On November 14–15, 2023, the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Association of Art Critics will hold an All-Russian scientific and practical conference with international participation “Eighth Kazan Art History Readings”, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the formation of art associations in Kazan – the Tatar branch of the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia and the Tatar branch Left Front Art.
Topics
- History and traditions of the Tatar AHRR and LEF, as well as regional branches of the AHRR and other artistic associations
- Kazan art workshops (art and technical institute) as a center for the formation of “right” and “left” movements in art
- Personalities: recognized and forgotten names, new research
- concepts, exhibitions, publications
- activities of artistic associations within the framework of social and political orders
- the activities of regional artists in the 1920s–1930s in other areas of artistic culture: literature, theater, cinema, museum and pedagogical work, etc.
- formation of organizational structures for the development of amateur art in the regions on the basis of the AHRR movement
- unity and contradictions in the activities of “left” and “right” associations and individual representatives of art of the 20s
- problems of style in regional art of the 1920–1930s.
- history of regional museum collections
- issues of interpretation of Soviet art of the era in modern museum exhibitions
- updating the material in various forms of research, educational, publishing activities of museums, galleries, educational institutions
- problems of preservation, restoration, examination and collecting of works and archival materials related to the study of art of the regions of the first third of the twentieth century
Conference Regulations
- giving a report: 15–20 minutes;
- presentation in the discussion: 5 min.
Forms of participation in the conference:
- face-to-face (presentation offline and online; publication in a collection);
- correspondence (publication in a collection).
Conference location: Kazan, National Art Gallery "Khazine" of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan Kremlin, building of the museum complex "Khazine", Sheinkman proezd, 12, entrance 3).
The following are invited to participate in the All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference: art historians, cultural experts, philosophers, historians, philologists, museologists, artists, as well as teachers, graduate students and undergraduates of art universities.
The collection “Eighth Kazan Art History Readings” is planned to be published following the results of the conference. The collection is assigned the appropriate library indexes and an international standard book number (ISBN). It is planned to register the collection in the scientometric database of the Russian Science Citation Index. Publication is free.
Travel and accommodation of non-resident participants is at the expense of sending organizations. The conference organizing committee invites non-resident conference participants to book hotel rooms on their own.
Applications
Application form and registration requirements
Applications for participation in the conference and short abstracts must be sent before October 31, 2023 to the email address of the organizing committee of the scientific conference kazartcritic@yandex.ru.
In the “Subject” line, indicate: “VIII art history readings.”
Name the file with the last name of the author (all co-authors).
Contacts
tel. 8 [843] 236 18 65; e-mail: kazartcritic@yandex.ru.
- Dina Diasovna Khisamova, Deputy Director for Scientific Support and Publishing Activities of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan;
- Dina Irekovna Akhmetova, chief researcher of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan;
- Gulnara Kamilevna Mansurova, Scientific Secretary of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan