Art Night at the Museum of Moscow / online Automatic translate

The annual "Night of the Arts" event will begin on November 3. The Museum of Moscow and its branches have prepared a special program of events: the launch of a website for the VKHUTEMAS 100. School of the Avant-garde exhibition, online lectures on performances in the metro, ancient musical instruments, and Moscow’s connections with other megacities. The program also includes several master classes: heraldry for beginners and the secret language of communication using a fan.

Schedule:

Special project "VKHUTEMAS 100. School of the avant-garde"
vhutemas.mosmuseum.ru

November 3 18:00

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the creation in Moscow of the Higher Artistic and Technical Workshops - the main creative institute of the country, which determined the path of design education in Russia. On November 10, the Museum of Moscow will open the exhibition VKHUTEMAS 100. School of the Avant-garde, which will tell about this institute as the founder of modern art, design, architecture, textile and printing universities.

For the Night of Arts, the Museum of Moscow is launching a special project: the site vhutemas.mosmuseum.ru about the history of VKHUTEMAS, its teachers and students, an experimental curriculum, a future exhibition and related educational events.

A full calendar of events for the 100th anniversary of VKHUTEMAS will be available on vhutemas.mosmuseum.ru. It contains not only events related to the exhibition at the Museum of Moscow, but also programs of other cultural institutions.

You can subscribe to the project launch email now: vhutemas.mosmuseum.ru.

Also, on November 3, the Museum of Moscow will release an exclusive sticker pack for Telegram in honor of the centenary of VKHUTEMAS, a link to download it can be found on the museum’s social networks.

"War Trauma and Post-War Poetry"
November 3, 19:00, Zoom and Youtube of the Museum of Moscow

On the Night of the Arts, the Museum of Moscow will start a program timed to coincide with the finish of the exhibition Letter. 75 words about war. " The first lecture "War Trauma and Post-War Poetry" will be delivered at 19:00 by the poet Valery Shubinsky. The lecture will be available on the YouTube channel of the Museum of Moscow. Registration required.

Online lecture "Moscow - other cities"
November 3, 21:00, VKontakte

The second premiere from the Museum of Moscow to the "Night of the Arts" - online lecture "Moscow - Other Cities".

During the period of isolation, we began to look more closely at the world around us. “Moscow - Other Cities” is a cycle of conversations about parallels and perspectives that bring Moscow closer to other megacities. Speakers - architects, historians, artists, urbanists, musicians from different cities. The host of the meetings is Sergey Nikitin, senior researcher at the Museum of Moscow, author of the Velonoch projects and the Department of Domestic Studies.

At the first meeting on November 3, Sergei Nikitin will talk with Davide Monteleone, photographer and journalist for National Geographic, about Rome and Moscow. The broadcast will take place on the page of the Museum of Moscow in VKontakte.

Branches schedule:

“Art in the subway. Performances in the metro ”
November 3, 19:00, Zoom and Youtube of the Museum of Moscow

The Gilyarovsky Center will talk about the metro and its popularity among contemporary artists: why do they so often arrange performances there, when the first happened and how do passengers react to what is happening? Participants of the event: artist, teacher, artistic director and co-founder of the PYRFYR performance school Elena Kovylina and art critic and art critic Irina Kulik. Participation by registration.

Online lecture "Old Russian Musical Instruments"
November 3, 18:00, Zoom

The Museum of Archeology of Moscow will hold an online lecture “Old Russian Musical Instruments”. The audience will learn how the pipes, jew’s harps, harp, rattles and other ancient instruments sounded, looked and what they were made of. The broadcast will take place in Zoom. Participation by registration.

Master class “Heraldry for beginners. Theory and Practice ”
November 3 17:00, Facebook, Instagram and Youtube-channel of the Lefortovo Museum of History.

The Lefortovo Museum of History invites the whole family to get acquainted with heraldry. Museum staff will tell you when and why the coats of arms appeared, as well as why a beaver’s tail appeared on the coat of arms of a Russian city. At the end of the session, participants will be able to practice creating their family crest.

Master class “The language of the fan. How to Speak Silently ”
November 3, 19:00, Facebook, Instagram and Youtube channel of the Lefortovo Museum of History.

The fashion for the secret language of the fan came to Russia from France. This art was especially popular at balls in the 18th-19th centuries. You can learn how to express dissatisfaction or make a date with a fan on November 3 at a master class from the staff of the Lefortovo Museum of History. The main thing is that the interlocutor understands exactly what you want to say. Don’t forget the fan.