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  • 29 November 2022/Conference

    ΧIV-th International Organology Congress «Blagodatov’ readings»

    November 29–30, 2022, The Russian Institute for the History of the Arts, Department of Organology is holding the XIV-th International Organology Congress «Blagodatov᾽s Readings». The Congress is dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the foundation of the Russian Institute for the History of the Arts by Count Valentin Zubov. Within the walls of the Institute during the twentieth century, a unique scientific organology school was formed, among the founders of which the name of the outstanding scholar Georgy Ivanovich Blagodatov occupies a special place. Now the Organology Department is headed by an...
  • 22 December 2021/Seminars

    Seminar «Electronic technologies — an instrumentarium for artistic practice»

    On Wednesday, December 22, at 18:00, an annual seminar from the cycle «Electronic technologies — an instrumentarium for artistic practice» will take place. The seminar will be held in remote videoconference mode using Zoom technology. This year, in the context of the seminar, it is planned to consider two issues: electronic audio technologies in the professional education for a musician; perspectives of artificial intelligence in the artistic field and cognitive processes. In the context of the actual issues of art history, everything related to the analysis of the humanitarian sphere developmental...
  • 29 November 2021/Conference

    International Scientific and Practical Forum “Petersburg School of Instrumentation: History, Traditions, Perspectives”

    From November 29 to December 1, 2021, the International Scientific and Practical Forum “St. Petersburg School of Instrumental Science: History, Traditions, Prospects” will be held, organized on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the instrumental science sector of the Russian Institute for the History of Arts, which was re-created in 1991. Due to the restrictions imposed on holding events in St. Petersburg, the forum will be held via videoconference. The creation of the Department of organology was carried out on the initiative of the outstanding domestic organologist Ihor Vladimirovich Macijewski, who...
  • 24 November 2021/Seminars

    Seminar “Klim’s dramatic cycle “8 out of 7”, or “7 days with the Idiot”

    Wednesday, November 24th. At 12.00 in the Russian Institute for the History of Arts there will be a seminar “Klim’s dramatic cycle “8 out of 7”, or “7 days with the Idiot” (Unwritten chapters from the novel “The Idiot” by F.M. Dostoevsky) and its stage realizations” (cycle “Actual issues of contemporary art process «). Leading — I. Vdovenko, PhD, senior researcher of the Russian Institute for the History of Arts. From 2001 to 2004, by order of V. Troitsky (director and head of the Kiev theater center DAKH), Klim wrote 7 plays based on the novel by F. M. Dostoevsky «The Idiot». The...
  • 22 November 2021/Conference

    Scientific Conference «The Issue of Color in Arts and Art Knowledge»

    On Monday, November 22, 2021, at 12.00, the Russian Institute for the History of Arts will host the Scientific conference «The issue of color in art and art history» (cycle «Zubov’ readings»). Color in (visual) art is perhaps the most mysterious attribute for a work of art. Despite the seeming simplicity of this phenomenon, if you approach it from the standpoint of rigorous sciences — physics (optics), first of all, — in concrete works a truly endless set of combinations is easily discovered, that is, something that escapes any measurement and reduction into a system. This begs a trivial comparison...
  • 15 November 2021/Conference

    Second Source Readings “Drama. Opera. Ballet «(In Memory of T. D. Ismagulova)

    On November 15–16, 2021, the Department of Source Study of the Russian Institute for the History of Arts will hold the Second Source Study Readings “Drama. Opera. Ballet” dedicated to the memory of T.D.Ismagulova (1951–2020), the philologist, historian of the Zubovsky Institute, long-term employee of the Department of Source Study. Colleagues (G. V. Kopytova, L. Byukling, F. R. Balonov, etc.) will share their memories of the multifaceted scientific activity of T. D. Ismagulova. During the Second Source Readings, a wide range of topics will be covered: from local plots related to individual performances...
  • 12 November 2021/Conference

    Scientific Conference “Civilization Prerequisites for the World Achievements of Russia”

    On the eve of the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences. On Friday, November 12, 2021, at 11.00 at the Russian Institute for the History of Arts, a scientific conference “Civilizational preconditions for Russia's world achievements” (cycle “Russian civilization in historical retrospective and perspective”) will be held. Organizers: Russian Institute for the History of Arts, Likhatchev Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage (Institute of Heritage). The conference continues the cycle of scientific events dedicated to the discussion of the most pressing issues of...
  • 11 November 2021/Conference

    Fifth International Scientific Conference “Unknown Pages of the History of Art History”

    On November 11–13, 2021, the Fifth International Scientific Conference from the cycle “Unknown Pages of the History of Art History” will be held in the White Hall of the Russian Institute for the History of Arts of the Arts. Since 2014, the Russian Institute for the History of Arts has been working on an international research and publishing project “Unknown Pages in the History of Art History” (“New Documents on the History of Art History”). The project has already hosted four conferences dedicated to the periods of the 1920s – 1930s (in 2014) and 1940–1960s (in 2016), as well as the study...
  • 11 November 2021/Conference

    The XIth International Symposium “Maqāmāt in the History of Islamic Civilization: Interrelations and Interactions” (ICTM)

    The XIth Symposium of the Study Group “Maqām” of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) will be held on November 11–13, 2021 at the Russian Institute of Art History (RIAH) of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The International Council for Traditional Music founded on September 22, 1947 is a scientific organization dealing with the in-depth study, practice, documentation, preservation and propagation of traditional music and dances of all countries. From 1988 through 2018, the Study Group “Maqām” of the International Council for Traditional Music managed to hold ten...
  • 9 November 2021/Conference

    V Russian Cultural Congress with International Participation “Cultural Heritage — from the Past to the Future”

    The Russian Institute for the History of Arts, as a partner, will take part in the V Russian Cultural Congress with international participation “Cultural Heritage — from the Past to the Future”, which will be held on November 8–10 in St. Petersburg. Within the framework of the congress on November 9 at the Russian Institute for the History of Arts, the sections “Cultural Policy” and “Culturology of Art” will be held in the mode of videoconference. The primary object of attention of the congress participants will be the inexhaustible heritage of Russian culture and, first of all, the Russian...
  • 27 October 2021/Seminars

    Second Meeting «Day of Memories: Unknown Pages of the History of the Russian Institute for the History of the Art »

    On Wednesday, October 27, the second meeting «Day of Memories: Unknown Pages in the History of the Russian Institute for the History of the Arts» was held at the Russian Institute for the History of Arts. “Day of Memories” is not just a combination of words for Russian Institute for the History of Arts. Meetings, more precisely, meetings with this name were held at our institute in 1926–1927 and were devoted to the theatrical life of the post-revolutionary period. Subsequently, the texts of these performances, stenographed in detail, were widely used in the preparation of the first volume of the...
  • 25 October 2021/Seminars

    Open Lecture by V. F. Poznin «Theoretical Consideration of Cinematography as a Special Type of Spatial-Time Arts»

    On Monday, October 25, an open lecture by V. F. Poznin, D. Hab, Head of the Department of Film and Television «Theoretical Comprehension of Cinematography as a Special Type of Spatial-Temporal Arts» (cycle «Tasks and Methods of Studying the Arts») took place at Russian Institute for the History of Arts. The theory of cinema as a new art form began to take shape already in the 1910s. By the end of the 1940s, the conceptual apparatus of cinematography was basically developed, which we still use today. The material of the lecture gives an idea of the interaction of theory and practice of cinema, of views...
  • 20 October 2021/Conference

    Scientific Conference “Antiquity in the Art of Petrovsky Time”

    On Wednesday, October 20, the Department of fine arts and architecture held a scientific conference dedicated to new approaches to the study of the influence of the ancient heritage on the art of the Peter the Great era. Traditionally, antiquity in the art of Peter the Great is considered within the boundaries of the Baroque aesthetics. This method has fully justified itself, making it possible to understand the extremely diverse antique iconography of the art of the Peter the Great, in its contexts, functions and sources (the best example...
  • 18 October 2021/Conference

    Second International Scientific and Practical Conference “The Art of Sound and Light”

    The Department of Organology inside the Russian Institute for the History of the Arts, the Foundation for support of the audiovisual and technological art “Prometheus” (Foundation “Galeev-Prometheus”) and Sergey Zorin’s Optical Theater invite you to participate in the second international scientific and practical conference “The Art of Sound and Light”. The interdisciplinary background of the conference will bring together specialists from various fields of scientific knowledge. In the list of events we will have reports, master classes, a round table on the general issues of the Art of Sound and...
  • 22 September 2021/Seminars

    Seminar “Basic Principles for Organization of Music Notation Systems”

    On Wednesday, September 22, at 9.30 at the Russian Institute for the History of the Arts, a seminar “Basic principles for organizing music notation systems” will be held. The seminar is devoted to discussing a wide range of issues related to music notation. Therefore, the topics of the reports can be very diverse: from questions of the structure and functioning of one or another form of musical writing to the analysis of musical-theoretical sources in which notation material is present, and the role of notation in various musical-theoretical systems. The Institute expects that this seminar will discuss...