All names are changed. I. I have long wanted to rewrite my essay on fortunetellers, written two years ago, but I lacked the material. And suddenly life itself began to return me to this plot. First, I visited a group seminar in psychology, where the phenomenon of the prediction of the future was discussed: the psychotherapist explained how in the question you can independently find an answer and even foresee the development of an exciting situation.

Irina Korina, Taus Makhacheva and Vadim Fishkin will take part in the Venice Biennale © la Biennale di Venezia Today, February 7, participants in the 57th Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art were announced. Among them are Russian artists Irina Korina, Taus of Makhacheva and Vadim Fishkin. According to ArtForum , the work of 120 artists from 49 countries of the world will be shown at the international exhibition that Kristin Masel oversees.

MSU refused to consider the dissertation of the Medinsky © Arsen Umalatov / Flickr Today, February 7, a meeting of the dissertation council of the Faculty of Faculty of Moscow State University was held, after which the dean of the faculty, Ivan Tuchkov, said that the dissertation would not consider the dissertation of the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky.

In last year's final material about the state of art in Russia, Natalya Serkova identified three trends that she noticed on the domestic art scene. Colta.ru asked her to speak in more detail for each of the three points. So, today is the text about the “process of very powerful academicization”, which we do not notice, since we are not looking for where it really takes place.

The Center for the Vanguard of the Jewish Museum launches a scientific program The main direction of the scientific program of the Center for the Vanguard of the Jewish Museum and the Center for Tolerance will be the support of young scientists and the education of new scientific personnel.

"Golden Mask" announced the program "Institute of Theater" © Golden Mask The program of the new season of the "Institute of Theater" - the educational project of the Golden Mask festival, aimed at the preparation of young theater professionals, the study and critical analysis of new forms of theater and new theatrical practices, has been published. On February 25, the program “Theater of theater - 2017” will open a practical course for theatrical critics “Theory and practice of writing.

The “exile” released by Mindaugas Karbauskis on the stage on Sretenka is the next work of the lighthouse of Mayakovka with the playwright Marus Ivashkeavichus, the next work after Kant and the Russian Roman. The first played the play in 2012 on the stage of the Lithuanian National Theater Oscaras Korshunovas - then an acute conversation about emigration, in vain attempts to assimilate in the West and about the effort to preserve its identity provoked a long public discussion in Vilnius.

Jean's wife about Alberto Jacketti (1957) is a playwright about an artist who least wanted to be dramatic. This is a collection of records that the poet from the time of acquaintance in 1954 has been called the genre of diary, chronicle or conversations with a great person - rather, a collection of tasks: how to describe a form, how to determine emotion or memory, how to understand the boundaries of the mind.

Cinematographers made an appeal in connection with the situation around Matilda © "Caro-Prime Minister" Frame from the movie "Matilda" More than 50 Russian filmmakers signed an open letter in which attempts to prevent the release of the film by Alexei Matilda’s film are called new censorship.

The Bibliographer of the RND was fired for criticism of the merger with the RGB The chief bibliographer of the information and bibliographic department Tatyana Shumilova, who made a public criticism of the RST association with the Russian State Library (RSL) in Moscow, was dismissed from the Russian National Library (RND) in St. Petersburg. This was written on Facebook by journalist Julia Galkina.

Recently, Mikhail Khodorkovsky announced the launch of five new media created with the support of his Open Media program. We have already talked with the creator of one of them, Tsura. Now Colta.ru is asking Evgeny Shermenev about the cultural mediastarter of Culttrigger. - Tell us about the concept of your publication. - It is difficult for me to call Culttrigger a publication now. This is a media that exists only in the format of social networks, and therefore it has many features.

The special order of the film "Alexander Nevsky" will be held in Moscow © Karo On February 15, the Moscow Caro 9 Atrium cinema will host a special screening of the film by Sergey Eiseentstein Alexander Nevsky. The picture will be presented by Kinoved Vsevolod Korshunov and film critic Vasily Koretsky.

The program of the Trans-Siberian art festival has been announced © Vitaly Volobuev / Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Vadim Repin The IV Trans-Siberian art festival will be held in Novosibirsk from March 15 to April 3 and will be dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Novosibirsk region. This year, the state chamber orchestra Vituosa Moscow will be the invited team of the festival. This was reported by the press service of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic.