Kuskov was born on June 6, 1957, in Moscow to Ivan Kuskov (
ru) and Irina, daughter of Russian scientist
Alexander Chizhevsky. In 1980, he graduated from the Department of History at
Moscow State University, with a major in History and Art Theory. In 1989 has defended his Ph.D. in Art Studies. After that he worked in
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow and curated a large number of exhibitions. Beyond curating exhibits, he was a well known art critic and authored articles about many artists, including
Rasikh Akhmetvaliev,
Anatoly Zverev,
Dmitry Krasnopevtsev,
Lena Hades,
Nina Valetova, and . He died on June 22, 2008, in Krasnodar. ==References==