ART MEDIATION IN RUSSIA AND FRANCE: GENERAL AND DIFFERENCES

DOI: 10.36871/hon.202004019

Authors

N. I. Ilinskaya
Moscow University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

The article discusses the phenomenon of art mediation. The relevance of this problem is due to the fact that the concept of art mediation, or "museum as a cultural mediator", is relatively new in Russia. It is mainly adopted in our country by contemporary art museums, often nonstate. At the same time, in a number of countries around the world, and especially in France, the concept of art mediation (médiation culturelle), or "museum-mediator", firmly rooted in museum practice, in the legal field, as well as in university education and training, practically forcing out the more familiar for Russia term "museum pedagogics" (pédagogie muséale). In this regard, it is important to think about and understand the French experience in this field and how it can be applied in the Russian context, outside the still relatively small sphere of private and contemporary art museums, where this experience is already being applied.

Keywords

art mediation, art mediator, cultural mediation, cultural mediator, France, museum, culture, communication, art