On November 4, 2023, under the motto 'Russia Unites', the annual Russian event 'Night of the Arts' will take place, timed to the Day of National Unity. We have reviewed the event programs of friendly museums from different cities across the country.
Museum of the History of Russian Literature named after V. I. Dal (Moscow)
On November 4 the Museum of the History of Russian Literature named after V. I. Dal will take part in the nationwide 'Night of the Arts' event. After 18:00 visitors will be able to see the permanent exhibitions and temporary displays free of charge. Included are the large-scale exhibition projects 'On Different Mayakovskys' and ''We Were Not Given to Foresee...'. On the 225th Anniversary of A. S. Pushkin' in the central building on Zubovsky Boulevard, as well as the exhibitions 'A Game for a Lifetime. "Konduit i Shvambraniya" by Lev Kassil' and 'Collector's Journeys. In Search of Beauty' in the 'I. S. Ostroukhov House in Trubniki' department.
Program
Central building (Zubovsky Boulevard, 15)
I. S. Ostroukhov House in Trubniki (Trubnikovsky Lane, 17)
A. P. Chekhov House-Museum (Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, 6, bldg. 2)
A. I. Herzen House-Museum (Sivtsev Vrazhek, 27)
M. Y. Lermontov House-Museum (Malaya Molchanovka, 2)
A. N. Tolstoy Apartment-Museum (Spiridonovka, 2, bldg. 1)
B. L. Pasternak House-Museum (Peredelkino, Pavlenko, 3)
Free admission from 18:00
Central building
14:00 — 16:00. Summing up the results of the student motion-projects contest 'We Could!'
As part of the exhibition program 'On Different Mayakovskys' (dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the poet's birth), the results of the student contest of works by students of the Russian State University named after A. N. Kosygin will be announced, devoted to the anniversary. Young designers and graphic artists will present visual projects reflecting their perception of the poet's work and avant-garde art, introducing new directions and trends in motion design.
During the 'Night of the Arts' we will learn the names of the contest winners. Free entry.
18:00 — 21:00 free admission to the Museum of 20th-Century Literature and the exhibitions 'On Different Mayakovskys' and ''We Were Not Given to Foresee...'. On the 225th Anniversary of A. S. Pushkin'.
17:00 — Mini-performance at the 'On Different Mayakovskys' exhibition
A theatrical performance about the life of the poet. Secret love correspondence, memories and, of course, favorite poems performed by actors of the 'Chekhov Theatre'.
Performers: Dmitry Ogleznev, Natalya Danilina
Free entry, registration required.
18:00 — Literary and musical salon of 19th-century Russia
Program:
• M. Glinka, poems by A. Pushkin. 'A Flame of Desire Burns in the Blood'
• M. Glinka, poems by A. Pushkin. 'Adele'
• A. Dargomyzhsky, poems by A. Pushkin. 'The Youth and the Maiden'
• A. Dargomyzhsky, poems by A. Pushkin. 'The Garden'
• N. Rimsky-Korsakov, poems by A. Pushkin. 'On the Hills of Georgia'
• N. Rimsky-Korsakov, poems by A. Pushkin. 'The Fleet of Fleeting Clouds Thins'
• N. Rimsky-Korsakov. Guidon's aria from the opera 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan'
• P. Tchaikovsky, poems by A. K. Tolstoy. 'It Was Early in the Spring'
• S. Rachmaninoff, poems by A. Blok from Isaakyan. 'At Night in My Garden'
• S. Rachmaninoff, poems by G. Galina. 'It's Good Here'
• S. Rachmaninoff, poems by I. Severyanin. 'Daisies'
Performers — laureates of national and international competitions Marina Tugolukova, Viktoria Chernetsova, Arina Davydova, Mikhail Balinsky.
Piano — Vasily Salnikov.
Host — Candidate of Art History, member of the Union of Journalists of Russia Irina Novichkova.
Price: 100 RUB.
19:30 — One-man show by Sergey Gushchin 'I Am For Ever Wounded by Love...' based on the works of Vladimir Mayakovsky
A one-man show, illustrated by the poet's own lines, dedicated to the women who inspired Mayakovsky throughout his life. According to Mayakovsky, he constantly burned 'on the inextinguishable fire of unthinkable love', and love enabled the poet to live fully, create, search, struggle, serve his Homeland and the cause of the Revolution, dreaming of rearranging life so that 'love would go through the whole universe.'
Sergey Gushchin — author and performer of the one-man show — addresses it to the broadest audience and, above all, to all women, who are unlikely to remain indifferent to the many love stories from the life of the brilliant poet.
Free entry, registration required.
I. S. Ostroukhov House in Trubniki
18:00 — 23:00 free admission to the exhibitions 'Collector's Journeys. In Search of Beauty' and 'A Game for a Lifetime. "Konduit i Shvambraniya" by Lev Kassil'.
18:00 — Program 'Not-So-Random Story: a game of classics'
An interactive guided-search through the exhibition 'A Game for a Lifetime. "Konduit i Shvambraniya" by Lev Kassil' for teenagers and adults, during which participants will talk about invented and real worlds, book characters and real people, and closely examine exhibits: illustrations, theatrical sketches, letters, photographs. Using a generator of random letters or words and their powers of observation, participants will themselves build the course of the tour. The direction of the story will depend on their choices and answers.
Host: Yulia Gorbova
Price: 450 RUB.
20:00 — Concert 'Romances of the Autumn Arbat'
Musical evenings and concerts were an integral part of life in the house on Trubnikov Lane. Wanda Landowska performed here, Fyodor Chaliapin sang, and the house owner — Ilya Semyonovich Ostroukhov — played the piano excellently. We invite you to listen to old and modern romances accompanied by guitar.
Performer: Maria Ageeva, member of the Union of Writers of Russia, laureate of singer-songwriter festivals and competitions, creator and host of the musical-literary creative salon 'New Spring', participant of the program 'Ships Entered Our Harbor'.
Price: 300 RUB.
20:30 — Program 'Brothers by Birth — Different Fates'
Participants will take a tour through the exhibition 'A Game for a Lifetime. "Konduit i Shvambraniya" by Lev Kassil', with a special focus on the happy personal and creative life of the writer and the tragic fate of his beloved brother — journalist and publicist Iosif.
Similar fates befell the Friland brothers, known by their pen names: caricaturist Boris Efimov and writer and public figure Mikhail Koltsov. The outstanding geneticist Nikolai Vavilov could not be helped by his younger brother, physicist Sergey Vavilov.
Using their popularity and public position, these figures actively acted to save their relatives, but everything was in vain. Why were some lucky and others not? Why was advocacy useless?
Host: Natalya Leonova
Price: 450 RUB.
21:30 — Program 'Tour de France with Ostroukhov'
A journey — 'voyage', in French — 'à la française'. We offer you to visit France with Ilya Semyonovich Ostroukhov without leaving Moscow.
Ilya Semyonovich was not only a well-known collector and artist but also a passionate traveler. A regular guest of Parisian theaters and galleries, a lover of the waves of Biarritz and the mineral waters of Contrexéville, Ostroukhov often paid attention to France. Ilya Semyonovich spoke French fluently: he corresponded with Rodin, hosted Henri Matisse in his Moscow mansion, and was friends with the French gallerist Paul Durand-Ruel.
Together with the collector we will travel around France at the end of the 19th — beginning of the 20th century and talk about life in that country at the time. At the end of our journey we will play French lotto.
Host: Anastasia Barkova
Price: 450 RUB.
A. P. Chekhov House-Museum
18:00 — 20:30 free admission to the exhibition 'The Chekhov Collection of the State Literary Museum: new acquisitions'. The permanent exhibition is open until 19:00.
19:00 — Musical-theatrical program dedicated to A. P. Chekhov
A creative evening by teachers from Moscow art schools dedicated to A. P. Chekhov. The audience will see an excerpt from Chekhov's one-act comedy 'The Bear' (a piece written by the budding playwright in the house on Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya), performed by teachers of the Moscow Theater College named after L. A. Filatov — Lyubov Kudryashova (Popova) and Ivan Gorshkov (Smirnov). In addition, the poem 'Solitude' by I. A. Bunin, a good friend of the writer and author of memoirs about him, will be read from the stage.
On October 14, 1889, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky visited Chekhov's 'house-chest of drawers'; the composer's works were loved and well known in the writer's circle. Rati Burchuladze, a teacher at the S. I. Taneev music school, will perform 'August. Harvest' from the cycle 'The Seasons'.
One of Chekhov's most devoted readers and admirers was D. D. Shostakovich, who left perceptive lines about the writer and his work in his book of memoirs.
Music teachers from the S. I. Taneev music school Ekaterina Ivanova (piano) and Leonid Guryev (trumpet) will present one of the most popular short pieces by D. D. Shostakovich — the suite from the score to the film 'The Gadfly', and pieces from Shostakovich's cycle 'Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano' will be performed by teachers from children's music schools named after N. S. Golovanov and V. I. Safonov (MGODSHI 'Izmailovo') — Kristina Drain, Tatyana Martynova and Elena Yefimovskaya.
Hosts of the evening — teacher of the 'Children of the Blue Bird' school of arts Alisa Konovalova and teacher of the Moscow Theater College named after L. A. Filatov Alexander Khokhlov.
Free entry, registration required.
A. I. Herzen House-Museum
18:00 — 21:00 free admission to the permanent exhibition and the exhibition 'Pavel Vasilievich Annenkov (1813 — 1887). The Invaluable Chronicler of the Literary Universe'.
18:00 — Overview tour of Herzen's house
The tour is dedicated to the family history of the writer, his artistic work and his socio-political activity. The exhibition features unique portraits of Alexander Herzen and his family members, numerous family relics donated to the museum by the writer's descendants, rare books with Herzen's autographs and manuscripts of his works.
Host: Svetlana Golovko
Price: 300 RUB.
19:30 — Curator's showing of the exhibition 'Pavel Vasilievich Annenkov. The Invaluable Chronicler of the Literary Universe'
Participants of the tour will learn details of the life of Pavel Vasilievich Annenkov — an altruist, traveler and chronicler of his era; they will immerse themselves in the events of which Annenkov was a witness and which he recorded so tenderly and accurately.
Host: Svetlana Golovko
Price: 300 RUB.
M. Y. Lermontov House-Museum
18:00 — 23:00 free admission to the exhibition 'Gogol's Name Day'. The permanent exhibition is open until 18:00.
19:00 — Curator's showing of the exhibition 'Gogol's Name Day'
Especially for lovers of late cultural visits, the Lermontov Museum will host a curator-led tour of the 'Gogol's Name Day' exhibition. Participants will learn how it happened that almost the entire Russian literary world gathered for one celebration, what the writers ate and drank, which cups Nikolai Vasilievich drank from personally, and what he appreciated about Mikhail Yuryevich.
Hosts: Ekaterina Durnovo, Elizaveta Chumachenko
Price: 300 RUB.
21:00 — Master class in salon games 'Literary petit jeu'
In the company of the museum director we will recall how salon conversations about art looked and sounded in Lermontov's time and try to reproduce that atmosphere (at least where the champagne is concerned); we will play literary forfeits and admire some of the festive amusements of our classics from their distant youth.
Host: Sergey Shaulov
Price: 800 RUB.
A. N. Tolstoy Apartment-Museum
18:00 — 22:00 free admission to the permanent exhibition.
17:00 — Project 'Cultural Initiative'
Presentation of a collection of the best works by winners of the All-Russian competition 'Literary Carousel'.
Hosts: Danil Faizov, Yuri Tsvetkov
Price: 50 RUB.
17:30 — Interactive class 'The Mermaid and Malvina'
What could be common between Alexey Tolstoy's 'Mermaid Tales' and 'The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino'? Why does Malvina have blue hair? Why is the grass near her house bluish, and the flowers azure? We will answer these and other unexpected questions during an exciting journey into Tolstoy's world of Russian folk tales, myths and legends.
Host: Maria Borisova
Price: 400 RUB.
19:00 — Play 'Why Does the Snow Fall?'
A musical-dramatic performance based on a novella by Alexey Tolstoy. The love story of Alexey Tolstoy and Natalia Krandievskaya. The cast includes Honored Artist of Russia Natalya Romashchenko, actor and director Alexander Prasolov and singer, laureate of international competitions Inna Malinina.
Price: 300 RUB.
20:00 — Game 'From Musketeers to Gangsters'
A modification of the popular game 'Mafia'. In A. N. Tolstoy's house they loved home amusements and games, including board games. Visitors will be immersed in the images and characters of literary heroes from Tolstoy's well-known works: 'The Road to Calvary', 'The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino' and 'Aelita'.
Hosts: Anastasia Kostrikina, Lyudmila Papenina, Alexander Prasolov
Price: 200 RUB.
B. L. Pasternak House-Museum
18:00 — 20:00 free admission to the permanent exhibition and the exhibition 'Into the Vast Apartment That Brings Melancholy...'.
18:00 — Tour of the exhibition 'Into the Vast Apartment That Brings Melancholy...'
'Today we went to look at the apartment on Volkhonka...' This phrase from a July 1911 letter is one of the earliest mentions of the apartment at Volkhonka 14, which was provided to the well-known artist Leonid Osipovich Pasternak by the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
The family will live in this apartment for many years. In the studio on Volkhonka many drawings are created, some of which Boris Pasternak will later choose for the Peredelkino dacha in the late 1940s. Leonid Osipovich paints not only his relatives but also portraits of famous people, for example the poet Émile Verhaeren, who came to Russia at the invitation of Valery Bryusov in 1913. It was here on Volkhonka that the first sketches for the painting 'The Congratulations' were made. In 1921 Leonid Osipovich, Rozalia Isidorovna, Josephine and Lidia Pasternak left for Germany from here. What was thought to be for a few years turned out to be forever.
The tour, led by a staff member of the B. L. Pasternak House-Museum Elena Dymich, will cover the ten years spent in Apartment No. 9.
Price: 300 RUB.
V. I. Surikov Krasnoyarsk Art Museum (Krasnoyarsk)
On November 4 we will immerse ourselves in the culture of Siberia and Russia. That evening we will feel unity with different territories and traditions of our great country.
What to expect:
Ethnic handicraft master class
We will create aromatic sachets with ethnic embroidery.
20:00—22:00
Screening of the documentary film 'There, Where Our Home Is'
Four novellas about extraordinary people of different professions and views on life and culture. The only thing that unites them is the place where they were born and live.
Directors: Vasily Buylov, Vladimir Tarasov, Dmitry Kvashnin.
20:00—22:00
Performance of folk songs by a choral ensemble
20:00—20:50
Lecture 'The Mythology of Windows. The History of Carved Shutters in Russia'
House carving is a beautiful and recognizable symbol of our country's wooden architecture. Ornamentation decorated windows not by accident: its main function was to protect the house.
What caused the shift from protective window symbols to simple patterns? What is the hidden meaning of each element? We will discuss this in our lecture.
Lecturer: Oksana Abalmasova — head of the decorative and applied arts department of our museum, expert on import and export of cultural property, authorized by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
21:00—22:00
Tour of the exhibition 'Place of Power. On the 200th Anniversary of Minusinsk'
21:00—22:00
Throughout the evening you can visit the interactive virtual exhibition of works from the collections of the Donetsk Republican Art Museum and the Luhansk Art Museum, prepared especially for our Night.
November 4 from 20:00 to 22:00.
20 Parizhskoy Kommuna St.
Free!
Museum of the World Ocean (Kaliningrad)
The Museum of the World Ocean joins the traditional annual 'Night of the Arts', which will be held on November 3 from 19:00 to 22:00. The route will unite two museum sites — the cultural heritage sites Bastion 'Lithuania' and the Royal Gates.
In the halls of the 'Lithuania' bastion guests, together with a guide, can walk through the fortification, watch films and warm up with hot tea at the open-air cafe. Under the vaults of the old bastion visitors will see the exhibition 'If There Is a Fleet, Harbors Will Be Found', which tells about the history of the Russian fleet, traditions of Peter's shipbuilding, and also informs about urban fortification structures.
Tours of the 'Lithuania' bastion halls will start at 19:00, 20:00 and 21:15. Each tour will be 'opened' by a drum show, and at 20:45 a spectacular fire show will take place on the territory of the 'Lithuania' bastion. 'Night of the Arts' is a great opportunity to peek into the 'Lithuania' bastion for those who have not yet seen the halls of this once closed-to-the-public structure.
At the Royal Gates guests will meet the old town and its inhabitants, with music and dances. From 19:00 a concert program will start in Karetniy Proezd: musicians from the branch of the Central Music School – AII 'Baltic' will perform, and Kseniya Avgust will present a poetic program. After 20:00 guests will be able to learn to dance the polonaise in a special workshop and hear the ensemble 'Legenda'. The museum 'Poterna' will also open its doors. Visitors will walk along its hidden corridors and hear a talk about the unusual role of bricks in art. Note that the Royal Gates will be open on November 3 from 11:00 to 22:00. Before 19:00 a children's festival 'Islands' will take place here, and from 19:00 the 'Night of the Arts' will begin.
Also, during the 'Night of the Arts' the path from the Royal Gates to the 'Lithuania' bastion will turn into a guided walk, where a guide will tell about the ancient fortress walls that stood in this place many centuries ago. Walking tours start at both sites simultaneously at 19:30 and 20:30.
Tickets can be purchased at the ticket offices of the 'Lithuania' bastion and the Royal Gates during the event. Ticket price for one site — 400 RUB. Walking tour price — 200 RUB.
All-Russian Historical and Ethnographic Museum (Torzhok)
The All-Russian Historical and Ethnographic Museum traditionally joins the event and presents a program of activities in the House of Russia and the Pozharsky Hotel.
• Visit to the exhibition 'Tea? Coffee — The Soul in the Tradition of Hospitality'
Visitors will immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the exhibition and learn about the features of tea ceremonies and coffee traditions of three cultures — Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Russia.
• Visit to the exhibition 'Roerich. Inspiration'
Tour participants will see little-known and rarely displayed paintings by Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947) from the collections of the State Museum of Oriental Art, as well as items from the All-Russian Historical and Ethnographic Museum's collection.
• Interactive program 'Kostya Novotorzhenin — the epic hero of Torzhok'
Guests will learn about the linking thread between the exhibition's characters and the epic of Kostya Novotorzhenin. We will reveal the content of the epic and the history of its study. In addition, guests will be able to see the hero's weaponry and armor with their own eyes.
Khakass National Local History Museum named after L. R. Kyzlasov (Abakan)
The National Museum invites you to the 'Night of the Arts – 2023'!
On November 4, 2023 from 18:00 to 22:00 the Khakass National Local History Museum named after L. R. Kyzlasov invites you to take part in the All-Russian event 'Night of the Arts – 2023'. The event is timed to the Day of National Unity and is held under the motto 'Russia Unites'. For the annual event the museum staff traditionally prepare a bright, rich program aimed at all age categories and tastes.
As always, the program begins on the museum grounds. This year the opening of the outdoor exhibition 'Museum Park', created by the museum's artists, is timed to the event. Museum quests will take place, and the 'Night of the Arts' will conclude with a performance by the art group 'Chili'.
Throughout the event all museum exhibitions, the ethno-cafe 'Chabrets', the souvenir shop and a fair of Abakan masters in the foyer on the 1st floor will be open. In addition, you can participate in creative master classes from the 'Makosh' workshop, the School of Design and the 'Dad's Workshop'. Beverage tasting is offered by PROBAR. A museum master-class area operates in front of the 'Ancient Art of Khakassia' hall.
At 18:00 in the 'Ancient Art of Khakassia' hall an unusual concert-meditation will begin — the project 'Sage DIDGERIDOO' will present its program. At 20:00 an author-led tour of the stone statues exhibition will be conducted by the museum archaeologist.
A 'Pendulum Drawing' master class is running in front of the staircase to the 2nd floor, as well as the exhibition project 'SOBR of Khakassia in the period 1993–2000' and the exhibition-reconstruction 'Warriors of the Khakass Steppe'.
The theatrical program, as usual, is held on the Virtual Branch of the Russian Museum stage: at 19:00 the play 'Mirror of the Russian Soul' and excerpts from A. N. Ostrovsky's plays will be presented by the theater-studio 'Monologue', and at 20:30 — the Korean musical drama 'The Box' (director Yang Jong-woon).
The Winter Garden area, as always, is occupied by creative and bright performances: the 'SOLAR' art laboratory presents a sketch of a one-act play 'A Child Playing in the Dark'; there will also be a fashion show 'The Art of Living' and DarkLights Deejays: the art of scratching and beatboxing, music, dance. On the 2nd-floor staircase the exhibition 'Flamenco. Territory of Freedom' is on display.
Author-led tours on the 2nd-floor exhibitions take place: 18:30 — 'Planet of Stones and Minerals', 20:00 — 'Hall of Khakassian Archaeology', 18:30 and 20:30 — 'Family Life of the Khakass Ail' and 'The Yurt — the Traditional Dwelling of the Khakasses'. An interactive program 'Welcome to the Yurt!' and national games 'Tobit' and 'Khazyk' are held here.
On the 3rd-floor staircase a creative master-class area by the Minusinsk College of Culture and Art is operating. In the exhibitions from 18:00 to 22:00 a master class 'Everything for Victory' — making necessary items for fighters in the active service zone — and a master class by illustrator Tatyana Korneva are held; the 'NEW LIFE. Creativity' area is working. At 19:00 a poetry evening dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Rasul Gamzatov will begin. At 20:00 an author-led tour with theatrical elements of the exhibition 'I Bequeath to My Countrymen' will take place; at 21:00 — the 'Hall of Military Glory of the Republic of Khakassia'.
Entrance fee: 250 RUB — adult; 100 RUB — schoolchildren, students, pensioners; free — people with disabilities of groups I and II, children up to and including 6 years old, orphans with a guardian, children with disabilities with an accompanying person, active-duty servicemen of the Russian Federation. Payment by the 'Pushkin Card' is possible, as well as online payment at https://vmuzey.com/event/noch-iskusstv-28. Prices for separately payable master classes, tours and concert programs are indicated in the detailed 'Night of the Arts' Program on the museum's website and official social media. Organizers warn: the program is subject to change.
Information and inquiries by phone: 30-64-11.
Petin Sculpture Museum (Orenburg)
On November 4, 2023, Day of National Unity, from 18:00 to 00:00 the Petin Sculpture Museum (59 Komsomolskaya St.) invites residents and guests of the city to take part in the annual international event 'Night of the Arts – 2023'!
Visitors to the Sculpture Museum will meet Orenburg writer Vera Arngold and enjoy a conversation about Orenburg of past and present, and hear stories of historical facts linking Orenburg and France reflected in the recently published book 'My Boyfriend — a French Spy'. A wonderful opportunity to get acquainted with the work of an author who lives in our city! Spend a cozy evening in the literary salon from 18:00 to 19:30.
Those who want to learn more about decorating ceramic household items and paint one to take home are invited to a master class from 20:00 to 21:00.
Trace the connection of times and arts on the evening tour of the exhibition 'Pushkin. Orenburg Region. Petins' from 21:00 to 22:00.
Try your hand at pottery in the master class 'Pottery Workshop. Tradition and Modernity' from 22:00 to 23:00.
From 23:00 visitors will have access to an open sculpting zone where they can freely express their imagination. Ticket price: free. Inquiries by phone: +7 (3532) 77-53-19.
Akbulak Historical and Local Lore Museum named after I. P. Redko (Orenburg)
📢📢📢Reminder — we are waiting for you on November 4 at 18:00 for the All-Russian event 'Night of the Arts-2023'
An interesting and unusual program awaits you❗
💥💥💥 Guests will take part in a Generations Battle💪💪💪. Experience and youth will face off in a 'battle' to determine who knows the cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia better. Participants of the 'Generations Battle' will demonstrate their knowledge and skills in music, cinema, national dances and the traditions of different peoples of Russia. During the breaks guests will enjoy a coffee break.
🍁🍁🍁Throughout the evening, for the youngest guests👨🎨👩🎨, there will be a watercolor painting lesson 'Autumn Landscape: a Walk in the Autumn Forest'. All materials provided.
We await all comers at: Akbulak settlement, 89A Aktyubinskaya St.🍁
