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Nikita Monich

1989

Art historian, orientalist, tour guide, popularizer of Belarusian art, blogger.
Creator of the YouTube channel “About Culture”

Lives and works in Madrid, Spain.

Associated institutions

1989

Born in Minsk.

2013

He graduated from the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University with a degree in Orientalism and International Relations and a master's degree in the Faculty of History.

2012—2017

He studied in graduate school at the University of Culture and Arts, but after graduating from graduate school he did not defend his dissertation. The research topic was related to ritual metal sculpture in Mahayana Buddhism.

After university, he worked at the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus - the largest art collection in the country and the only one that has a separate collection of decorative and applied art from Asian countries. At the museum he served as a guide, curator of Asian art exhibitions, and organizer of events such as the annual “Night of Museums.”

2018

He created the “Children in the Museum” project, which is a cycle of 9 excursions for a comprehensive and effective introduction of children aged 9–16 years and their parents to the museum, as well as training in its “consumption”. Over two seasons, more than 400 children completed the course.

2020

He held weekly screenings of documentaries about museums and artists in one of the cinemas in Minsk, and also gave popular science lectures.

2021

He created the YouTube channel “About Culture”, dedicated to Belarusian fine arts, culture in general, as well as the country’s museum collections.

2022

Moved to Madrid, Spain.