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Alexandr Radayev
Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Museums
An Important Exhibition, "Inhale Exhale" by the Artist Anya Zheludь, Is on at the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow: Her Fine Lines Spoke Louder Than Any Words
Metal bars, beds, hospital wards, kettles: all these are not mere objects but traces of presence, occasions for reflection. Her paintings seemed almost empty, yet it was in that very emptiness that their strength was born. Anna wrote short phrases on the canvas, as though keeping a private diary: "
Observations · Mores · Society · Humour
The typical Soviet club as the cultural centre of a settlement or district
The typical club of our day is where everyone has a “unique style” but the same trainers and the same playlist, and even the bouncer knows you came not for fun but for a top-up of self-esteem. The typical club of the era of the developed welfare state,
Faith · Art · Humour
“The Immaculate and God the Father” by Luca Mombello, a 16th-century painting of the Virgin Mary
Luca Mombello is a name all but forgotten outside Italy, yet in the sixteenth century this painter held a place of his own. His painting “The Immaculate Virgin and God the Father”, made somewhere between 1560 and 1580, conveys that delicate borderline where spirituality is interwoven with sensibility. At the
Art · Books · Humour
Recent Italian edition of the “Divine Comedy” with illustrations for “Paradiso”
Dante descended into Hell once, but illustrators go down there every time they are asked to add a few more details. The design of this recent Italian edition of the Divine Comedy makes the book a collector's find at first glance
NB! · Archive · The East · Books · Nature
Fabulous Beasts from the Manuscript of the "Book of the Marvels of Marco Polo"
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I, It Turns Out
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“On the Waves”, a Quilt by Setsuko Matsushima, 2017
Faith · Art · New York · Society
"Prince of Peace": a painting by the American artist Harry Anderson (1906–1996), a Seventh-day Adventist, painted in 1961
Jesus Christ knocks at the door of the United Nations building in New York. The painting is evidently meant to convey that true peace can be found only through Christ. One might, however, put a question on the side to the moneychangers driven out of the temple: why has Bethlehem
Faith · London · Society
The Anglican Church of Nigeria, the largest Anglican community in the world with more than 18 million worshippers, has declared its "spiritual independence" and severed ties with the Church of England
The Anglican Church of Nigeria, the largest Anglican community in the world with more than 18 million worshippers, has declared its "spiritual independence" and severed ties with the Church of England. The decision stems from its disagreement with the liberal reforms being pursued by the centre. In an
Archive · Books · New York · Humour
An unknown Kerouac manuscript found among the effects of a mafia boss
An unknown Kerouac manuscript has been found among the effects of a mafia boss. Evidently he, too, believed that real jazz is when they shoot off the beat. Jack Kerouac, author of the cult novel On the Road and symbol of the Beat Generation. A film adaptation of the same
Faith · Observations · Society
An Important Reminder ⚡️
Lenin is a scourge for our sins