On August 2, 2024, the exhibition “Message” will open at the Russian Museum. “Message” is an ancient word, but it is quite applicable to modern life, filled with various kinds of messages. The exhibition talks about the issues of transmitting and receiving information, its reliability or deceptiveness, and consists of twelve sections: “Letter”, “Message as a ritual”, “Newspaper”, “Radio”, “Telephone”, “Television”, “Writing, codes, ciphers”, “Gossip, rumors, misinformation”, “News from space”, “Messengers”, “Signal”, “Digital world”. The authors are interested not so much in the technological side of communication processes, but in the humanistic – “human” aspect. The recurring theme is the message. The narrative begins with classic works of Russian art, highlighting moments that go beyond familiar interpretations. For example, in the painting “The Zaporozhian Cossacks Write a Letter to the Turkish Sultan” by Ilya Repin, the emphasis is on the expressiveness of verbal communication, enriched with gestures, facial expressions, pauses, and intonation.