It escaped the grim fate met by many post-Soviet factory towns, of which there are more than 300, from the westernmost province of Kaliningrad to the Far East. Vyksa is an example of a successful urban planning story in a so-called mono-town. And it is not just a middle-of-the-road art festival, but an annual celebration of modern Russian culture, the first of its kind in the country, with the whole town participating. The art pieces were all created over the past 12 years, the main catalyst being the Vyksa Festival (ex Art-Ovrag festival). But steel, ore, fire, and smelters coexist side-by side with more than a hundred of street art pieces, numerous murals, and sculptures scattered across the town, transforming it into an open-air art hub. Its livelihood is a gigantic metallurgical plant, employing a quarter of its 58,000 population. Vyksa is a tiny single-industry town, located in the south-west of Nizhny Novgorod region, some 360 km from Moscow. Top stories Zelensky threatens to ‘neutralize’ Europe’s longest bridge Latest Top Stories Ukraine losing ‘significant’ forces – White House Sale of US nuclear submarines stalled Huge swathes of Ukraine covered in mines and cluster bombs – UN Ukraine fails to realize that Israel is not the US, EU or UK Op-ed Putin warns of Poland’s intentions in Ukraine and Belarus Miss Italy pageant to refuse transgender entrants Ex-Donbass militia commander Strelkov remanded in custody. The first to exhibit there was contemporary Brazilian artist Vivian Caccuri. Artists and sculptors here showcase their works created in Vyksa on a rotational basis. The small town is dubbed the ‘capital of Russian street art’ thanks to the Vyksa festival, attracting artists from far and wide In 2021, star American architect Charles Renfro presented an Empty Pedestal.
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