It seems that in 2013, almost a quarter of a century after the British “Summer of Love”, Ecstasy finally won America.

The authors of the exhibition "Three Days in October" wrote an open letter © Daria vorjubivaeva Vladimir Potapov. Sail effect. 2013 The curators and participants of the exhibition “Three Days in October” at the Presnya Museum, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the events of October 1993, distributed an open letter in which they demand the cancellation of the decision on the early closure of the exhibition. Colta.ru completely publishes the text of the open letter.

The final change in intonation in my FB lint. Facebook tape, everyone understands how a newspaper, which is overwhelmed to you by yourself and served to coffee. My personal Facebook Gazeta turned out to be fighting, nervous, I dare to hope, the pre-liberal. There is such an entertaining reading “Satellite and pogrom”; And my tape is formed in the edition of "Gossip and Sodom"; Something like that.

Frieze fair opens Today, September 17, in London, the Frieze Fair of Contemporary Art opens. 152 galleries from 30 countries will take part in her work. Among the new Frieze participants are two galleries from Los Angeles, two from New York and one of Berlin, Johannesburg and Istanbul, RIA Novosti reports.

Until 1946, Kaliningrad, separated from Russia with Lithuania and Belarus, bore the Prussian name Koenigsberg. Some local residents sometimes call him Koenigsberg, or König, or even diminutively-Kalik. Irish photographer Kate Nolan shot young residents of the city to tell the story of the post -Soviet generation that does not belong to Europe or Russia. From the author The Kaliningrad region, wedging into Eastern Europe, is separated from Big Russia Lithuania and Belarus.

A memorial plaque to Varlam Shalamov will appear in Moscow On October 30, on the day of memory of the victims of political repressions, at the house number 8, the opening of the memorial plaque to the writer Varlam Shalamov will be opened in Moscow in Moscow.

Colta.ru revives the project "Likbez" , in which famous experts will represent their view of the fundamental concepts and phenomena of culture. This week we will talk about literary translation (however, not only). Says Viktor Golyshev, according to the translations of which we know George Orwell, Trumen Capote, William Folkner, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Bukovsky and the fifth book of Harry Potter. The first story that I translated was Salinger - about the banana fish.

“Grani.ru” will not be blocked: they removed the “Pussy Riot Icon” © Galerie Art Chrudim Mark Shagal. Christmas. 1950 The image of the Virgin in Balaklava, stylized under the icon “Sign”, was removed from the “Grani.ru” website, after Roskomnadzor threatened the resource with a lock. The requirement of Roskomnadzor is based on the decision of the Central District Court of Novosibirsk, which recognized the “ Pussy Riot Icon” by prohibited content, Brani.ru reports.

Director of the State Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Shchuseva Irina Korobina told Olga Mamaeva about the competition policy of the Moscow government, preserving the architectural heritage and the future of the museum. - In July, the results of a charity competition were summed up for the concept of the Melnikov Museum, organized by your museum. What is the further fate of the monument? When will the collected ideas finally be implemented?

The Department of Cultural Heritage has lost the director © 1001.ru Julia Zazulina, of her own free will, left the post of director of the Department of Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Culture . Julia Zazulina was appointed director of the Department of Cultural Heritage instead of Natalya Samoilenko on October 1, 2013.

The central and most daring event of the Yekaterinburg Eurasia was a concert cycle called the Great Silk Road. The idea is simple. The ancient trade path from India and China to Europe passed through many countries that are still a repository of unique musical traditions, interconnected in the most intricate way. And for the festival, the motto of which this year is the phrase “Light from the East”, they are very useful.

"The Night of the Arts" will be held in Moscow © kultura.mos.ru On November 3, in Moscow, the “Night of the Arts” campaign will be held for the first time. Her theme will be a sound. More than 150 cultural institutions of the city will take part in the action: all of them will work for free and until midnight. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the Department of Culture of Moscow. The largest museums will present special multimedia projects: MiMia to them. A.S.

On the network there was an advertising video of the Lifenews television channel. He was appreciated in a professional media test, which is actually not very friendly to the Gabraianov’s brainchild. The video is done well. The subject of pride in Lifenews - instant exclusive - visualized clearly and even beautiful, which indicates the skill of the authors of the video.

In La Rock, they found a replacement for a sheep © Gert Mothes In January 2017, Daniel Barenboym as the music director of the Milan Opera Theater La Scala will be replaced by the Italian conductor Ricardo Shayya. According to Corriere Della Sera , this is still unofficial information, but, according to the newspaper, the candidacy of Shaya has already been approved by the board of directors of La Scala. Ricardo Shaiya should begin to fulfill her new duties in January 2017.