I Feel That Way: How Artists and Art Workers Foresee Trends

The Russian art market today is still in the formation stage, which requires artists and cultural figures to have a keen sense of time and the ability to foresee future current trends. But what plays a key role in this process? Intuition based on inner feeling and experience, creativity or systematic analysis, research and a deep understanding of the context?

We will discuss how intuition and analytics are combined in the practice of creators and specialists, and what role each of the methods plays in shaping the future of the cultural scene. 

Moderator: Grigory Tumanov, content director of Pravila Zhizny

Speakers: 

• Yakov Khomich, artist
• Alexander Blanar, journalist and curator
• Alina Khangareeva, founder and director of the communications agency Vzlyot, art critic
• Elena Fadeeva and Alina Chichikova, founders of the fābula contemporary art gallery