The Union of Creative Clusters has been established © Union of creative clusters / Facebook Today, November 22, in Moscow, at the opening of the International Forum of Creative Industries, Art-Werk, the founder of the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Sofya Trotsenko announced the creation of the Union of creative clusters. It included Vinzavod, Artplay Design Center, the Flocon Design Quarter and the Center for Creative Industry "Factory".

On November 24, in the Moscow cinemas "Star" and "Youth" begins the retrospective of the Finnish video artist Mika Taanila ; The shows will also be held in St. Petersburg, on the new stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater and in the “Word Order” . Dmitry Frolov talked with Taanila about the collapse of utopia - the main theme of his work .

In Russia, a 3D film about Merce Cunningham will be released © Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing / YouTube On February 6, Beat Films issues a documentary 3D film “Canningham”, created by Russian director Alla Kovgan on the 100th anniversary of the American choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919-2009). The premiere of the film will be held on December 1 in Moscow and December 6 in St. Petersburg at the Context modern choreography festival.

In Moscow, Berlin and Paris, the exhibition “Diversity. Unity" © Bartosz Górka Slavs and Tatars. Mystical protest. 2011 In the fall of 2020, the State Tretyakov Gallery (GTG) will open the mobile exhibition “Diversity. Unity. Modern European art, which will be then shown in Berlin and Paris. The organizers of the exhibition today, November 22, told at a press conference in TASS .

The State Duma supported the recognition of citizens with foreign agents On November 21, the State Duma in the third reading adopted amendments to the laws on the media and the protection of information according to which individuals may be recognized by foreign media that perform the functions of a foreign agent.

- Since October 2017, in Germany, homosexual marriages have been completely equal to heterosexual. Did this somehow affect Teddy Award ? - Of course, this is an important step in the equation of rights. I come from Austria, where right -wing forces are gaining weight now. Germany is also not quite alien. Merkel allowed marriages, but this was not her active position. For Teddy Award, this equality is important. But I do not feel that in two years something has changed a lot.

The second edition of the book “Saigon” was published in St. Petersburg, dedicated to the history of one of the cult places of the Leningrad counterculture (it first published in 2009). Evgeny Kogan spoke with her compiler Julia Valieva. - This year, it turned ten years old, which has already become a bibliographic rarity of the book “Twilight of Saigon”. ” Let's remember how it all began. How did you come up with the idea of ​​creating this book?

Kenny Garrett will perform at the Butman club © Jimmy Katz / Mack Avenue Records Inc. In early December, in Moscow, on the stage of Jazz Club Igor Butman on Taganka, the American saxophonist Kenny Garrett and his quintet will present the program “Do your dance!”. Concerts will take place on December 5 , 6 and 7 .

Awarded the "Educator" Award On November 21, the Moscow Theater “The School of Modern Play” hosted the Awards “Educator” ceremony for the best popular science book in Russian and the Enlightener.Digital prize for the best educational online project. According to the website of the Enlightener Award , for the first time in the history of the award the award ceremony was broadcast online on the Rain television channel and on the main page of Snob . ru .