National Centre for Contemporary Arts

The National Center for Contemporary Art ( ГЦСИ Russian Государственный центр современного искусства, Gossudarstwenny centr sowremennowo iskusstwa abbreviated, English National Centre for Contemporary Arts ( NCCA ) ) is an organization whose activities on the development of modern Russian art in the context of the global process of artistic creation is directed. She is responsible for the formation and execution of programs and projects in the field of contemporary art, architecture and design in Russia and abroad.

The center was established in 1992 by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. It is located in Moscow in the Soologitscheskaja ulica, house 13, building 2, and maintains offices in Yekaterinburg, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod and Saint Petersburg. Together with the Ministry of Culture directs the center competition every year Инновация ( Innowazija ) in the field of contemporary visual art and the Moscow International Biennale of young art Стой! Кто идёт? ( Stay where you are! Who's going? ) From.