On 13 September, a festive opening of the exhibition of illustrations, dedicated to classic of national literature, artist in words Maxim Tank, was held in the gallery "Panorama".
A welcoming speech was given by Deputy Director of the National Library of Belarus for User Service and the ideology Elena Dolgopolova, head of Gallery and Exhibition Division of the National Library of Belarus Fyodor Yastreb, leading specialist in the publishing house “Mastatskaya Litaratura” Zosia Kustova, art critic Larisa Finkelstein, statesman, writer , translator, essayist and critic Anatoly Butevich.
The exhibition will contain about 60 graphic works of such reputed artists as Y. Zaitsev, V. Slavuka, V. Basalyga, M. Basalyga, N. Ryzhy, I. Romanovsky, N. Poplawsky, E. Los and others.
The presentation of a new book about M. Tank On Stone, Iron, Gold (На камні, жалезе і золаце), published by "Mastatskaya Litaratura”, was also carried out in the gallery "Panorama". This edition includes essays and memoirs of famous Belarusian writers: Y. Bryl, I. Shamyakin, V. Zuyonok and others. The book is a part of the series “Life of Famous people”.
The participants enjoyed the audio record of Maksim Tank’s song AVE MARIA in his own performance.
This exhibition is part of the multiproject "Library", dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the National Library of Belarus, and it is timed to the Year of Book.
The entrance to the exhibition is payable, and it is equal to the price for the visiting of the Observation Platform.