The installation "Eleven Suitcases To The Journey" consists of multipartite copyright objects, where the frame of each object is a suitcase. It is both a symbol of travel and a sign of the microcosm endowed with autonomy, inherent to each artifact.

The exhibition “History of the Soviet Pavilions” details the change and development of architecture and interiors of the pavilions during half of the century. Most of the exhibits were never shown to mass. Now they can be seen up to August 18, 2013.

Two great photo exhibitions “Towards the light” of Igor Palmin and World Press Photo are running in Moscow until June 30.

Viennese Ball in Moscow has become a traditional annual event. This year it has been held for the eleventh time. On the 25th of May, 2013 Moscow Gostiny Dvor plunged into indescribable atmosphere of beauty and fascinating dancing.

This year the festival in a Palace park of the open-air museum “Gatchina” (St. Petersburg) will happen for the fourth time. And from this very moment Gatchina music night will become an international event.

VII International movie festival named after Andrei Tarkovsky (1932 - 1986) will take place since the 11-th till the 16-th of June, 2013 in the Ivanovo Region (Ivanovo, Plyos, Yurievez). The competitive shows will be conducted in Levitan’s cultural center in Plyos and in the cinema “Spark” in Ivanovo. Several films will also be demonstrated in Kineshma, Rodniki and Shue.

A design-plant “Flakon” gathers all children and their parents at the bright summer festival – “A Sun Circle” on the 1st of June, 2013.

An exhibition “Gifts And Acquisitions. New Arrivals In A Collection Of Drawings of XVIII – Beginning of XX Century” opens on the 31-st of May, 2013 in the State Tretyakov gallery. The exhibition of new arrivals is a special genre of the museum’s exposition.

VI festival “The Imperial gardens of Russia” will take place from the 7-th till the 16-th of June 2013 in Mikhailovskiy garden of the Russian museum. The slogan of the VI festival sounds as “Plantomania”.

A unique daime collection (legendary armour), secrets of calligraphic art, gravure creatings, art traditions and methods of kimono wearing are presented in the Museum of Fine Arts in Yekaterinburg till the 12th of May, 2013.

The Russian Museum in St. Petersburg has presented the exhibition called «Hiding Places Of the Russian Sole. German view». How do the foreigners consider the Russian sole? The Russian Museum in collaboration with the «Art Line» Foundation (Moscow) has provided four halls of the Marble palace to the German architect, light designer Karsten Vinkels to express his view.

The Moscow Conservatory hosted its first ever Spring Ball on 19 March 2013. The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory is a unique place, historically intended for special events. The pillared hall with perfect acoustics in the very heart of Moscow, with the carefully preserved interior, with Mettlach floor tiles gives an incommunicable atmosphere of old balls preferred by the founder of the Conservatory, N. G. Rubinstein.

After the recent exhibition "Dior: Under the sign of art" ("Inspiration Dior") held in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in 2011 Dior is again in Moscow with the project "Dior Couture. Patrick Demarchelier" that will be one of the key events of the VIII Moscow Biennale "Fashion and Style in Photography - 2013". The exhibition includes more than 120 photographs created by the famous fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier during two years and constituting the book "Dior Couture. Patrick Demarchelier" 2011.

The exhibition put together the works of art from the best museums in the country - the Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Vladimir Mayakovsky Museum, Moscow Architectural Institute Museum, Kuskovo Estate Museum. The visitors can learn about the "female side" of art - the four halls host the sculptures, paintings, posters of Soviet times, photo projects made by women.

Numerous photographic exhibitions open in Moscow each year on the eve of spring. In even-numbered years this process occurs within the frame of Biennale, in the odd-numbered years it happens under the brand of the Festival "Fashion and Style in Photography". This year is 2013, and therefore, now it`s the turn of "Fashion and Style". The program of this event includes 45 exhibitions on various platforms; almost half of them are foreign.

The large pedestrian zone from Tverskaya Square to Kuznetskiy Most will be the main venue of Maslenitsa. All parks of the city will also be involved in the festivities.

Almost every one of us loves the holidays. Despite the fact that many things changed a lot over the centuries, the tradition of celebrating Maslenitsa in the fresh air - in parks and gardens – remains unchanged. Maslenitsa in St. Petersburg will be held in the Babushkin Park on March 17, 2013.

The Tenth European Biennale of Contemporary Art Manifesta will be held in St. Petersburg from July to October 2014. Manifesta displays youth and experimental art from around the world, giving preference to European authors.

All-Russian Russian Maslenitsa (Pancake Week) will be held in Pskov for the fourth time.

The Chelyabinsk Local History Museum collected the accounts of the eyewitnesses of the meteorite fall at the single exhibition.