There is more to the art world than galleries and museums. You can find extraordinary art galleries in artists' flats, in a fridge, in a cupboard, in a corridor and even on Leninsky Prospect in a big industrial city.
What is Austrian design? Or for that matter, Italian design or Japanese design or British design? For many, the fashionable answer would be, "Who cares?"
The Austrian season of culture, which took place in Russia in 2013 and 2014, gave artists from both countries an unprecedented opportunity for creative exchange and joint projects. The cooperation of institutes and artists from all areas of culture expanded far beyond the framework of particular events.