Talks and Events Archives | Russian Art + Culture

A must-visit lecture for music-lovers.

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 17/11/2018 1:00 PM

The story behind Mikhail Glinka's patriotic A Life for the Tsar (1836) Read More

The Crimea as other, the Crimea as self

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 22/10/2018 11:50 AM

Sarah Dickenson's talk will explore the Crimea, it history and identity. Read More

Arctic Forum, or why you should visit Arkhangelsk this autumn

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 22/10/2018 10:30 AM

How the northern Russian city became a meeting place for creative professionals Read More

Censorship in the USSR, Russia and abroad

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 20/10/2018 1:07 PM

An exciting panel discussion on how censorship evolved since the Soviet times Read More

What is contemporary?

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 17/10/2018 10:45 AM

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art will hold an international conference to try to fund a solution Read More

Art and Propaganda: Experiments of the Russian Revolution

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 10/10/2018 11:05 AM

One day course to explore Soviet art and politics Read More

Seminar uncovering the secrets of the Demidoff collections of paintings

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 07/10/2018 10:30 AM

A fascinating talk by Alexandre Tissot Demidoff Read More

Cold War: Then and Now

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 04/10/2018 10:30 AM

A unique event examining dictatorship, democracy and European values Read More

Call for papers. Russia: Courtly Gifts and Cultural Diplomacy

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 03/10/2018 10:30 AM

Academic conference to coincide with the exhibition, ‘Russia: Royalty and the Romanovs’ Read More

The book you can’t miss!

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 26/09/2018 12:30 PM

The indispensable volume on modern and contemporary art and theory from Eastern and Central Europe Read More

The highlights of Bloomsbury Festival

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 17/09/2018 9:49 AM

Exciting events to add to your cultural calendar Read More

What is to be done?

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 05/09/2018 10:30 AM

Young scholars and researchers will try to find the answer. Read More

Join us on the Russian adventure!

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 03/09/2018 10:30 AM

Anna Prosvetova from Russian Art & Culture hosts a fascinating evening devoted to the Russian literature. Read More

The Romanov Season

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 29/08/2018 11:25 AM

Pushkin House in London launches the series of events devoted to the Russian Royal Family. Read More

Gnesin Music School comes to the Pushkin House

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 19/07/2018 11:21 AM

Students of Gnesin Music School present a contrasting programme of Russian and Western classics Read More

North Caucasus Pop-up at Calvert 22

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 17/07/2018 12:22 PM

Discover the allure of the North Caucasus at a special evening organised by Calvert 22 Read More

MOCT: International Contemporary Art Show and Workshops

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 11/07/2018 10:22 AM

For its first annual appearance, MOCT is delighted to present Future Relics, an international contemporary art show that kicks off with 5 days of culture over the areas of Art, Music, Cinema, Education and Gastronomy. “The core concept of MOCT is to bridge cultures and merge different art fields.” – Pierre Bourgoin, Director of […] Read More

Proms Talk with Anastasia Belina on Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 07/07/2018 12:46 PM

An introduction to Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony with musicologist, presenter and writer Anastasia Belina. Read More

ANTON CHEKHOV’S GARDEN at the Hampton Court Flower Show

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 02/07/2018 12:00 PM

Anton Chekhov’s Garden is a project conceived by the Anton Chekhov Foundation. The goal is to create welcoming and tranquil places of beauty in healing environments in England, Russia and Ukraine where patients receiving care, as well as the personnel providing it, can take respite. Read More

SAAS LONDON GALLERY OPENING: VAL CHTAK STUDIES BRITISH CELEBRITIES

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 26/06/2018 8:00 PM

Sofya Abbott, owner of the new Art Space — SAAS gallery in London — will celebrate her gallery opening with an inaugural exhibition of Val Chtak‘s work — a contemporary Russian artist. British Celebrities will be Chtak’s first solo show in London. Valery Chtak deconstructs what it means to be a Celebrity: famous as a face, […] Read More

PUSHKIN THE OPERA: MARITA PHILLIPS IN CONVERSATION WITH SASHA DUGDALE

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 21/06/2018 3:01 PM

Marita Phillips is the great-great-great granddaughter of both Pushkin and Nicholas I. She has spent many years writing the libretto for Pushkin – The Opera, which will premiere in the UK on July 11th and 12th at Grange Park Opera, with a score by Russian composer Konstantin Boyarsky. In conversation with writer, translator and poet Sasha […] Read More

The Romanovs & their Tzarinas – Talk

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 20/06/2018 9:36 AM

A talk by Irena Lingard about the Romanov family and Russian culture. The Romanov House celebrates their 450th anniversary and it is 100 years since the murder of the last ruling Tzar. We shall look at the most interesting characters, relationship within the family, power, and love. The talk includes a slide show. Read More

CARDBOARDIA WEEK WORKSHOP IN SLOUGH (UK)

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 13/06/2018 9:00 AM

Cardboardia returns to UK this summer!!!! Imagine if you could build your ideal world. How would you create it? What would it look like? What characters and people would you see? Starting from 26 and until 29 June Moscow-based artist Sergej Korsakov and his indefatigable team will be setting up a Cardboardia Embassy in Slough, in order to organise a […] Read More

Assa (1987), Sergei Solov’ev, Kinoklassika Foundation

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 12/06/2018 8:22 PM

This cult crime film is widely seen as bringing Russian rock music from the underground into the mainstream. Assa’s main plot takes place in winter of 1980 and tells the story of a young nurse (Tatyana Drubich) who stays in Yalta with her patient and lover, Krymov, head of a criminal gang. She meets Bananan, […] Read More

International Conference ‘St Nicolas, Bari and Russian Icons’ to Take Place in Bari

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 08/06/2018 9:50 PM

On June, 28-29, the Italian city of Bari will play host to the international academic conference St Nicolas, Bari and Russian Icons’ . The conference will coincide with the final days of the exhibition Russian Icon. Prayer and Mercy, and will be attended by the leading historians, philologists and art historians from Russia, Italy and USA. […] Read More

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