Editing Pushkin Museum (section)

==Building==
The building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts was designed by [[Roman Klein]] and [[Vladimir Shukhov]]. Construction lasted from 1898 until early 1912, with [[Ivan Rerberg]] heading structural engineering effort on the museum site for the first 12 years.

In 2008, President [[Dmitri A. Medvedev]] announced plans for a $177 million restoration.<ref>Lawrence Van Gelder (May 9, 2008), [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E2DE153DF93AA35756C0A96E9C8B63 Pushkin Museum Overhaul Planned] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> A 22 billion rubles ($670 million) expansion, developed by [[Norman Foster]] in collaboration with local architectural firm Mosproject-5, was confirmed in 2009, but became mired in disputes with officials and preservationists and concern grew that it would not be completed on schedule for 2018. After Moscow's chief architect [[Sergey Kuznetsov (architect)|Sergei Kuznetsov]] issued an ultimatum, demanding that Foster take a more active role in the project and prove his commitment by coming to the Russian capital within a month, Norman Foster's firm resigned from the project in 2013.<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky (August 16, 2013), [http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Norman-Foster-resigns-from-Pushkin-Museum-expansion/30208 Norman Foster resigns from Pushkin Museum expansion] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817210316/http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Norman-Foster-resigns-from-Pushkin-Museum-expansion/30208 |date=2013-08-17 }} ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref> In 2014, Russian architect Yuri Grigoryan, and his firm Project Meganom, were chosen to take over the project. Grigoryan's design provides new modern buildings and, following the protest of heritage groups who campaigned to save the pre-revolutionary architecture, preserves the historic 1930s gas station near the Pushkin's main building inside a glass structure.<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky (July 2, 2014), [http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Pushkin-hires-Moscow-architect-for-expansion/33091 Pushkin hires Moscow architect for expansion] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714155715/http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Pushkin-hires-Moscow-architect-for-expansion/33091 |date=2014-07-14 }} ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>