In May of 2024, LOBBY hosted a pop-up exhibition project I Think This Love Will Last Forever initiated by Flor et Lavr Gallery.
The main
LOBBY hall featured fairy-tale characters by artist Artem Lyapin. A miniature sculpture by monumentalist Alexander Pozin was placed in a niche of the library. It was placed on a model created by the
Tsimailo Lyashenko Partners architectural bureau together with the developer brand
MONO. The project was curated by Petr Iwanow.
“For me, any exhibition project initially springs from an emotional reaction. As for the works of Artem Lyapin, it was pure love at first sight. I was captivated by how Artem uses Vologda lace as one of his mediums and by the fact that he independently mastered this labor-intensive technique from a textbook. I have been supporting the traditions of Vologda lace for many years and consider it very important to preserve ancient crafts and integrate them into modern culture,” says
Frol Burimsky, founder of Flor et Lavr Gallery.