Our history

The peer-reviewed e-journal Articult established by RSUH Rector's permission. The edition process reglamented by the Reglement (the order on changes of the former Reglement, annex 1 actual version of the Reglement, annex 2 - editorial council and board, former Reglement)

The journal is registered as a mass medium by the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications in accordance with the Statute of the Russian Federation “On the Mass Media”. The mass medium registration certificate: Electronic Number ФС77-45872, effective since 21.07.2011.

The journal is included in the ISSN Register with:  ISSN 2227-6165.  

The journal is included in Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) database.

The journal is included in European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) database.

The journal was founded 2011 as project of the Department of Art History of the Russian State University for the Humanities. From the outset, the publication was equal to international standards of review and publication. The aim was to improve the quality of teaching in the Department to highest world standards. Very soon the journal gained strong reputation among Russian and international researches, studying contemporary art and new methods in art criticism.  

The purpose of the editorial policy of the journal is creation of informational dialogical space of interdisciplinary humanitarian knowledge integrating the results of studies to solve most significant questions in art history, cultural studies, and psychology. The magazine attracts authors achieved important results in the following areas of research.

Main research areas:
Art and art history: from creative design to particular historical forms.
Theory of art: the consideration of statics and the dynamics of artistic forms.
Studying of creative searches: from the theory of art to the philosophy of art.
History of art: the development of forms as the development of the
language of art.
Microhistory of art: the history of the particular work, the history of the activity of one artit.
History of ideas of artistic creation.
History of museum practices in the context of the history of the humanities.
The art of the twentieth and early twentieth centuries: fundamental processes in the ideological atmosphere of the time.
Art and media: the transformation of artistic forms.
Art as communication: the development of forms of communication and their influence of art on culture.
Art and experiment: the latest art programs and border art.
Art and principles of programming the art environment.
Regularities in the development of the art scene.
Art and the translation of meanings: the understanding of classical art in the light of the development of curatorial strategies.
Studies of art and criticism of ideologies.
Anthropology of art: creative act and expression of the personal in the work.
Study of the work as part of the art environment and of the culture of the period.
History and theory of cinema.
Psychology of cinema.
Sociology of cinema.
Mutual relations of cinema and contemporary art.
History and theory of screen art.
History and theory of culture.
Psychology of art and psychology of culture.

The jourbal provides high quality editorial preparation and reviewing of materials. Selects the most promising works for the development of the research areas Publishes materials for usein the educational process as examples of standards for scientific research. Considers articles covering problem areas and areas of interest for wide range of researchers. Publishes original articles of high academic level, with detailed justification of relevance and novelty.

The target audience of the magazine: art historians, culturologists, psychologists, scientists, professors and all those who are interested in the questions of humanities and social sciences.