“Diploma” is a group exhibition organized by the resource “Faculty of Agitation Criticism” (FAC) together with graduates of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts in 2015. The exhibition is also a gesture against the unproblematic, spiritual and pathetic exhibition in honor of the 70th anniversary of the academy, which, instead of analyzing its own history, reproduces its conservatism.

The exhibition featured works by students who graduated from the academy that year. During the project, these students defended their diplomas at the Academy of Arts. The exhibition is an attempt to reflect on the problems of art education, persistent myths about mastery, genius and the sublime.

The curatorial team presented an archive of students’ practices of criticism, resistance and reflection on the status of the academy: key artistic works, actions, exhibitions and spontaneous protests. An archive that consists of artifacts, documents, photographs and works of artists from different generations.