In 1983 this Gallery was transformed into the Krasnoyarsk Art Museum named after V. I. Surikov and received two new buildings. One of them is the merchant Gadalov’s mansion which was built in the early 20th century by the project of the famous Krasnoyarsk architect V.A. Sokolovsky. It is also known due to the Norwegian polar explorer and traveler Fridtjof Nansen who stayed in this house for three days (20, Parizhskoy Commyny Street). The second premises are located on the ground floor of the residential building (12, Mira Street).

In 2017 the former I.G. Gadalov's house (which is also an object of cultural heritage of federal significance) was handed over to the museum. The building will come through restoration and repair works for the proper operation. Together with V. N. Gadalova's mansion this house will create an architectural ensemble "The Museum Area". Thus, at present moment the Krasnoyarsk Art Museum has three buildings out of four opened for the visitors.

Artworks transferred from the Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum served as basis for the collection of prerevolutionary art. Most of these works came from private collections of M.F.Kvadal’s, F.A.Vasilyev’s, K.Kh.Reykhel’s, G.I.Gurkin’s. The private art collection of P.I. Kuznetsov who was Krasnoyarsk gold miner, amateur and art connoisseur became an important part of the new museum’s collection. P.I. Kuznetsov helped Surikov materially in his studies at the Academy of Arts in the city of St. Petersburg.

After the Revolution in 1917 the collection was enlarged by means of the State Museum Collection activities. Thus, in 1929 several artworks of M.Bashkirtseva, S.Zhukovskiy, V.Makovskiy, M.Nesterov, I.Repin were transferred from the Russian State Museum. A lot of attention was paid to obtaining works of Siberian artists and above all Krasnoyarsk ones.

Since 1982 the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR, the Ministry of Culture of the USSR and the leading museums of the country provided significant help in collecting museum objects. Due to this cooperation the Surikov museum received artworks of I. Brodskiy, A. Gerasimov, N. Dubovskiy, K. Korovin and V. Polenov.

From the very beginning the Krasnoyarsk Art Museum named after Surikov systematically enlarges its collections. Today the museum stores and exhibits the unique collections of the works of fine arts.

The museum’s collection is divided on four sections: 1) Russian Fine Arts, XVIII-XIX centuries, 2) Fine Arts, XX-XXI centuries, 3) Western European Fine Arts, 4) Applied Arts and Crafts.