Lyubimova commented on the appointment of a new artistic director at the "Gogol Center"

“The fact that Aleksey Agranovich will head the theater is very good news, we congratulate him from the bottom of our hearts,” she said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Commenting on the competition basis, the Minister recalled the situation with the Smolensk Fortress Museum.

According to Lyubimova, there was no candidacy.

“And, to be honest, we thought that the competition would end like that.

And suddenly a young, bright guy from Kostroma, Sergey Pilyak, appears according to the competition: “I want to move to Smolensk”.

Now he is the director of the Smolensk Fortress Museum, we are very proud of him, ”said the minister.

She added that sometimes the competitive system gives unexpected results.

Earlier, the artistic director of the Gogol Center, Kirill Serebrennikov, posted on Instagram a letter from the Moscow Department of Culture announcing the expiration of the contract with him on February 25.