Dear colleagues! We invite you to take part in the scientific conference “Regional art collections. History and Modernity”, which will be held in Voronezh on October 26-27, 2023. 

The conference is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Voronezh Art Museum, established in 1933. Its history has become a reflection of the personal efforts of private collectors, cultural figures, art policy of the 1920s – 30s, domestic and foreign political events that influenced the museum business in the Russian regions.

Regional museums are an extremely important layer of national cultural heritage. Art collections outside the capitals are much less likely to fall into the field of vision of the general public and even specialists.  The history of art remains incomplete without knowledge and introduction to the scientific and cultural circulation of this material.  The purpose of the conference is to discuss important events in the history of art collections outside the capitals, identifying common patterns, revealing the riches of these collections, paying attention to the peculiarities of their work and current problems.

Questions proposed for discussion:

Private collecting in the province of the XIX – beginning . XX: sources of income, composition of collections, involvement in provincial cultural life.
Collectors: a personal history of collecting.
The fate of private collections in the province after the nationalization of 1918
Provincial private collections in the Soviet period.
Art collections in regional museum collections: the history of receipts, curators, researchers.
Provincial museums: the role and place in the artistic life of the region.
Artistic heritage in the regions: problems of research and presentation.
Artistic heritage and tourist potential of the region.
Documentary collections in art museums.

To participate in the scientific and practical conference are invited:
Art historians, cultural scientists, philosophers, historians, museologists, as well as teachers, graduate students and undergraduates.

The rules of the conference:
– presentation: 15-20 min.;
– presentation in the discussion: 5 min.

Forms of participation in the conference:
– face-to-face (presentation);
– correspondence (publication in the collection).

It is planned to publish a collection of articles by conference participants. The collection is assigned the appropriate library indexes (UDC; BBK) and the International Standard Book Number (ISBN). It is planned to register the collection in the scientometric database of the RSCI.

The publication is free, each author will receive one author’s copy of the collection for free.

Applications for participation in the conference and short abstracts (up to 3 pages, Times New Roman font, all margins 2 cm; size 14; line spacing 1.5; paragraph indentation 1 cm) must be sent by September 15, 2023 to the e-mail address of the organizing committee of the scientific conference Conf@mkram.ru

In the “Subject” line, specify: “Conference”.
The file should be named with the surname of the author (all co-authors).

Conference venue:
Voronezh, Voronezh Regional Art Museum named after I.N. Kramskoy (Revolution Avenue, 18. Entrance to the courtyard through the arch of the building of the Southern Railway Administration. Directions to the bus stop: “Petrovsky Square”, “Pervomaisky garden”).

For more information, please contact:
tel. 8 (473) 255-68-37; e-mail: Conf@mkram.ru

Contact person:
Natalia Evgenievna Bakina, Scientific Secretary of the I.N. Kramskoy VOHM
Travel and accommodation of nonresident participants – at the expense of the sending organizations.

Files to download:
Application Form
Requirements for the design of the article