"Last Empire" by Sergey Maksimishin with the autograph of the author Maximishin is one of the most powerful photographers of Russian modernity. Its meaning is difficult to overestimate. By the way, the most popular (in terms of the number of views) OpenSpace material . RU was the Maximish series “Norilsk. May ” (nearly 1 million views). Maximishin has only one book that collects the results of his travels in the former USSR, “The Last Empire”.

Sanoma will sell Russian assets © Sanoma Oyj The Finnish media group Sanoma is negotiating with potential buyers of its Russian assets, including Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Men's Health and Vedomosti magazines. According to Vedomosti with reference to sources close to negotiation participants, Sanoma is going to sell shares in the assets of the Sanoma Independent Media (SIM) publishing house. Sanoma owns newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television companies in 20 European countries.

Delicate sunset. The quiet rustle of coastal waves. Candles. One, in the gazebo by the very shore, the mermaid peeps at the horizon. Beautiful and serious, he is already floating towards her in a small boat under a scarlet sail ... Such and only this was a future wedding. Hoping. I dreamed, Dureha. Even this idiotic plastic tail was trying on (turned out to be heavy). It was necessary to intervene dad and, as always, ruin everything! No sea to you (and it is two steps - after all, Gelendzhik!).

Grigory Leps got into the “black list” of the US Treasury © Grigoryleps.ru Russian singer Grigory Leps is included in the list of persons against whom the US Department of Finance applies sanctions in connection with their involvement in the criminal organization. This information was confirmed by RIA Novosti by the representative of the American Ministry of Finance John Sullivan. On Wednesday, October 30, a message about the introduction of sanctions appeared on the website of the US Treasury.

"Manifesto" launched an online student Manifesta Workbook was earned - an open platform for all those interested in ART Mediation in modern art. The Manifesta Workbook resource provides access to various approaches to the development of the Art Mediation , developed during the Biennale of young European art manifesta . At the same time, Workbook is not only a theoretical reference book, but also an open area for the discussion, the creators of the resource report .

"Cartoon Factory" will open in Moscow In the first weekend of the Great Festival of Cartoons (November 2-4), the “Cartoon Factory”-animated master classes of directors, artists and computer specialists will open in Moscow Cultural Center in Moscow. Master classes are devoted to various animation techniques-plasticine, sand, transfer, Stop-Motion . Visitors will be able to get acquainted with ancient devices to create moving pictures, write a script, learn to create cartoons with your own hands.

The old question remained unnecessary - who is more important to us, chocolate Pushkin or banana Reed? They argued hoarsely, tired, old and calmed down, and without really reading Alexander Sergeyevich. Now they have lost Lou Reed. The ruthless World Wide Web buried the news - he died. He died - a word, the meaning of which becomes more understandable for many every year, a little more, and you can feel with your hands. Although people like Lou Read should not die.

Putin offered to freeze the reform of the wounds Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to establish an annual moratorium on property and personnel decisions at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Putin said this today, October 31, at a meeting with the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Fortov and the head of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations Mikhail Kotyukov, RIA Novosti reports.

Declared short list of the Nose Prize © Mikhail Prokhorova Foundation Today, October 31, at the VII Krasnoyarsk Fair of Book Culture, a short list of the Literary Prize "Nose" ("New Literature") was announced in 2013. “This year, 9 out of 25 works were included in the short list. The choice of finalists was heavy, since there are many worthy works.

From the author Russian women are one of the most beautiful women in the world, and the most beautiful women in Russia come from Siberia. Hundreds of Siberian models work in the capitals of world fashion. A considerable part of these young women is from poor families, from remote villages and small cities.

Rosbalt was deprived of a license The Moscow City Court deprived the Rosbalt news agency certificate of registration of the media, thus satisfying the lawsuit of Roskomnadzor. According to ITAR-TASS , today, October 31, only the resolution of the decision was announced, the motivating part will be issued to the parties later. In Roskomnadzor, they clarify that Rosbalt can continue to work as an Internet portal or re-register as the media.

COLTA.RU continues the “response” section: the respected people answer a question that was ardently discussed this week. A few days ago, the Migrant Federation abandoned the idea of ​​holding a rally previously stated on November 4. But on the Day of National Unity in Moscow, the “Russian March” will go. The question remains open. "Russian march" or migrant march: who do you sympathize with? With whom could you unite on the day of popular unity - and why?

On November 2, the Glavklub will perform The Se New Puritans-a British team, which has traveled from a barbaric combination of dance electronics and post-punk to exquisite advances in the spirit of the late Talk Talk for three records. Colta.ru talked with the leader of the group Jack Bernett about the latest album Field of Reeds, whose entry was attended by composer Michel Van der aa , 37 musicians and one FADA singer.

Medinsky against "multiculturalist trends" Today, October 31, at a meeting of the World Russian People’s Cathedral, the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Medinsky, who had opened in Moscow, said that creative search should not be reduced "to the repetition of multiculturalist trends." Medinsky believes that the next year, announced in Russia by the Year of Culture, makes us think about what the cultural policy of the state should be, reports the Russia-Culture television

The best British album was chosen © Polydor The laureate of the annual Mercury Prize music award for the best album of Great Britain and Ireland was the electrician Jace Blake. The reward was brought to him by the Overgrown record. According to BBC , a 25-year-old musician will receive a cash prize of 20 thousand pounds, ahead of strong competitors, including Laura Mvul, David Bowie and Artactic Monkeys .