Maxim Kantor

He started to be exhibited in Europe since 1986. Held personal shows in museums around the world, among them: Frankfurt Staedel Museum, Schirn Kunsthalle, Moscow State Tretyakov Gallery, Bochum Museum, London British Museum, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Osnabrück Felix Nussbaum Haus, South Australian Gallery, Adelaida, Luxembourg National Museum, Saint-Petersburg State Russian Museum, Academy of Fine Art in Vienna, National Museum in Gdansk, etc. The detailed lists of Kantor's exhibitions and of the Museums and Collections with his works are attached. In 1997 he represented Russia on 47 Biennale d’Arte di Venezia with the personal exhibition Criminal Chronicle. He collaborated with a number of art galleries (Eva Poll, Berlin; Asbaek, Copenhagen; Nierendorf, Berlin; Wittrock Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf-Berlin; Barry Fridman, New York). The book Thistle and Thorn published in August 2021, is dedicated to the philosophy of art and social history of Europe, and is based on researches and lecture courses held at Notre Dame University (IN US), Cambridge, and Oxford Universities. He created etching portfolios (Atlases: Wasteland, Metropolis, Vulcanus) purchased by the National Libraries of France, Austria, Luxembourg. In 2020 - 21 he executed the stained-glass window Saint Jerome and the Lion for the decoration of historical buildings of Moscow City Hospital No. 23 (Davidovsky Hospital). Since 2021 Maxim Kantor has been holding lectures on history and philosophy of art on the YouTube channel Maxim Kantor. He is an Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. He was offered an honorary degree in philosophy of Turin University. Kantor lives and works in France (Ile de Ré), Germany (Emden and Berlin) and UK (Oxford).

Maxim Kantor studied at Moscow State University of Printing Arts. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Maxim Kantor is recorded in the collections of National Museum of Archeology, History and Art and Ulster Museum.