Access to contemporary art through the department of culture (according to the results of the 10th conference of ministers of culture of member countries of the Council of Europe)

Present article was inspired by the X Anniversary Conference of EU Culture Ministers “Cultural Management: Encouraging Cultural Accessibility”, which was carried out on April 15-16, 2013 at the original building of the Bolshoy Theater and supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The subjects considered in the article are: enlarging cultural accessibility to general public, ensuring equal rights of all social groups for taking up arts and creativity, cross-cultural interaction, evolution of cultural activity in the context of global social and economic changes, contemporary innovative approaches to culture management.