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Alexandr Radayev
Coming Up · Architecture · Art · Moscow
The winter Catalog contemporary art fair will be held in Moscow from 6 to 8 December
Now it is official: the winter |catalog| contemporary art fair will take place in Moscow from 6 to 8 December. Catalog is the only contemporary art fair in Russia organised directly by gallerists, and so the terms of participation differ from those of the usual commercial fairs. For instance, all
Archive · Books · Science · Education
"For most people the appearance of books matters more than the beauties of science
"For most people the appearance of books matters more than the beauties of science. Some go so far as to extol and praise the bookbinders more than the authors. They boast that, thanks to their efforts, this craft has attained in the Academy the greatest perfection, while on the
Observations · Society · Paris
French Council of State annuls decrees regulating housing rents in Paris
Rents in Paris Are About to Go Through the Roof. France's Council of State has annulled several decrees regulating rents in Paris at a stroke. In effect, a blow has been dealt to the neo-Bolshevik course of the Paris city hall. The National Union of Property Owners
Faith · Art · Museums · Paris
Recently Found Medieval Sculpture from Notre-Dame at the Musée de Cluny
Head of Christ with closed eyes, 1230s. From the section of recently discovered medieval sculpture from Notre-Dame at the Musée de Cluny
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Reverse of a wooden panel with a handwritten inscription
Art · Museums · Heritage · Paris
Annual inspection of the Mona Lisa by conservation specialists
The Louvre Shows the Reverse of the Mona Lisa. during the annual examination of the Mona Lisa to check its condition by the specialists responsible for the conservation of this masterpiece
Interviews · Art · Books
Camilla Gray's 1962 book on the Russian avant-garde published in Russian translation
V–A–C Press has published a translation of the monograph "The Russian Experiment in Art, 1863–1922" by the British scholar and researcher of the Russian avant-garde Camilla Gray. The book is one of the first Western studies of the Russian avant-garde and has become
The East · Observations · Heritage · People · Nature
A friend on Insta posted a photo of the memorial stele to Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in the Majorelle Garden, not far from their villa Oasis in Marrakech, and I noticed the plaque: I remember it used to say simply "In memoriam Yves Saint Laurent"
A friend on Insta posted a photo of the memorial stele to Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in the Majorelle Garden, not far from their villa Oasis in Marrakech, and I noticed the plaque: I remember it used to say simply "In memoriam Yves Saint Laurent", at
Archive · Books · People · Humour
"Nine-tenths of writers will die off, nobody will remember them, such is their specific (weight)
"Nine-tenths of writers will die off, nobody will remember them, such is their specific (weight). Whereas I shall shine through the ages. You have seen to it that Gorky wants for nothing, and Tolstoy receives 36,000 roubles a month. Why am I not provided for in the
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F. Setone's 1734 engraving with a portrait of Empress Anna Ioannovna
Portrait of the second Russian Empress, niece of Peter I and daughter of Ivan V, Anna Ioannovna, engraving by F. Setone. 1734
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