The word 'Konos'er' derives from French 'connoisseur' — an expert in art.

The ‘Konos’er’ Gallery is located in the historic center of Moscow, on Myasnitskaya Street. The name ‘konos’er’ means ‘connoisseur’ in French and was used in pre-revolutionary Russia to refer to an expert art collector—an art historian in the modern sense of the word.