34 Best Performing Arts Venues in Moscow, Russia

The music hall at Catherine the Great's restored Moscow palace regularly holds classical-music concerts in its four small halls.

What was a massive wine factory in Soviet times is now the epicenter of Moscow's burgeoning contemporary arts scene, housing more than a half-dozen galleries, as well as two restaurants, a bookstore, and several fashion showrooms.

Russia's most renowned conceptual artists exhibit drawings, photographs, and installations, and occasionally put on performances in this intimate space.

The giant sculptures of one of Russia's wackiest artists are on show at this neoclassical building, along with other temporary exhibits. Don't miss—not that you could—Tsereteli's giant metal apple.