Marc Chagall Art Center
Арт-центр Марка Шагала
A gallery holding about 300 original Chagall prints, illustrations and lithographs, including series for Gogol’s Dead Souls and the Bible.
The Marc Chagall Art Center is on Putnaya Street in the city centre, near the Governor’s Palace. It opened in 1992 as an additional branch of the Vitebsk Chagall Museum. Most of Chagall’s oil paintings are not in Belarus, so the centre mainly displays the prints, lithographs and book illustrations he donated or later acquired. These include illustrations for Gogol’s Dead Souls, La Fontaine’s Fables and the Bible series. The centre also hosts temporary exhibitions of contemporary art. It is about 1.5 km from Chagall’s birthplace, roughly a 20-minute walk, so the two can be visited together.
Opening hours
Closed Mon; 11:00–19:00
Nearby sights
- Governor's Palace
- Suvorov Street
- Holy Assumption Cathedral
- Holy Spirit Convent
- Vitebsk Town Hall
- Church of the Resurrection
- Church of the Annunciation
- Museum of the History of Vitebsk People's Art School