Yes, like preparing exhibition of contemporary Russian art. I understand that it will be in the Louvre, but somewhere in the basement. Selection of works, sort of, engaged Mr. Mindlin of the NCCA and his comrades, but maybe I'm confusing something :)

Parisian gallery owner Benoit Sapiro (gallery "Minotaur") is preparing an exhibition "Russian foreign", also in the fall. The room had already received, fights over funding.

Yesterday at the gallery "Russian world" (it opened quite recently, the hosts Russian) opened an exhibition Wali Kropyvnyts'ke. I have not turned to go, but tomorrow will try to get photos and make photos, but some very angry seagull :)

And that's what I said about the exhibition "Holy Russia" Director of the Louvre, Henri Loyrette: "If Russian art, from the time of Peter the Great, known to many, the art of preceding centuries, exciting and controversial - not everyone. All this luxury, affluence - that's what we want our audience discovered.
For this project, we prepared a few years ago. From the moment I came to the Louvre, my desire was that the museum paid more attention to Russian, Byzantine and Slavic art, which, for historical reasons, too little known. And, unfortunately, very poorly represented in the collections of French public museums.
When the idea of this exhibition, I have several times visited Russia, together with the Yannick Durand, Chief Commissioner of the exhibition with the French side. We met with colleagues from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Vladimir, Suzdal, which discussed how the organization of the exhibition itself, and the issues of providing products.
For me, the Year of Russia and France - it is also a good opportunity to finally come to the project, which I am particularly close. It is about creating the Louvre a new section on Christian art of the East, including the Byzantine and Slavic empires.
This exhibition - is a telling example of successful cooperation with the Russian museum structures. And add that the work was in both directions, as in Russia, our country and, in particular, the Louvre will be presented, for example, through the exhibition "Napoleon and the Louvre, which will be held at the State Historical Museum. And from September 20 to December 10 this year already in the Tretyakov Gallery, you will visit our exhibit "Artists-travelers, 1550-1850: Figure from the collection of the Louvre." We want not only to strengthen the existing friendly relations, but also to establish long term cooperation. As if all the planned activities can be viewed only as a temporary phenomenon in nature, our interest in Russia is constant and is not confined to only this year. "

"Seeing Russia the way it was before Peter I, wanted the French themselves.
"One billion euro - this is the insurable value of the exhibits brought from Russia to France."
"For the French, this exhibition - a great opportunity to break their stereotypes about Russia, because here are accustomed to judge us mostly by post-Petrine period. It is time for France to learn and understand what "Holy Russia".
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=344935

And we have already realized that is - Holy Russia?

tchaika, will have to file a rejoinder.
Explain, please.

Shem, Do not answer by theme, it has already been asked about her fantasies "from the Russian people conceal information .." . A direct question, but that was concealed from the Russian people, by topic modestly silent ..

That in itself surprising - never seen such a complete coincidence with the nickname .:)

Konstantin. "I had the meanness to kill today, this gull. I put at your feet. (c) :D

Nina. What's wrong? (Raises cup of tea and looked at her.)
Konstantin (after a pause). Soon the same way I'll kill myself.
Nina. I do not know.

added after 58 minutes
"In reflecting on the past Russia, evaluating its present and thinking about its prospects, we have a strange way belittle the importance of the Soviet period of national history. Most of it seems: there was an episode in our lives - and passed, and we - once again the Great Russia, Holy Russia again. But in fact Russia Bolshevism - no more, no less - wiped off the face of the earth. Traditions almost millennial spiritual, cultural and social development of our fatherland in the Soviet era were not just broken, and the roots uprooted and cruelty, which has no parallel in history, destroyed. Bolshevism, in the words Shalamova, mortally molested soul of the Russian people, his best qualities were deliberately and cynically reduced to zero, and the worst - cultivated to the maximum extent. Historical Russia - not as a state, but as a spiritual, cultural and national tradition - perished on the fields of the Civil War, and its fragments for many years remained in exile. We live in a completely different country ... "Peter Meshcherins.

Here are some fragments of the national spiritual and cultural traditions of some people trying to gather and connect. Thanks for that. So there is hope.

"We live in a different country ..." I suggest everyone look stunning documentary about the post-Soviet and modern Russian reality, what you have never seen, under the title "Honor of robbers" ("L'honneur de brigands"). This film was first shown 11 May 2010 on the French ARTE program and will be on site only until Wednesday. Hurry to see! http://plus7.arte.tv/fr/1697660, CmC...= 3162194.html
I am not able, unfortunately, to see this movie on May 11. I did not know what he was. Just today I received a link to it from a truly Russian Orthodox priest who genuinely suffer and pray for Russia. It shows the result of the fact that Russia did (ie, rape). Then there is the art ... Yes, something to think about ... After watching the movie, (I - in shock. What frankness criminals!) I hasten to share what he saw everyone, and especially to those who cherish the true Russia.

tchaika, sorry, no shows. He says that we have the right not to apply. Says n'est pas possible. :(

Oh, it's there, in our lives tout est possible. :D

Very sorry. But perhaps, someone wrote this film and can share? Respond.

That's what I found today in Le Figaro. I did not translate the whole article, it describes the work that you probably imagine.

The Russian-French year: the new Russian avant-garde

challenge and provocation - is the motto of the exhibition's most important contemporary Russian artists, which opens at the Palace of Tokyo (a branch of the Pompidou Centre) on June 11.

"This exhibition will enable French and European public better understand contemporary art in Russia over the past 20 years, after the disappearance of the Soviet Union. It demonstrates the integration of Russia into the international art world "- said Marina Goncharenko, Moscow gallery owner, GMG, and chief consultant Commissioner of the exhibition which is organized by the Ministry of Culture, the Iris Fund and Garage D. Zhukova.

One of the most provocative works - "I wash my hands" Kazhdan, intsralyatsiya, which depicts the public toilets with a piece of soap - a metaphor for obsessive gigienizma Western civilization. This is an unhealthy desire for purity - a symptom of deep psychological complexes throughout the nation, generated by colonial and imperialist past, as well as world wars. The pieces of soap made from marble. Kazhdan beats evpngelsie References - Pontius Pilate, wash his hands before the execution of Christ.

This exhibition, entitled "Lessons of History" will run until June 27. Its curator - Joseph Backstein. It will be exhibited and the product of AES + F, known for its installations and photographs. Dmitry Gutova dealing with an abstract metal sculpture, artist Ivan Chuikov, and Conceptual Arseny Zhilyaeva, Anton Ginsburg, Sergei Shekovtsova (?) And a group Aristarchus Chernyshova /Alexei Shulgin.

I think this is Sergey Shekhovtsov, doing their things out of foam.