Program of the festival
Centre Pompidou in the State Hermitage Museum

6 October 2010. Wednesday

14.00-17.30. Round table (the Council Hall)
This horrible contemporary art in a universal museum

7 October 2010. Thursday

10.40-13.30. Video show (the Hermitage Theater)
Sophie Calle, Gregory Shephard. No Sex Last Night, 1995.

15.30-16.30. Play (the Hermitage Theater)
True Style (Ed physical theatre, directed by Christophe Winkler)

8 October 2010. Friday

11.00-11.50. Video show (the Hermitage Theater)
Jean-Francois Guiton. Tramage, 1999.
Pierre Joseph, Philippe Parreno. Snaking, 1992.
Georges Le Piouffle. Nature morte, 1990.
Gina Pane. Action Little Journey, 1977.
Eve Ramboz. L'Escamoteur, 1990.
Muriel Toulemonde. Atalante, 2004.

9 October 2010. Saturday

11.00-12.00. Video show (the Hermitage Theater)
Pierrick Sorin. Reveils, 1988.
Pierrick Sorin. Un samedi avec Jean-Loup, 1994.
Pierrick Sorin. Pierrick et Jean-Loup font de la musique, 1994.
Pierrick Sorin. Pierrick et Jean-Loup font du foot, 1994.
Pierrick Sorin. Jean-Loup et les jeux video, 1994.

12.15-13.00. Performance (the Nicholas hall)
Bubbles of Hope (Andrey Bartenev)

15.30-16.30. Play (the Hermitage Theater)
Cow Parsnip... A True Story (The Migration dance theater, directed by Rachid Ouramdane)

10 October 2010. Sunday

10.40-13.30. Video show (the Hermitage Theater)
Sophie Calle, Gregory Shephard. No Sex Last Night, 1995. Film. 76'

12.15-13.00. Play (the Nicholas hall)
Third Proof (Anton Adasinsky (Derevo), Nikolai Gusev)

13.30-14.30. Play (the Hermitage Theater)
Cow Parsnip... A True Story (The Migration dance theater, directed by Rachid Ouramdane

15.00-15.40. Play (the Nicholas hall)
No Solo (Vladimir Golubev)

13 October 2010. Wednesday

14.30-15.15. Discussion (the Nicholas hall)
Theme: Contemporary art and state. Controlled fire. Moderated by Dmitry Ozerkov (Sector of contemporary art, the State Hermitage)

14 October 2010. Thursday

14.00-15.00. Discussion (the Nicholas hall)
Theme: New abstraction/kaleidoscopes of senses. Moderated by Dmitry Ozerkov (Sector of contemporary art, the State Hermitage)

15 October 2010. Friday

14.00-15.00. Discussion (the Nicholas hall)
Theme: Gifts of Danaes. Actual artists in a museum. Moderated by Dmitry Ozerkov (Sector of contemporary art, the State Hermitage)

18.00. Lecture (Small Lecture Hall of the Winter Palace)
Theme: Marcel Duchamp and Modern Art

16 October 2010. Saturday

12.00-13.00. Discussion (the Nicholas hall)
Theme: Art and television. Communication problems. Moderated by Dmitry Ozerkov (Sector of contemporary art, the State Hermitage)

14.00-15.00. Discussion (the Nicholas hall)
Theme: Personalities/mannequins/simulacra in contemporary art. Moderated by Dmitry Ozerkov (Sector of contemporary art, the State Hermitage)

17 October 2010. Sunday

13.00-14.00. Discussion (the Nicholas hall)
Theme: Architecture as a threat: a problem of suicide of style. Moderated by Dmitry Ozerkov (Sector of contemporary art, the State Hermitage)

22 October 2010. Friday

18.00. Lecture (Small Lecture Hall of the Winter Palace)
Theme: French Version of Abstract Art: from Tachisme to Op Art. Nicolas de Stael, Serge Poliakoff, Andre Lanskoy, Jean Fautrier, Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Soulages, Georges Mathieu, Victor Vasareli...

29 October 2010. Friday

18.00. Lecture (Small Lecture Hall of the Winter Palace)
Theme: French New Realism. (Yves Klein, Arman, Martial Raysse, Balthus, Bernard Buffet)

5 November 2010. Friday

18.00. Lecture (Small Lecture Hall of the Winter Palace)
Theme: French Sculpture. From Brancusi to Cesar

12 November 2010. Friday

18.00. Lecture (Small Lecture Hall of the Winter Palace)
Theme: Beginning of the 21st century. Actual art. Female Version. Annette Message, Sophie Calle, Gina Pane

To the exhibition of masterpieces from the Pompidou Center's collection (open in the Anteroom from 14 September 2010), an excursion program is arranged.