An exhibition of works by Andy Warhol, the Endangered Species, opened at the State Darwin Museum on 18 March. The exhibition consists of 10 silk-screen prints with portraits of rare and endangered species: the Amur tiger, African elephant, orangutan, black rhinoceros, Grevy’s zebra, giant panda, bald eagle, snow sheep, a tree frog from the Hylidae family and butterfly.

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sergei Donskoi noted during his welcome speech at the opening of the exhibition that this event opens Russia’s Year of the Environment in art. He noted that the animals in Warhol’s pictures were on the verge of extinction 30 years ago, but at present these species have been restored, with the exception of the black rhinoceros, one of whose sub-species has been declared extinct. “We educate both children and adults, those who in the future will do everything possible for animals that belong to endangered species to become stable species,” Mr Donskoi said.

The exhibition, organised with support from the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, will run until 28 May 2017.