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It's very hot in Moscow now, and it's very beautiful. Bright Moscow girls and young women are in dresses. A lot of cyclists, rollers and skateboarders cut through the city. The best way to spend your evening is to be close to the river or on the terraces, and a huge number of the cafes made the tables on the strees. The sun shines. And one can watch wonderful sunsets every night. Summer!
The World Press Photo 2011 exhibition is shown in Moscow on the territory of Red October factory. It'll last up to 10th of June. The show contains almost two hundreds of works and reflects the most meaningful events of the 2010th.
Joost van den Broek, Russian Sailor
World Press Photo contest aims to support professional press photography on a wide international scale. Promotional activities include an annual contest, exhibitions, the stimulation of photojournalism through educational programs, and creating greater visibility for press photography through a variety of publications. The 2011 exhibition is on display in Moscow, Tokyo, Reykjavik, Berlin, Madrid, Charlottesville, Brisbane, Vilnius, Paris, Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro.
Moscow roofer Vitaly Raskalov and his friends very often risk to be caught by police and to be thrown into the bullpen. But inspite of everything they climb to the roofs of meaningful Moscow buildings. Sometimes these buildings are under special governmental protection. For example this one. It's the pictures made on the top of the Eurasia Tower, one of the skyscapers on the new district Moscow City. Guys shot the night dowtown and sunrise in Moscow.
Victory Day (the day when WW II had finished) have turned in Russian tradition into a kind of Memory Day and an additional holiday. It's celebrated even by young people that have almost no references to that war. And it's very touching day when veterans are beautiful and joyful that is unsual for them actually because of a lot of reasons.
It was the first Victory Day organized by the new Moscow mayor and his team yesterday. A lot of people tells that fireworks, illuminations and the organization itself were awful. But it was rather beautiful indeed. There're some pictures from the Victory day in Moscow.
The festival Museums' Night 2011 will pass in Moscow at 14th of May. About 160 museums will take part in it, make free entrance for visitors and prepare special programs. In addition classical music will be performed on Moscow metro stations. All the museums will be open up to 0:00.
Night in Museum (from Russian)
There're some most interesting art spots and their programs.
Multimedia Art Museum. The offline version of unique Google's art project (www.googleartproject.com). One will be able to see 17 main museums of the world, virtually of course.
ArtPlay center. PLUM FEST, the festival of audiovisual instruments.
Laboratoria Art & Science Space. Series of the installations by Patrick K.-H, video by Sergey Shutov, sound by Valentin Fetiso... Read more »
The «Alternative Fashion before Glossies, 1985-1995» show displays the history of alternative fashion, a trend that emerged at the junction of rock and squat club culture, during the period that started with early perestroika and ended in mid 1990s. The gathering of Avant-Garde artists, musicians, representatives of various subcultures – of punk, rock, the New Wave – gave birth to a unique phenomenon of alternative fashion with shows often turning into performances.
Its catwalks were not only such venues as the Fashion House in the Kuznetsky Most street, the shows often took place at the concerts of Sergei Kuryokhin’s Popular Mechanics group, the Sovincenter hall, and squats, concert halls where rock music roared, and streets in the center of the city. Alternative fashion was made famous by incredible combinations of ... Read more »
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow will open the exhibition with classic designs by Christian Dior. The show is named "Dior: Under the Sign of Art". It revives the atmosphere of the luxury and inimitable style by Dior based on his deep connection to the art world. The unity of past and present is palpable in the museum's interior where the models appear on the background of well known works of art.
The show will last up to the end of June. Here is some pictures from the preparing.
In July 2005th Main Stage was closed for reconstruction. I posted the set of the pictures of its interiors several months ago. Now the reconstruction is almost finished, the Main Stage is to open up to the new season with a premiere of Glinka’s opera «Ruslan and Lyudmila» (director — Dmitry Chernyakov). And we can look at the new set of pictures with gorgeous inner spaces of Bolshoi.
It's funny indeed, but rather predictable. The art group "War" and its "Dick in the captivity of KGB" has just taken a main award on the Innovation art contest in the nomination "A work of visual art".
