Mission 301

Project

One Vision. Four Pillars.
A Cultural Legacy.

Mission 301 is more than an art project. It is an international initiative uniting art, culture, education and humanity.

The 301 Paintings

299 artists. 301 paintings.
One shared story.

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The Three Books

The story of the project in a unique book series.

Volume I tells how the mission came about. Volumes II and III document the complete pictorial cycle.

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Documentation

A journey from the idea to the world premiere.

An international documentary production accompanies Mission 301 from the outset, in the artists' studios, across more than 80 countries.

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Mission Frame

An innovative framing system for art and transport.

Developed specifically for Mission 301: unified presentation, safe international transport, long term preservation of all original works.

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The Curatorial Council. The 299 artists of Mission 301 are selected in a documented, multi-stage process. From a pool of around 18,000 artists reviewed worldwide, the initiator and two independent curators assess candidates against fixed criteria. Only the highest rated are invited. Both curators are certified experts of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and are affiliated with the Andrei Rublev Museum of Old Russian Culture and Art, Moscow.

Dr. Zhanna Belik

Art historian, Head of the Department of Expertise, Andrei Rublev Museum, Moscow

Doctorates from Moscow and Jyväskylä, certified expert of the Russian Ministry of Culture, member of ICOM. Curator of more than a dozen museum exhibitions, including "The Creation of the World" (2024).

Ksenia Farafonova

Art historian, Andrei Rublev Museum, Moscow

Certified expert of the Russian Ministry of Culture. Teaches the history of Christian art and works on contemporary religious art projects in Russia and Switzerland.

Four Pillars. One Vision.

Together we create a cultural legacy for generations to come.