On April 1, an unusual festival will take place on the new stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater from 13:00 to 21:30. The organizers-the Chamber Orchestra "Sabotex" and the ADVITA charitable foundation, thus celebrating its 15th anniversary-called it "Seasons: 5.0. Seasons in five parts. " Five composers, five points of view on the structure of the universe and the human place in it, five ways to feel the movement of time.

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. In the final part of this small trilogy, the author again speaks of the present and future, as well as the two types of fiction and the voice of objects.

“This year began so well, we did not even believe,” says Denis Grekov, one of the producers of Konstantin Stupin. - Kostya plunged into work. He did nothing for four years. The Moscow studio was written. From morning to evening I played the guitar. I recorded four new songs. The last three concerts took place on such a rise, as if a new life had begun. He was even offered to relax, he says: there is nothing. I had to go to Moscow again - and, you see, did not grow together.

The weekend for a tourist in Riga is not only cathedrals, streets with gingerbread houses and a national library, popularly nicknamed the “crystal mountain”. Considering the sights, you will most likely fall on something that is related to the Soviet past-even if the Barricade Museum itself, which is hidden on the second floor of an inconspicuous residential building, but certainly it will be flyers of the Museum of the occupation of Latvia.

All presidential candidates withdrew from the election © Russian Academy of Sciences Today, March 20, it became known that all three candidates for this post refused to participate in the elections of the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). According to Kommersant, this was announced by the Secretary of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

A court decision has been made to cancel the EUSPB license Today, March 20, the judge of the Arbitration Court of the city of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Tatyana Resovskaya, decided to cancel the license of the European University in St. Petersburg (EUSPB). This was reported by the EUSPB website . “The university intends to appeal the decision in the appeal. The decision will enter into force only after consideration of the appeal, ”the university said.

The glimpse will first present an exhibition at the Venetian Biennale © Marnix de Nijs Mankniks de Neis. The decaying prospects 2.0. 2013 On May 13, the exhibition “Man as a Bird as a Bird. Images of travel "of the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin (Physician), which will become the first project of the museum on the Venetian Biennale of Modern Art. According to TASS , the exhibition is part of the Biennale parallel program.

Mumiy Troll is preparing a joint project with Brian Ferry The British musician Brian Ferry will take part in a joint project with the Russian group Mumiy Troll. This was announced today, March 20, announced the leader of Mumiy Troll Ilya Lagutenko, RIA Novosti reports. “We had a conversation with Brian Ferry, because he knows my work well, and I have known him for quite some time.

The Bolshoi Theater for the first time danced the " sketches" of Lander - one of the key ballets of the twentieth century. This is the first independent project of Mahara Vasiev as the head of the Bolshoi Ballet. Why is the “sketches” so necessary to dance and watch, thinks Sofya Dymova. 1. Explain the pathos of "sketches" today seems unnecessary. Harald Lander’s ballet in Russia for the first time danced fourteen years ago at the Mariinsky Theater.

Employees of the Museum of Architecture are asking not to appoint Elizavet Likhachev as its director The collection of signatures under the appeal of employees of the State Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Schusev, who are asked to prevent the appointment by the director of the museum Elizabeth Likhacheva, associated with the scandal around Melnikov’s house.

A lecture on ethics in photography will be held at Vincuration © TsSI "Vinzavod" On March 23, in the center of contemporary art “Vincuvod” in Moscow, journalist Alexander Budberg will give a lecture “Ethics and photography: can a photograph be evil?”. The lecture completes the parallel program of the exhibition "Best of Russia 2016" .