Evgenia Volunkova: "The privileges of those who remained in Russia" The editor -in -chief of “such cases” on how to beat sour cream into oil, write about people, regardless of their mistakes, fight for the “deep” reader and work where it is very difficult, but necessary 12 July 2023 9258 Meeting on the sling (first three hours) The five -hour conversation of Elena Kovalskaya, Nadia Plungan, Yuri Saprykin and Alexander Ivanov about why today it is necessary to be in Russia.

A traditional summer festival of contemporary art collections, which has been held since 2007, has opened in the GTC. The main project of this season is a small but important exhibition “ Kulturprozent . Modern Swiss art. From the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Migros .

Evgeny Matusevich, 26 years old, Holland Junior researcher at Tilburg University After all that happened during this time, I feel powerlessness and indignation. Moreover, a few months ago about the Russian side, and now about the Ukrainian side. As a child, I lived in the Donbass, my parents until recently stayed there (now moved to Russia, to relatives), there are many friends, so it’s scary to look at what the region is turning into.

On the map of St. Petersburg appeared the Square of the Strugatsky Acting Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko approved the proposal of the Toponymic Commission of the city for the assignment of Bezymyanny Square in the Moscow Brothers Strugatsky Moscow District. The corresponding decision was signed on August 12, reports Fontanka.ru . The name of the science fiction writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky received an area at the intersection of Moscow Prospekt and Frunze Street.

Gogol Center opens the season Today, August 15, the performance of Zhenya Berkovich “Russian Beauty” based on the novel by Viktor Erofeev opens the third season of the Moscow Gogol Center under the leadership of Kirill Serebrennikov. “The season will last, as it should be, until the next summer, but it will consist of two parts - the first will continue until October inclusive.

A charity festival will be held on Elagin Island On Saturday, August 16, a charity festival will be held in the Kirov Park on Elagin Island in St. Petersburg, all income from which will be sent to the first Russian Center for creativity, training and social abbreviation of people with autism “Anton here is nearby”.

“ On August 13, an important step was taken to open Melnikov’s house for visitors . Employees of the State Museum of Konstantin and Viktor Melnikov began work to recreate the memorial atmosphere of Melnikov’s house. The granddaughter of the great architect - Elena Melnikova - will become a curator of the memorial exposition. An architect by education, she, together with her father, V.K. Melnikov in 2001-2004.

The results of the Film Festival "Window to Europe" were summed up © Producer Center "Art leader" Frame from the film "Son" On Thursday, August 14, in Vyborg, the XXII festival of Russian cinema “Window to Europe” ended. The main prize in the main competitive program “Playing Cinema. Autumn premieres ”received the film-Call Arseniy Gonchukov“ Son ”. “The picture is based on a simple plot about the complex relationship of his son with his parents and, most importantly, with himself.

Paul Mazurski, the director who gave Robin Williams one of his most touching roles, passed away a month and a half earlier than the actor - almost no one noticed this loss outside (and within). In a sense, Mazurian was always the shadow of Woody Allen, who did not want to know his place,-stubbornly wrote, shot and played comedies about New York Bohemia, the nervous angedia of intellectuals, the sexual confusion of creative people.

I'm scared that he will die. Absurd fear, even funny. He over eighty (for ninety, over a hundred) years, and when a person enters into such a patriarchal age, it is already somewhat pointless to worry about him. The fear of inevitability, fear of patterns, fear of the end of the history of human life is a stupid fear. And yet I am scared that he will die. It is necessary to move away from your own fear, understand its reasons, and not see in it a crumpled and tangled feeling.

The new play of Volkostroelov will be shown in the garden of a fountain house © "POST Theater" From August 27 to August 31, the Petersburg “Posta Theater” will present in the garden of the Fountain House the premiere of the new performance of the Laureate of the Golden Mask Prize Dmitry Volkostroelov - the first production of the play by the Belarusian playwright Pavel Parks and Gardens (2013) in Russia.

Exhibition Kulturprozent From August 15 to October 5, an exhibition of modern Swiss art Kulturprozent will be held in the GCS in Moscow. The collection of works of Swiss artists is provided by the Zurich Museum of Modern Art Migros. The Kulturprozent exhibition is a search for a new language in art, experiments in painting and sculpture, installations, photo and video projects.