After a press conference at the PinchukArtCentre dedicated to the opening of “Fragile States” and a curatorial tour, during which journalists almost damaged several art objects, which would have been a vivid illustration of the notorious fragility, the art director of the PAC and curator of the exhibition Bjorn Geldhof answered several questions. Santiago Sierra.

A composer of extraordinary talent, with a worldwide reputation, but who has not created a single opera or symphony? You don't have to guess for long here. Perhaps none of the composers before or after Frederic Chopin devoted himself entirely to a single instrument - the piano (exceptions in his creative heritage only confirm the rule).

All of them were 16-25 years old. The age of active search for oneself and a woman. In a foreign country, previous experience was nullified. They had to rediscover themselves and meet a completely new woman. At the point of this meeting, a special heroine of Russian prose abroad was born. Recoding The experience of emigration is always parting and always meeting, inevitable loss and inevitable discovery.

Adolphe William Bouguereau. Orestes pursued by the Erinyes Thaddeus Zelinsky: victory of spirit over matter The dead rise from the grave and execute the living. "Victim at the Coffin", "Episode Three" F. Zelinsky’s two-volume work “From the Life of Ideas” reveals the myth of the Atrids, and perhaps for the first time we encounter such an unexpected interpretation of it.

Can images of leaders serve as objects of purchase and sale? Was it acceptable to joke about the revolutionary political leadership? What was the role of authority in the Russian Revolution? Using the example of the figure of Kerensky, historian Boris Kolonitsky explains how the influence of the monarchical tradition manifests itself in the taboo of the language of the monarchy, and tells what findings of Kerensky’s supporters were borrowed by Soviet political culture.

One - two, one - two ... - he repeated to himself, running the brush back and forth over the smooth surface of his shoes, with the scrupulousness of an old lady who decided to polish the silverware before the arrival of dear guests. He did it so diligently that it seemed that just a little more and smoke would pour out from under the brush. Suddenly he stopped. Maybe his hand was tired, or maybe he just decided that this would be enough.

How to talk about environmental problems so that words match actions? Is Kant capable of making currants happy? Daniil Aronson discusses ecology in the context of law, economics and philosophy.

On June 24, 1932, in Thailand, a small group of military and civilians under the name of the “People's Party” will carry out a bloodless revolution, putting an end to the absolute monarchy established in the 70s. XIX century King Rama V.

Chapter from the book “Musical Cosmogony and Us” It seems appropriate to dwell specifically on this important aspect. Back in his school years, the author of these lines was friends with a psychologist teacher who was working on a dissertation on memory. He struggled with the question: how does memory “manage” from its entire myriad arsenal to instantly snatch the image it needs, a fact, while omitting myriads of others that are unnecessary in a given situation?