Coming Up · Art

Shift and Set Projects galleries present surrealist graphic art at Gostiny Dvor

Shift Gallery, together with Set Projects Gallery, is holding an exhibition of surrealist graphic art. It is said that surrealism as such no longer exists in our day, but Dasha Kuznetsova and her colleagues recall the surrealist manifesto and refute the claim by showing splendid, mostly young, artists who create

NB! · Art · Moscow

Masha Kolosovskaya's Ceramics at the Lobby Café in Gostiny Dvor

NB! · Coming Up · Moscow · Education

The "Education and Career" Exhibition at the Gostiny Dvor

The "Education and Career" exhibition at the Gostiny Dvor. Entrance through Entrance 4

Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage

There are houses that stand alone, like a mushroom in a clearing; there are houses with enough space around them for windows and a view on every side, but if something new is built nearby, the windows end up facing a neighbour's wall or else…

There are houses with blind side walls from the very start: it was planned from the outset that they would stand hard against other buildings, on one side or on both. Even when the built-up area was wooden and low-rise, there were many such houses: a thick brick

Art · Moscow · Heritage · Education

Restoration of the Krupskaya monument on Sretensky Boulevard continues in Moscow

In Moscow, the restoration of the Krupskaya monument on Sretensky Boulevard continues. Unveiled in 1976, the monument, the work of the husband-and-wife sculptors Ekaterina (Alekseyeva) and Alexander Belashov, was the first monument dedicated to an individual woman in Moscow. The sculpture portrays Krupskaya as a young revolutionary. Yet

Monarchies · Mores · Society

Meeting of Henry VIII and Francis I at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in June 1520

One of the most costly and pointless state meetings in history took place in June 1520 between the young King Henry VIII and King Francis I, on the very edge of English territory, between the castles of Guînes and Ardres. The sovereigns arrived with retinues of 12,000 people. The

Black-and-white engraving of a standing man in a dark cloak reading a scroll to people in ancient robes seated around him.

Faith · Books

The Apostle Paul in the Epistle to the Galatians, chapter 5, verse 15

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. The Apostle Paul. Epistle to the Galatians 5:15

Mores · Society

Women's Political Clubs in France in the 1790s and Their Activities

In 1790s France, more than 50 women's clubs were active, in which members could discuss politics and speak on matters of public importance. The revolutionary women's club met twice a week to read out the minutes of the sittings of the national congress and to discuss

NB! · Observations

I Want a Watch Like That

Books · Observations · Society

Perhaps the history of men's struggle against women's emancipation is more interesting than the account of emancipation itself

Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own. Dear women! Never give up! Happy holiday!

Archaeology · The East · Geography · Cinema · Books · People

André Malraux and Édouard Corniglion-Molinier flew in search of the Sabaean Kingdom in 1934

In 1934 the French writer André Malraux decided to fly around Arabia and Africa by aeroplane. Malraux is the author of the masterly novel about the eve of the Chinese revolution, "Man's Fate", from which Bertolucci made "The Last Emperor". Malraux did not fly

Art · Observations

My friends at the architecture studio SKNYPL have devised and built a rather splendid modular shelving unit, CABINET+, which assembles like a construction set into a large storage section, yet on its own transforms into a cupboard, a writing desk and two…

My friends at the architecture studio SKNYPL have devised and built a rather splendid modular shelving unit, CABINET+, which assembles like a construction set into a large storage section, yet on its own transforms into a cupboard, a writing desk and two stool-cum-cabinets. This year it is being

Alexandr Radayev