On July 22, Manege will premiere the film Dürer. In Focus, with guest Christof Metzger, Head Curator at the Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria).

Christof will discuss Dürer’s drawings and explain why they are unique. He will also invite attendees to see what lies inside the closed storerooms at the Albertina Museum. We will discuss how Dürer differs from other artists and how he managed to change the course of the history of art.

A Q & A session will follow the film, where Christof will take questions from the audience.

Ksenia Malich, architectural historian and candidate in art studies at the Higher School of Economics National Research University, will moderate the discussion.

Those who wish to attend must first register here. Due to the epidemiological situation, Manege must limit the number of attendees.

Please acquaint yourself with the rules for visiting Manege, and remember that a mask must be worn inside the building.

Dürer. In Focus is a project of the Goethe Institute in St. Petersburg in conjunction with the Year of Germany in Russia 2020-2021, and organized in honour of the 550th anniversary of Albrecht Dürer’s birth. Dürer. In Focus is a series of lecture films and discussions with prominent world experts on Dürer’s art, in which the public gets the rare opportunity to interact with them. Events will be held throughout 2021 in various venues.

Project partners: State Hermitage, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

Project curator — Tatyana Meilunas.

The music of composer Vladimir Martynov is featured in the film.