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The article is devoted to the specific features of Russian public art-a phenomenon of modern art that has been widespread since the 2000s, but has not been sufficiently studied yet in the Russian academic community. An attempt is made to generalize the works of domestic researchers that indicate a turn from onedimensional characteristics of public art to its multidimensional essence, to a wide variety of interpretations, the birth of new concepts that indicate conceptual shifts and cultural transformations of applied developments of public art. The authors focus on the current trends of Russian public art (the interest of officials and city residents in public art as a tool for the development of the territory; the demand for the development of urban space and cultural landscape in the context of the dynamics of the festival-biennial movement and the number of art residencies in Russia, the influence of digital culture and pandemic isolation on current forms of public art, etc.). The emphasis is placed on the competencies necessary for professionals to work in public art, as well as the prospects of this practice in Russia. The authors conclude that the development of modern art in the near future is moving towards the flourishing of socially engaged practices. The topics that concern the art community today are inclusion, social and political problems, postcolonial discourse, where art, as a form of collective public expression and the result of group activity, is replacing individualistic logic.