Scientists from Russia, Belarus, Germany, and Latvia will come to the Chagall Readings in Vitebsk

June 6, Verkhnedvinsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. One of the central events of the program celebrating the 125th anniversary of Marc Chagall in Vitebsk will be the XXII International Chagall Readings, the director of the Marc Chagall Museum, Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya, told a BELTA correspondent. The scientific conference will be held on June 9-10 at the museum. Art critics, historians, and archivists from Russia, Belarus, Germany, and Latvia have shown interest in it. Their focus will be on issues related to the biography and work of Marc Chagall, as well as the history of the Vitebsk People's Art School. The opening of the exhibition "History of the Vitebsk People's Art School. 1918-1923," based on materials from the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region, the Vitebsk Regional Museum of Local Lore, the "Vitebsk Center for Modern Art" Museum, and the Marc Chagall Museum, is timed to coincide with the readings. As Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya noted, the interest in the topic of the Vitebsk People's School is due to the fact that Marc Chagall stood at the origins of this educational institution, and also because the work on creating a new museum dedicated to the history of the famous educational institution is beginning in Vitebsk. Last year, the Vitebsk "Center for Modern Art" Museum was given the building that has survived to this day, which housed the school and its famous teachers, including Malevich, Lissitzky, Yermolayeva, and other avant-garde artists, from 1918 to 1923. The collection of materials on the history of the school will begin with the current Chagall Readings. More than 40 events will be held throughout the year to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Marc Chagall in Vitebsk. The artist's anniversary will be celebrated in his homeland for two days - July 7 and 8. -0-