. Right: Christie’s Russia managing director Matthew Stephenson.11.04.2012#1090555
Yekaterina Vinokuriva, Christie’s contemporary art expert, at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090554
Gerhard Richter's "Abstract Painting (646-4) is among the top lots at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090553
Renbrandt's "Bust of a Man in Gorget and Cap" is among the top lots at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090552
Sarah Mansfield, head of the Russian Art Department at Christie's, at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090551
From left: Sarah Mansfield, head of the Russian Art Department at Christie's, Alexei Ashot, expert in British painting and Old Masters art, and Christie's contemporary art expert Yekaterina Vinokurova at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090550
Christie's Russia managing director Matthew Stephenson at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia. Photo: a Japanese vessel, 19th century.11.04.2012#1090549
Joana Vasconcelos's "Laurence" is among the top lots at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090548
Joana Vasconcelos's "Carnaby" is among the top lots at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090547
Alexei Ashot, right, expert at Christie's Old Masters and British Painting Department, talks to journalists at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090546
Ivan Aivazovky's "Looking for Survivors" is among the top lots at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090545
Alexei Ashot, right, expert at Christie's Old Masters and British Painting Department, talks to journalists at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090544
Alexei Ashot, expert at Christie's Old Masters and British Painting Department, talks to journalists at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090543
Ivan Aivazovsky's "Ox Cart Crossing a Flooded Plain" is among the top lots at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090542
Pablo Picasso's "The Rest (Marie-Therese Walter) is among the top lots at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090541
Salvador Dali's "Untitled — New Accessories" is among the top lots at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090540
Christie's Russia managing director Matthew Stephenson at Pablo Picasso's "The Rest (Marie-Therese Walter), which is among the top lots at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090539
Sarah Mansfield, expert at the Christie's Russian Art Department, at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090537
Alexei Ashot, expert at Christie's Old Masters and British Painting Department, talks to journalists at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090534
Joana Vasconcelos's "Laurence" is among the top lots at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090532
Contemporary art expert Yekaterina Vinokurova at an exhibition to mark the 15th anniversary of Christie’s in Russia.11.04.2012#1090530
