Conference which for the first time held in 1968, from the most basis attracts leading experts from all over the world. This time Moscow received professors of modern European philosophy Osborn Peter, the director of the museum Frans Hals in Netherlands Ann Deymeyster, the historian of art and the art critic Severin Region of Fromager and other eminent art critics and curators of the museums.
were Started by conference from welcome speech of the director of Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts of a name Alexander Pushkin Loshak Marina. In the address to guests of "Vipperovsky readings" she noted an important role of the museum in advance of the modern art and preservation for the subsequent generations of classical works of great artists. However, Loshak Marina added, the museum lives and cannot ignore modern trends.
as— During these fascinating three days people it is interesting to them to speak and think will act here, and we, in return, with a great interest will listen to them — the director noted GMII named after A. S. Pushkina. — After all the museum — it we, and it changes together with us.
Having finished the opening speech, Loshak Marina gave way on chair to the colleagues. The first day of "Vipperovsky readings" was opened the lecture "Modernizing Classics / Klassitsiziruya the Present" by professor Osborn Peter. Except it, in the first day of conference guests had an opportunity to hear speech of professor of faculty of history of arts of the European university Saint Petersburg about the French painting and a perspective of the Russian Museums at the end of XIX – the beginning of the XX century. It organically flowed in the report of the senior research associate of Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts of a name Alexander Pushkin Danilova Alexandra who told about difficulties in the organization of exhibitions the modern art and the attitude of visitors of the museums towards them.
In the second half of day of visitors were waited by not less interesting performances from the American and Italian guests who in the lectures reflected on relationship of the classical and modern art and the beginning of the new Renaissance to Florence.
toKrom of scientific reports, to visitors of the museum of a name of Alexander Pushkin presented exhibition works of Promvyza art group which was opened by the performance of artists of "Post-mortem chronography" organized specially for Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts which sent the audience to classical subjects of pain and compassion through the universal emotions refracted by modern media culture.