The prosecutor's office did not consider the pogrom in the "arena" an act of vandalism © YouTube activists of "God's will" in the "arena". August 14, 2015 The prosecutor’s office will not institute criminal cases under the article “Vandalism” in connection with the attack of activists of the “God's will” movement at the exhibition “Sculptures that we do not see” in the Central Exhibition Hall “Manege” in Moscow.

The Council will tighten the laws on foreign agents The Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko said that the laws on foreign agents will be adjusted with the aim of countering NPOs, who "are looking for options for bypassing Russian legislation." “We have no right to allow the activities of those organizations that are aimed at shaking the situation in the country, to undermine the institutions of power. - said Matvienko in an interview with Izvestia .

The conversation with Natalia Gromova is timed to the exit in the publishing house "Vita Nova" the full text of the blockade diary of Olga Bergholz. The publication is equipped with comments by Natalia Gromova and Alexander Romanov and illustrated by drawings of blockade artists from the collection of the museum “But the Muse were not silent”.

Come to our festival "Island of the 90s"! The entrance is free. The program is here From the author A quarter of a century ago, it was much easier to photograph those who were called VIPs, celebrities, and sometimes celestials. Famous people were not surrounded by bodyguards, capturing reporters and closing lenses. Famous personalities were more accessible and open. No one forbade, for example, to remove officials from the back, which is much more expressive than the face.

In Vladivostok, the Stalinist hung a sign “Judas” on a monument to Solzhenitsyn Today, September 8, a resident of Vladivostok, who previously advocated the installation of a monument to Stalin in the city, hung a sign with the inscription "Judas" on the monument to Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The Stalinist shot his actions on a video that was posted on YouTube . The monument to Solzhenitsyn, created by the sculptor Peter Chagodaev, was opened on the ship embankment of Vladivostok on September 5.

The Ural Biennale opens From September 9 to November 10, the State Center for Contemporary Art (HCSI) holds in Yekaterinburg and ten more cities the 3rd Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art. The theme of Biennale is “mobilization”.

The Mosgordumi Commission approved the monument to Prince Vladimir on Borovitskaya Square © Russian Military Historical Society Today, September 8, the commission on monumental art under the Moscow City Duma decided to transfer the place of installation of the monument to Prince Vladimir in Moscow from the Sparrow Mountain to Borovitskaya Square. 12 out of 16 members of the commission voted for this option, Interfax reports.

The Plane will host the exhibition “Rembrandt. Another angle " © GMIA Dmitry Gutov. Girl, 2015 (fragment). Metal, welding From September 8 to October 11 at the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin (Physician) as part of the special project of the 6th Moscow Biennale of Modern Art will be held by the exhibition “Rembrandt. Another angle ”, on which the works of Rembrandt Harmena Van Rain and the Moscow artist Dmitry Gutov will be shown.

Russian Prize opened the season The Organizing Committee of the International Literary Competition "Russian Prize" announced the beginning of the reception of work for the award in 2015. This was reported on the website of the "Russian Prize" . Works for the competition are accepted in three nominations: “Carry Prose” (novels), “Small prose” (novels and collections of stories) and “Poetry”. The winner in each nomination will receive a bonus of 150 thousand rubles.

"Garage" conducts a retrospective of Louise Bourgeois © Richard Tulloch Sculpture Maman by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao On September 25, the first retrospective of the American artist and sculptor Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) will open in the Moscow Museum of the Modern Art Garage (1911-2010). Exhibition "Louise Bourgeois. Structures of Genesis: Cells ”will present a series of sculptures-enavods created by the bourgeois over the past twenty years of life.

Misha May will perform in Moscow at the Arslonga festival © Mat Hennek / DG A concert with the participation of the cellist Misha May will open the XV Arslonga International Musical Festival program, which will be held from September 18 to October 24 in Moscow. Together with Misha May, his children - pianist Liliana and violinist Alexander will perform in the small hall of the Moscow Conservatory.

As you know, musical scores for one reason or another sometimes remain incomplete, and sometimes even completely unwritten. The “Requiem” of Mozart, “Turandot” Puccini, “Preliminary action” of Scriabin. What to do with them to descendants? Complete or not to complete? And if so, how self -controlled?