Art · Humour
Vulcan Forging Arrows for Cupid
Vulcan Forging Arrows for Cupid. Alessandro Tiarini, 1620s–1630s. Wicked little Cupid wants to be certain that every one of his arrows is lethally sharp. Careful!
Alexandr Radayev
NB! · Art · Museums · Observations · Paris
Is there a better way to celebrate the centenary of Surrealism than an epoch-making exhibition at the Pompidou?
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Mikhail Baryshnikov 💎
Archaeology · Faith · The East · Science
Excavations at Göbekli Tepe led by Klaus Schmidt changed views of the Neolithic
In the 1960s, archaeologists from the Universities of Istanbul and Chicago worked on excavations in the region of South-Eastern Anatolia and found a mound there, covered with limestone slabs. The scholars documented the fact of the find, but the place did not interest them overmuch. So the mound lay
NB! · Cinema · Humour
We have Malena at home:
Art · Museums · Observations · Paris
Surrealism exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris shows the contribution of women artists
The "Surrealism" exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris is simply magnificent. The presentation of Surrealism is built around the manuscript of André Breton's "Manifesto of Surrealism", displayed in a round glass case. The exhibition gives a comprehensive account of the diversity of
NB! · Art · Museums · Paris
A Landmark Exhibition Devoted to Surrealism Is Under Way at the Centre Pompidou
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Salvador Dalí's Lobster Telephone alongside other kinds of telephone
Pay phone, phone with answering machine, mobile phone, oh yes, lobster phone. You are calling Salvador Dalí
NB! · Archive · Monarchies · People · Saint Petersburg
A rare photograph of Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich, the future Emperor Nicholas II, in the uniform of the Life-Guards Ataman Regiment of His Imperial Highness the Heir Tsarevich
A rare photograph of Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich, the future Emperor Nicholas II, in the uniform of the Life-Guards Ataman Regiment of His Imperial Highness the Heir Tsarevich. Saint Petersburg, Wesenberg & Co. studio, 1880s.
NB! · Observations · Humour
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
In the Press · Society · Paris · People
Durov and Zuckerberg and Western advice on platform moderation
Sergey Lavrov on the detention of Pavel Durov:. Durov turned out to be too free. He was too “slow”, or else did not “listen” at all, to Western advice on the “moderation” of his “brainchild”. After all, what is happening is not only about him. M. Zuckerberg was summoned before
NB! · Cinema · Observations · Mores