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Alexandr Radayev
Architecture · Faith · Cinema · Moscow · Heritage · Education
School No. 36 in the Zachatievsky Convent on Ostozhenka: built in 1936, demolished after closing in 2002
A Grave Beside the School Walls? It was an interesting spot in Moscow, and surely some of my subscribers remember the building of School No. 36, which operated until 2002 inside the Conception Convent on Ostozhenka. The school building went up in 1936 on the site of a demolished church,
Faith · Science · Society · Rome
Key provisions of the Vatican document on the use of artificial intelligence on its territory
The Governorate of Vatican City, the executive body of the city-state, has established certain rules governing the use of AI on Vatican territory and set up a special Commission on Artificial Intelligence. The main provisions of the document speak of the need to respect human dignity, to ensure the
Architecture · Faith · Art
Mosaic of the Baptism of Christ in the Arian Baptistery in Ravenna, 6th century
To the right of Christ is depicted the personification of the River Jordan
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To Be Read Before Setting Off for the Contemporary Art Fair
Archive · Art
Steel engravings by Lewis after drawings by Perring, 1864
Old Spain and Pious Bride France. Steel engravings by Lewis after Perring. 1864
NB! · Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Society Pages
An exhibition of the new cycle "Intervals" by Francisco Infante and Nonna Goryunova has opened at the Krokin Gallery
An exhibition of the new cycle "Intervals" by Francisco Infante and Nonna Goryunova has opened at the Krokin Gallery. This intimate show introduces a new series of artefacts and precedes the major opening of Infante-Arana's solo exhibition at the New Tretyakov Gallery
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Isabella Rossellini, photograph by Helmut Newton, 1992
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Anna Akhmatova, 1916
Art
Celestial Pablum, a painting by the Spanish-Mexican para-surrealist artist Remedios Varo (1908-1963), 1958
The title translates as Heavenly Porridge
Books · Observations · People · Humour
Writer, Wizard, Mall Santa, Rasputin Impersonator
Writer, wizard, mall Santa, Rasputin impersonator. Now that, I understand, is a solid CV. You're hired, Alan Moore
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