Sergey Novikov, Art Director of Digital Opera, became a participant in the large-scale installation "Portrait of Contemporary Russian Culture". The project was presented at the international exhibition "Russia" in the "Our Culture" pavilion of VDNKh, which opened on November 4, 2023. The 3-by-15-meter panel features photographic portraits of 160 key cultural figures, including actors, directors, and artists. Novikov's portrait is adjacent to images of Evgeny Mironov, Konstantin Khabensky, and Fyodor Dobronravov.

Among the project participants are Karen Shakhnazarov, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Konstantin Bogomolov, Evgeny Mironov, Sergey Bezrukov, Vladimir Mashkov, Oleg Gazmanov, Alexander F.Sklyar, Alexander Oleshko, Victoria Isakova, Sergey Garmash, Grigory Zaslavsky, Boris Piotrovsky, Yuri Stoyanov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Dmitry Dyuzhev, Vladimir Presnyakov, Yulia Peresild, Yuri Bashmet, Nadezhda Babkina, Elizaveta Likhacheva, Konstantin Khabensky, Zelfira Tregulova, and others.

Sergey Novikov, a renowned theater artist and art director of the Digital Opera festival, took part in the large-scale project "Portrait of Contemporary Russian Culture," organized by the State Museum and Exhibition Center ROSIZO.