The principles according to which some works today receive the status of a ingenious, while others go unnoticed straight to the abyss of the art mods, often remain a mystery even for the curators and gallerists themselves. The object of art can be checked by time - and even compile a formula where the genius of the work will increase directly in proportion to its age if it still seems relevant.

In his column, the director of the aesthetics section, Nastya Travkina, talks about a meeting with the legendary photographer Sebastoo Salgado and demonstrates that it can allow you to dive under the wall of a glass and wander a little through the fields of collective consciousness. The most impressive event of the past week was for me a meeting with the photographer-documentary Sebastoo Salgado.