EXHIBITION ACTIVITIES OF CHINESE ARTISTS IN RUSSIA IN THE SYSTEM OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE 21ST CENTURY

This study is devoted to one of the aspects of the development of intercultural dialogue between Russia and China, namely intercultural communication. The analysis of the exhibition projects implemented during 2007-2022 shows that a new system of intercultural communication has now developed, which manifests itself in the approaches to organising exhibitions of Chinese artists in Russia in the first quarter of the 21st century, and eventually gave rise to three main forms of exhibition activities. The first form is associated with partner exhibitions of museums and galleries of the two countries, which are mainly devoted to the art of the past. The second form is due to the interest in the contemporary art of New China, which the curators introduce to the Russian public. The third form is the organisation of joint exhibitions of Chinese and Russian authors and reports on the conducted plein-air practice in Russia. The article shows how the existing cross-border art exchange has led to a change in the structure of exhibition activities, and the new structure, in turn, is changing the system of intercultural communication.