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Preview: Russian Art Week in London

Submitted by russianmind on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 20:10

This June Russian Art Week in London returns for what looks set to be another record breaking week of sales. The event was launched in November 2012 by Russian Art and Culture alongside participating auction houses and galleries, and has now become a major bi-annual event in the art world calendar. Although the auction houses have traditionally held Russian sales in June and November each year, this project has brought together commercial and academic participants to form an exciting new platform for exchange and debate on Russian art.

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The SLOVO Festival Brings the Russian Literary Elite to London

Submitted by russianmind on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 16:42

On 5-26 March 2013 the Russian Literature Festival SLOVO will be held in London for the fourth time. SLOVO remains the largest event, featuring modern Russian poets and writers, who come to the UK to present their latest works and discuss with the audience the most important trends of Russian literature.

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World’s Richest Art Prize To Be Unveiled in London on January 22

Submitted by russianmind on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 16:42

The world’s richest art award, with annual prize money of over £500,000 is to be launched in London on January 22.

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Vladimir Dukhovlinov: SPERANZA

Submitted by russianmind on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 16:56

18 January - 23 February

We cannot deny the magical and spiritual influence on the most representative currents of modern and contemporary art. Dukhovlinov’s exhibition Speranza (hope in Italian) focuses on the spiritual in art, which I always believed provided the first theoretical foundation for abstract art. Unlike Kandisky, who openly acknowledges that his art theories are based on the occult teachings of Helena Blavatsky, in his painting practice Dukholnikov embraces humanity, enlightenment, and salvation.

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Philip Treacy: Hat over Heels

Submitted by russianmind on Mon, 11/26/2012 - 21:19

Irish born Philip Treacy is one of the best milliners in the world. Why? He has been working with the world greatest couturiers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen and Giorgio Armani. He has been awarded the title of British Accessory Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards on five occasions during the early 1990s. His fabulous hats are worn by the Royal Family’s ladies. Philip is a true artist, great personality and what is more surprisingly a big fan of Russia. RussianMind was extremely lucky to enjoy Philip Treacy’s extravaganza catwalk at the Royal Courts of Justice during London fashion Week 2012.

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Rimas Tuminas: “Russia has this Cruel Race for Success and Glory”

Submitted by Olga Kudriavtseva on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 16:25

The Evgeny Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre together with the international theatrical platform “Russian Season in the West End” this November presents the play “Uncle Vanya”, written by Anton Chekhov and directed by Rimas Tuminas.

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6th London Russian Film Festival

Submitted by russianmind on Mon, 10/22/2012 - 15:12

2-11 November 2012

London, Edinburgh, Cambridge

Opening Gala Night

Friday 2 November 2012, 7pm

Apollo Cinema, Piccadilly

The 6th London Russian Film Festival opens on 2 November with a Gala Screening of Boris Khlebnikov’s film TILL NIGHT DO US PART! The event will be attended by the special guests and the Russian Ambassador, Mr Alexander Yakovenko. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session and an exclusive after-party.

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Andrey Gorbunov: Revision DNA

Submitted by russianmind on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 19:59

Erarta Galleries London is delighted to present Revision DNA by Andrey Gorbunov.  Marking a break with his earlier more painterly approach to image making, Gorbunov’s new work questions the relationship that links art and science and our lives with technology, asking if it is possible to assume that we are dealing with two opposing factors.  On the one hand, the positive and confirmed structure of scientific knowledge and the ordered binary coding of the internet, and, on the other, the intuitive nature of art produced by the irrationality of biological man.

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Russian Symbols and Stereotypes

Submitted by russianmind on Wed, 09/26/2012 - 21:11

Foreigners have many stereotypes about Russian life. Alexander Dumas the Elder, a French novelist who managed to travel through Russia, may have paved the way for some of them. The author of Les Trois Mousquetaires (“The Three Musketeers”) described in one of his novels how he rested “under a patulous cranberry.” Actually, a cranberry is a very small bush that flourishes in Russia’s marshlands so it’s hard to imagine the author fitting under one and even harder to imagine him resting in a swamp! Since that time, the phrase “patulous cranberry” has become a Russian idiomatic expression meaning an incompetent or perfunctory judgement.