Thursday, July 25
Space of Time
- Until August 4, 10 am - 8 pm (weekdays), 11 am - 8 pm (weekends)
- Levashovsky Bread Factory
- 500 rubles (250 rubles for students) – tickets here
The exhibition, presented by the Levashovsky Bread Factory, the Masters school, and the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, delves into the phenomenon of time in new media and highlights the importance of contemplation in art and everyday life. On view are artworks by contemporary media artists from the Pushkin Museum’s collection. The display’s program includes a talk by Daria Martynova, an ITMO associate professor (July 25).
Friday, July 26
Contemporary Gemstone Carving
- Until December 31, 11 am - 6 pm (Wed, Thu, Sun), 11 am - 8 pm (Tue, Fri, Sat)
- General Staff Building (the Hermitage Museum)
- 500 rubles (free for students) – tickets here
Explore the revival of gemstone carving with an eye-catching collection of over 35 works by modern-day Russian and German masters at the Hermitage’s General Staff Building. The exhibition features exquisite hand-carved human, animal, and flower figurines made from varied types of stones.
Saturday, July 27
English Speaking Club at Community
- 2 pm
- Community, New Holland Island
- 200 rubles – register here
The chattiest, the clubbiest – the English Speaking Club at Community is meeting this Saturday to talk all about superlatives and exaggeration – and why we love using them so badly (we, at ITMO NEWS, are guilty of that, too). If you want to practice your English in a good company, join the meeting at Community (don’t forget to sign up via this link). The recommended level of proficiency is B1 and higher. The meeting is held by a native English speaker from New Zealand.
Sunday, July 28
Navy Day
- 10 am - 11:30 pm
- Peter and Paul Fortress and Palace Square
- free
This is Navy Day weekend in St. Petersburg! On deck is a massive celebration – with a marine parade in the day and other festive activities by night, including music and dance performances, a concert, and a firework show. All museums and other cultural spaces associated with Russian Navy history are free that day.
Monday, July 29
Topographic Maps
The exhibition hall presents a series of works by nine modern-day Russian photographers who explored the geography of Abkhazia, Uzbekistan, Siberia, the Urals, the North Caucasus, Tatarstan, and other regions through their cameras. Among the topics raised are identity, collective memory, language, traditions and customs, and many others.
Tuesday, July 30
Super Toys
- Until August 30, 12-10 pm
- Arts Square Gallery
- 650 rubles (400 rubles for students) – tickets here
Toys are no less of an art – and here’s proof of that. Super Toys brings together the Riki Toys collection, courtesy of Ilya Popov, a co-author of the viral animated series Smeshariki, alongside the contemporary works by Russian artists. The gems of the display are the hit Be@rbrick toys, as well as collectibles by Hajime Sorayama, the Andy Warhol Foundation, Star Wars artists, Nike, and many other artists and designers.
Wednesday, July 31
John Cranko's Onegin
- 7 pm
- Rodina Cinema
- 600 rubles – tickets here
This Wednesday, you have the chance to familiarize yourself with one of the staples of Russian literature, Eugene Onegin, not through words (though we strongly recommend doing that, too)… but through dance. Inspired by Alexander Pushkin's verse novel of the same name and the opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the utterly popular ballet production by John Cranko tells the tragic story of one-sided love in the setting of 19th-century Russia.
