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The exhibition "Once Upon a Time: The School of Russian Fairy Tales" will hold an open day ahead of the new academic year.

Free admission: the exhibition "Once Upon a Time: The School of Russian Fairy Tales" invites you to visit before its relaunch

On August 3, children and adults will be able to visit the exhibition free of charge, participate in interactive quests, win gifts for September 1st, and try their hand at creating one of the exhibits—a large-scale coloring book based on fairy tales, which the organizers plan to integrate into the exhibition.

Exhibition Once Upon a Time: School of Russian Fairy Tales It became one of the most visited in the country and was extended twice due to popular demand. 80,000 visitors during its run, a huge amount of UGC content on social media, numerous rave reviews, and overall, a significantly increased interest in Russian folklore are the project's main results.

"We believe the success of our exhibition lies in our ability to create a platform for rethinking traditions, learning, and a unique, deeply immersive experience for all ages and audiences. And here, the school's concept played a particularly important role—presenting seemingly well-known stories, narratives, and characters in a format that offers new insights, nuances, and details, as well as the rules by which the Russian fairytale world and its characters live. This made our project unique, unlike any other fairytale-themed exhibition.

"We decided to hold an Open Day for everyone who hasn't yet had a chance to experience our magical "school," as August will be the last month the exhibition will be open with its current display. "On September 1st, when everyone goes back to school, our 'Once Upon a Time: The School of Russian Fairy Tales' will take its magical vacation for a relaunch, ready to reopen in October with a completely updated exhibition," says Ilya Dybov, the project's producer, sharing the results and news.

The new "academic" year at the School of Russian Fairy Tales promises to further surprise and delight all visitors. Maintaining the school's original concept, the project team plans to add even more interactive exhibits that have become so beloved by the audience, build new impressive magical installations, and, of course, share unique knowledge about the fairytale world that can only be gained at the "Once Upon a Time: School of Russian Fairy Tales" exhibition.

"To understand what this exhibition lacks, you had to live in it. We've lived with it for three seasons—and in October, we'll show it from a completely different perspective: in terms of presentation, material, and scope. But most importantly, we'll preserve what's so dear to us in the current exhibition. This is an exhibition with a very specific language, both visual and expositional, which we were fortunate to find. We'll preserve it," says Dmitry Khankin, founder of the Triumph Gallery.

Admission to the exhibition on the Open Day on August 3rd is by free tickets purchased at the entrance.

The exhibition "Once Upon a Time: The School of Russian Fairy Tales" runs until August 31st and will reopen in a revamped format on October 1st. Stay tuned for updates on the project's website and social media!

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September 6-7, CERAMANIA festival at the Winzavod Contemporary Art Center

Free admission, by rregistration.

The St. Petersburg ceramics and craft festival "Keramania" is heading to Moscow again.

For six years, Ceramania has maintained its title as the most beautiful festival in St. Petersburg: decorators, partners from the design and floral industries, creative communities, and music and gastronomic projects are involved in creating the atmosphere and mood.

The 30th Ceramania festival in Green Hangar will be the final stop in the team's series of outdoor summer events, bringing the street festival season to a close.

Each Keramania is built around a specific concept. This time, the theme was MASQUERADE—a space of transformations where the boundaries between reality and play are blurred.

The masquerade here is a ritual farewell to summer: through art and craft, festival participants and guests experience the cycles of nature and culture. The mask becomes a tool for finding an answer to the question: "Who am I without my usual roles?"

The organizers received over 350 applications from artisans and selected the most outstanding projects for participation. Guests will see booths from 150 artisans from across Russia, including many from St. Petersburg. Guests will have the opportunity to meet artists working not only with ceramics, but also with wood, glass, metal, and textiles. The market area will feature tableware, home decor, and jewelry made from porcelain and ceramics. Manufacturers of glazes and ceramic tools will also be represented.

Festival activities:

1. The free sculpting zone is Keramania's special highlight. Here, you can work with clay for free: sit at a table and sculpt as much as you like—from a miniature figurine to a large-scale composition. It's the perfect place for children and adults alike, where creativity becomes effortless and inspiring.

2. Master classes – from traditional to modern:

– painting eco-bags (shoppers)– mosaic from colored glass– stained glass in the Tiffany technique– hand-molding and painting of ceramics– sewing soft toys of fantasy creatures

The masters' specialty is that they carefully preserve ancient techniques but present them with a modern twist. These aren't just lessons, but an immersion into the culture of the craft.

Both zones—the workshop and free sculpting—will be open throughout the festival and are suitable for both adults and children.

While children are engrossed in creative activities, parents can stroll among the stands, choose ceramics or handmade jewelry, and fully immerse themselves in the masquerade atmosphere.

Keramania has prepared entertainment for the whole family:

– educational lectures from experts – beauty zone from the Samosvet brand – children's interactive show

An integral part of the festival is the food court with delicious treats: cheeses, sweets, drinks, and a cozy relaxation area.

CERAMANIA is always a great idea for a family weekend. There's plenty to do for little explorers, aesthetic enthusiasts, and connoisseurs of unique art.

September 6-7, 12:00–20:00 Moscow, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Green Hangar (4th Syromyatnichesky Lane, 1/8, building 6), Dog friendly

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Yandex Museum will host its seventh annual festival about people and technology.

On September 27 and 28, Yandex Museum will host its seventh annual festival about people and technology. The program is suitable for both adults and children: lectures by engineers and artists, master classes, quests and quizzes, interactive exhibits, a rover race, video game tournaments, and a retro arcade area. The event will be held at the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, and admission is free.

Each location consists of three thematic blocks: retro, technological art, and Yandex. In the exhibition area, you can receive a compliment from a Smart Camera, play a game from Yandex Education, or participate in a delivery robot race. For those who prefer hands-on activities, there's a workshop run by "Repairers of the Beautiful," where you'll learn how to solder and give electronics a second life. There's also a place for nostalgia: the "Vidachestvo" project will display rare televisions and 20th-century equipment. The Polytechnic Museum will let you peer inside microchips and lamps using microscopes and even assemble an electrical circuit. Visitors can also enjoy works by the "Birch Prompt" art group and an aquarium with a robotic fish—it's almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

"The Yandex Museum Festival grew out of the 'Demodulation' event. This year, we updated the format: while the central themes previously centered on inventions of the past, the program will now focus on technologies that permeate all spheres of life. In addition to the historical exhibits, we've added a lecture series on science and art.

There will be workshops for children. For example, in the "Atelier of the Future," you can design your own outfit, and artificial intelligence will instantly transform it into a 3D model on a virtual runway. In the "Modern Lighting Technologies" class, you'll learn how to assemble circuits from light bulbs. And at the "Control a Robot!" workshop, everyone will try their hand at being a developer and complete missions with a delivery rover. Indie musicians will also perform at the event. At the festival, you'll also be able to buy Yandex merchandise and visit the stands of the project's partners: the Cryptography Museum, "Robostation," the Pinball Museum, the Telephone History Museum, leading Russian universities (ITMO and HSE), and others.

The Yandex Museum Festival will be held in Moscow at the Winzavod Contemporary Art Center: 4th Syromyatnichesky Lane, 1/8, Building 8, Entrance 14. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. on the website.

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On October 21, the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art hosted an Evening of Vernissages. Twelve resident galleries presented new exhibitions.

The pop/off/art gallery presented a memorial exhibition by Oleg Lang, "After Everything." The exhibition brings together works from the master's pivotal decade, the 2000s–2010s, a time when Oleg Lang articulated the fundamental principles of his artistic method, with which he delineates space and constructs architectural structures. His works juxtapose Silver Age poetry with scenes from news reports, newspapers, and classical literature. The exhibition runs until December 3.

XL Gallery opened Andrey Monastyrsky's exhibition "Dawn Under the Chintz." The project draws on the Collective Actions group's performances, which took place from 1976 to 2025. A key method of the group's work is observation through the eyes of spectators invited to the site of the performance, or "mental observation" after the fact, for which all events were meticulously documented. In "Dawn Under the Chintz," viewers are also given a choice: immerse themselves in solitary observation or pass by, refusing to give in to curiosity. The exhibition runs until November 29.

The 11.12 Gallery hosted the opening of Studio 30's "Arrividerci, Roma" exhibition, dedicated to the loss of illusions about the past. The "Eternal City" appears as a chain of concepts, fragments of unsystematic knowledge plucked from random streams of information. The artists ponder whether it is possible to abandon a Rome that exists only in the imagination, as the lyrical hero of the song of the same name does when he throws a coin into a fountain, which is promptly stolen by a local boy. The exhibition runs until November 29.

VLADEY Space opened a solo exhibition, "GARDEN-1630," by artist Kolya Sadovnik. Each sculpture is a form frozen in the moment of its initial emergence. Words from the artist's favorite poets, mantra-like phrases written in transliteration and reminiscent of archaic Latin, are carved into the surface of the works. The sculptures themselves bear inventory names as an attempt to catalog the world. The exhibition runs until November 28.

The a-s-t-r-a Gallery presented Mikhail Krunov's solo exhibition "Supracultural Absolute, or a Sensual Study of Time," where science, philosophy, and art merge into a single research method, science-art. In his works, the artist romanticizes and promotes scientific achievements that describe the universe. The exhibition runs until December 5.

PENNLAB Gallery opened a new project, "Sculptures," by Fyodor Toshchev. The exhibition presented for the first time part of a multi-year project created on the shoreline of the Rybinsk Reservoir. The artist assembled fragile structures from found fragments—bricks, stones, and branches—installing them in the water and on the shoreline. Photography serves as a mediator and witness, transforming a local gesture into a narrative of local memory. The exhibition runs until December 3.

HSE ART Gallery presented a large-scale exhibition, "DESIGN," about design in action. The exhibition features over 60 works by students and graduates of the HSE School of Design, including animated videos, video games, identities, functional design objects, environmental design projects, advertising campaigns, clothing collections, packaging, accessories, and other forms of contemporary design. The exhibition runs until December 2.

FUTURO Gallery, with the support of PiranesiLAB, opened the duet exhibition "Seven Reflections on Line," featuring graphic works and ceramic objects by Alexey Veselovsky and sound art by Ivan Shelobolin. The exhibition brings together the two artists, whose reflections touch on the primary element of both graphic and musical art—line. Line is presented here both as the foundation of graphic thinking and as a phrase in a musical dialogue. The exhibition runs until November 30.

The Totibadze Gallery opened the exhibition "Ksovilebi" featuring paintings by Georgiy and Irina Totibadze, accompanied by photographs by Alexander Smirnov. The exhibition features old and new works by the artists, as well as photographs from the family archive, telling a fascinating story of intertwined lives and events. The exhibition runs until December 2.

FINEART Gallery presented Masha Yankovskaya's solo project, "A Time to Cast Away Stones, a Time to Gather Stones." The subjects of her works live through different periods of Maria's life, openly conveying the artist's polarized states and inviting viewers to look into Yankovskaya's subjects as if into a mirror. The exhibition runs until December 4.

BIS ART Gallery hosted the opening of Anna Konopleva's solo exhibition, "The Shadow Laughs." The artist invites viewers to transcend the material and embrace a unique perspective on the world around them. Her works reflect the human mind's ability to augment reality with its own images, revealing the meaning of everyday life through fantasy and humor. The exhibition runs until November 4.

Admission to the galleries is free. Please check the gallery's website for opening hours. For full details and contact information, please visit the gallery's website. to the sitee

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