Culture
Olga Bonitas: An Artist Who Brings Light to the World
06.11.2022 Maria Bregman is a journalist, writer and contemporary art researcher. I had the pleasure of viewing Olga Bonitas's work in person and I was blown away. Olga Bonitas is a talented artist who primarily works in watercolour, who is quickly making a name for herself. A 36-year-old biotech engineer by first degree, Bonitas decided to…
Fabio Zanon and the Lost Soul of Brazilian Music
By Anna Zhila 13 November, Sunday 4 30 pm, Emmanuel Church, West Hampstead Fabio Zanon, guitar, who has been acclaimed as “one the most all-embracing talents in the international guitar scene”, (https://www.fabiozanon.com) will perform 12 Etudes by Francisco Mignone who was one of the most significant composers of the 20th century in Brazilian classical music.…
Artists fear being replaced by artificial intelligence?
John Reese, Artist, journalist. In the future, artists fear that they will be replaced by artificial intelligence. They worry that machines will be able to create better art than them and that their jobs will be taken away. However, they also see the potential for AI to help them create new and innovative art. As…
Incredible art with an ballpoint pen
19.10.2022 Yulia Tulegenova, art critic and reviewer Marat Myrzakhmetov is an artist who has a very unusual style of drawing with a pen. His drawings are incredibly detailed and realistic, but at the same time there is some unearthly quality to them. As if Marat is able to convey in his drawings the essence of…
Exploring Social Issues through Art
10.10.2022 Yulia Tulegenova, art critic Anastasia Ivanova, fresh, 2021 Anastasia Ivanova is a photographer who has made a name for herself in the art world through her ability to capture the essence of her subject matter and create striking images that challenge our perceptions of the world around us. Her work is characterized by its…
A golden brush in the hands of a master
01.10.2022 Maria Bregman is a journalist, writer and contemporary art researcher. Evgeny Grouzdev As through millions of light years, we can see the glow of stars that have long been extinguished, so from the depths of the Renaissance, we can feel the sights and emotions of people who lived once, thanks to portrait painting. The…
Artists and musicians are paid ~£330 as a 'Basic Income Allowance' by the Irish government
Artists, musicians, writers, and performers in Ireland now receive a weekly 'basic income' of €325 ($329) from the Irish government.Originally announced in January 2022, the Basic Income for Artists plan is still in the works. Approximately €25 million ($23.3 million) will be spent on the initiative by the Minister for Culture and Arts. The program…
The way of contemporary artists is an illusory world of fragile and shifting forms.
6.09.2022 Maria Bregman is a journalist, writer and contemporary art researcher. In our shimmering, colourful world, the illusory strokes put us into a state of spirituality and flight shaping works of contemporary artists, designers, ceramicists and photographers.
Maria Bregman spoke at Literary Events at the Queen Mary Rose Gardens
By Anna Zhila The guest of the club was the talent writer Maria Bregman. During her reading in the Queen Mary Garden, she read excerpts from her new book “Merging with Light” and discussed her characters and plots with readers who attended. There was a lot of interest among readers in meeting the author, learning more…
Costa Book Awards to end after 50 years
It did not die in a blaze of glory or a storm of controversy. It died in a press release. A quiet, corporate shiv in the ribs. After 50 years, the Costa Book Awards, one of the most significant and beloved fixtures in the British literary calendar, has been dissolved. There was no grand wake,…
Students react to GCSE English Literature Paper 2022
By Anna Zhila There is a particular quality to the silence in an examination hall. It is a heavy, pressurised silence, thick with the scent of panic and cheap wood varnish. For thousands of teenagers across the country, that silence was broken by the soft rustle of a turning page, followed by a collective, internal…
Manchester Festival of Libraries returns for its second year
The yearly celebration of Manchester’s libraries is back, for its second year, with approximately 100 free events across Greater Manchester that will take place from 15 June to 19 June. The Festival of Libraries, organised by Manchester City of Literature and supported by Manchester City Council, offers residents from all corners of Greater Manchester the…
Indian writers expand cooperation with UK
Starting this week, PKF is hosting The Write Circle series of events with Abhigyan Prakash and Barkha Dutt to connect Indian authors with a select audience in some of the cities in UK. “We are very happy to be back with live in-person events. Though virtual events have their benefits, physical events have their own…
The Warner Brothers Harry Potter books and films.
By Anna Zhila You arrive at a place that feels deliberately, aggressively mundane. A former aircraft factory in an industrial estate just off the M25. The sky is a familiar English grey. The architecture is purely functional. There is nothing to suggest that you are standing on sacred ground. And yet, for a generation, this…
Maria Bregman’s books are presented at a book exhibition on Red Square
Among the biggest literary events of the year, this year“s book fair was particularly noteworthy for Maria Bregman”s books. A collection of short stories set in Chelnovaia will be available for visitors to buy and read at the book fair. Chelnova is a small Russian village near Smolensk, and the book tells the story of…
