A glazed ceramic bag inscribed Acne Studios on a white plinth. A label beside it reads lot 42, Masha Kolosovskaya, 2021, clay, glaze.

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Maria Kolosovskaya's ceramic Acne Studios bag at an Arts Wanted auction

Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Observations

The Gilyarovsky Foundation space on Stoleshnikov Lane has opened a pre-auction exhibition, One Woman and The Other; the auction itself will take place there on the evening of the 20th

The Gilyarovsky Foundation space on Stoleshnikov Lane has opened a pre-auction exhibition, One Woman and The Other; the auction itself will take place there on the evening of the 20th. As the title makes plain, the works are exclusively by women artists. We have already seen a few all-

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The Members of the Paris Council Await the Next Post About Anne Hidalgo in Parnassian Mockingbird

The members of the Paris Council await the next post about Anne Hidalgo in Parnassian Mockingbird. And so it goes every day, for a mere 4283 euros a month

Black-and-white photograph of an older woman in a dark hat and coat looking at a painting of a nude in a shop window, with the street reflected in the glass.

Society · Paris · Pop Culture · Humour

Robert Doisneau's 1948 photograph “Indignant Lady” at the Galerie Romi window in Paris

Elena Mizulina Has Entered the Internet. "Indignant Lady. Shop Window, Galerie Romi, Paris", 1948, by Robert Doisneau

Faith · Mores · Rome · Humour

Historians regard the story of Pope Joan and her exposure as fiction

You will of course know that most historians agree on the fictional character of the tale of a woman on the Papal throne, Pope Joan. Most likely, the myth was devised as an irony at the expense of the dominance of courtesans, kept women and concubines of every description in

NB! · Observations

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A young man with a short beard stands turned slightly aside, hands in pockets, wearing a navy double-breasted suit, white shirt and blue tie. The backdrop is grey-beige.

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Portrait of a man in a navy double-breasted suit against a neutral backdrop

NB! · Aristocracy · Monarchies · Pop Culture

Pierre Casiraghi becomes ambassador for Dior menswear

Pierre Casiraghi has become an ambassador for Dior menswear. Pierre is the younger son of Caroline, Princess of Monaco and Hanover, and the Italian racing driver and businessman Stefano Casiraghi. Pierre's wife Beatrice Borromeo is one of Dior's global ambassadors, while his elder sister Charlotte Casiraghi

Archive · Geography · Maps · Books · Observations

1912 Guidebook to the Loire Châteaux for Motorists, with Route Arrows on Photographs

Forerunner of Yandex Maps: a slim 1912 tourist guide to the châteaux of the Loire, designed for motoring tourists, has arrows showing the route and the right turning drawn directly over photographs of the landscape. Despite the plainness of the views and the rather poor quality of the offset printing,

Cinema · Books · Pop Culture

The cover of Bauhaus's debut single Bela Lugosi's Dead: a still from the 1926 film The Sorrows of Satan, an adaptation of the incredibly popular mystical novel of the same name by the English writer Marie Corelli, naturally, about a pact with the devil…

The cover of Bauhaus's debut single Bela Lugosi's Dead: a still from the 1926 film The Sorrows of Satan, an adaptation of the incredibly popular mystical novel of the same name by the English writer Marie Corelli, naturally, about a pact with the devil. Much as

Round whitewashed brick building with a red base and two green doors. Between them is a sign reading number 1 and Akademika Komarova Street. Autumn leaves surround it.

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Round brick building with a sign reading Akademika Komarova Street, 1

NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Humour

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