The V International art symposium «Alanika - 2011» is taking place in Vladikavkaz; it has gathered again the well-known masters of brush on the hospitable Ossetian soil. This year "Alanika" is celebrating the 5th anniversary. It has been confidently developing, including the new adherents and reacting sensitively to numerous trends of modern pop art, thus piously and carefully storing the traditions of the Alanian art, proving that Ossetia is becoming the recognized centre of culture in the south of Russia. Organizers of the symposium pursue the noble purpose: to involve as much as possible inhabitants and visitors of the Republic in the creative process. About 35 masters of painting, drawing and photo from Italy, Israel, France, Great Britain, Poland, Croatia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, the Russian cities will create on the soil of North Ossetia. Among them are the Ossetians Yury Abisalov and Robert Karkusov.