Marina Loshak - director of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, art critic, art director, collector. She was one of the founders of two of the most popular galleries, was the art director of the museum and exhibition association. Happy wife, mother and grandmother.
Biography of Marina Loshak
Born on 1955-22-11 in the hero city of Odessa. She studied at the Odessa State University at the Faculty of Philology. After graduating from the university, she went to work at the Odessa Literary Museum, where she worked until the very move.
In 1986, Marina Loshak moved permanently to Moscow, where she joined the Vladimir Mayakovsky State Museum. Five years later, she became one of the founders of the Rosa Azora Gallery, which still holds hundreds of interesting exhibition projects that have a huge impact on the cultural life of the capital.
In 1991, she was invited to work at the SBS-Agro bank, first she headed the PR service, then she was the director of the Moscow Center for the Arts for four years. In 2004, she began working as the art director of the Gary Tatintsyan Gallery. IN 2007year became one of the founders and at the same time the art director of the Proun Gallery.
Marina quickly achieved success in all places of work. She quickly became a very prominent person. In 2012, especially for Marina Loshak, Sergey Kapkov agreed to create a new position in the Stolitsa museum and exhibition association. And Marina Devovna became an art director there. The position was responsible, the appointment for Marina Loshak was unexpected. But she did it with a bang.
The rapid development and many successful projects led to the fact that Marina Loshak replaced Irina Antonova as director of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (FMII for short). In addition to her duties as director, Marina Devovna also lectures on management in culture and is a member of the expert council of the Kandinsky Prize.
Museum Director
Marina Loshak says that the appointment was more than unexpected for her. When Irina Alexandrovna Antonova called her, Marina Devovna was on the plane. The director of one of the most famous museums in Russia invited Marina to a meeting and offered to become her successor.
Irina Antonova herself said that she wanted one of the scientists from Moscow State University or the Russian State Humanitarian University to take this post. But the ministry rejected all who were proposed by Antonova, and she had to choose a person from the ministerial list. According to her, Marina Loshak was the only suitable candidate on this list.
Many museum employees met her appointment without enthusiasm, because the museumqualified in traditional, classical art - exactly what the new director did not do. In addition, she has never managed a federal facility.
Under the leadership of Loshak, the museum is becoming more and more convenient and modern every year, exhibition halls have been restored, online ticket sales and subscriptions have appeared. Marina Devovna takes criticism calmly. She thinks criticism is better than indifference.
When Loshak, up to 1.3 million people a year began to come to the museum. Unfortunately, he can't take it anymore. Therefore, Marina conceived the construction of a museum campus, for which $22 billion was allocated. As soon as it is built, the museum will be able to receive 5 million people a year.
Marina Devovna in an interview said that if it were not for the construction of the museum campus, she would not have agreed to become the director of the museum.
Marina does not want to be a director for a long time, she believes that ten years is a great time. And then another director should come, younger, more creative, with new ideas and thoughts. But while she still does not see anyone nearby who would become a worthy candidate. However, Marina does not know for sure whether the choice of a successor will depend on her.
Family
Marina's husband, Viktor Grigoryevich Loshak, is a journalist and editor. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief of Moscow News and Ogonyok magazine. Now he is the director of innovation activities of the Kommersant newspaper.
Anna Mongait, daughter of Marinaand Viktora, born in 1978, is also a journalist and TV presenter. She began working on television at the age of 16, and is currently the host of several television programs. She married the creative director of Just Design, businessman Sergey Mongait.
The couple has two children - Matvey, born in 2008, and Demyan, born in 2016.
Reviews about Marina Loshak
After the appointment of Marina Devovna to the position of director of the museum, they began to talk a lot about her - both negative and positive. Some believe that Marina Loshak is irresponsible about her work. She does not have an art history education, and she can not work in such a position. According to rumors, she hung an $8 million painting in the museum, which turned out to be fake, without doing a sufficient assessment.
However, there are people who believe that Marina Loshak is ideal for this position. In short, everyone has their own opinion. But the fact that Marina Loshak made an invaluable contribution to the development of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts is a fact.
