Les Troyens presented a model of modern opera directing at the Mariinsky Theater How does a work of art come about? For example, a performance. For example, opera. A performance as a work of art arises in one and only way. The very famous Heine crack that split the world runs through the heart of its creator(s).

About the latest book by Lev Osterman The book by Lev Abramovich Osterman (1923-2009) “Dialogues after a century: the intelligentsia and power in Russia (1894-1917)” (M., “New Index”) was published a few days before the death of the author.

Art expectations-2010 Everyone who followed the artistic process from the inside will remember the year 2009 as a sad trail of losses that are irreparable for our already largely divided community. Artists Alexander Gnilitsky, Vagrich Bakhchanyan, gallery owner Vitaly Skvortsov, art manager Olga Lopukhova passed away... In the first week of the new year, we learned another tragic news. The director of the Museum of Architecture named after A.V. died. Shchuseva David Sarkisyan.