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Retrospective of geometric abstractionist Mikhail Chernyshov at the Alina Pinsky Gallery
I saw Mikhail Chernyshov's work in the flesh for the first time at his retrospective at the Alina Pinsky Gallery. The artist, who is represented in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery and many major museums around the world, has worked in geometric abstraction since 1959, left the
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The media seem far more concerned about the number of hairs on Prince William's head than the Duke of Cambridge himself, about whom we can say one thing for certain: he has an excellent sense of humour
Art · Museums · Paris · Humour
Charon Crossing to the Kingdom of Shadows
Charon crossing to the kingdom of shadows. Second quarter of the eighteenth century. A masterpiece by the French artist Pierre Subleyras. From the collection of the Duke of Penthièvre, now in the Louvre. An interesting choice: to show the glints from the heat of the burning Phlegethon on the buttocks
Aristocracy · Art · People · Humour
When the painter Jacques-Émile Blanche was introduced to Jeanne Lebaudy, Countess de Fels, heiress to the sugar magnate, she was a little over fifty, and Blanche remarked: "What a pity we did not meet twenty years ago, how I should have liked to…
To which the countess replied: "Surely you have not lost all your talent?" In the striking portrait in shades of red by Léon Comerre, Jeanne is still an unmarried girl.
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Sigismondo Coccapani depicts the crowning of Michelangelo with laurel, Casa Buonarroti museum in Florence
Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and Poetry Crown Michelangelo. Casa Buonarroti Museum, Florence. Work by Sigismondo Coccapani, 17th century
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Applications Open for Cultural Project Grants Totalling 3.5 Billion Roubles
One may "apply" for the competitive selection until the end of July. It is run by the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives. The winners are expected to be determined by September. "The expert review takes place during August, and already at the beginning of September, we assume,
Architecture · Faith · Monarchies · Heritage · Paris
Model of the Basilica of Saint-Denis with the north tower dismantled in 1869
Model of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, built in 1144 on the site of an older building dating back to the mid-fifth century. The construction of this church marks the birth of Gothic architecture. The model shows Saint-Denis with its reconstructed north tower, which was taken down for
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A little fishing in Scotland, skiing in Saint-Moritz: such were the weekends of Coco Chanel, photographed for the February 1931 issue of the magazine l’Art vivant
A little fishing in Scotland, skiing in Saint-Moritz: such were the weekends of Coco Chanel, photographed for the February 1931 issue of the magazine l’Art vivant. The photographs are by Germaine Krull, very popular in those years.
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Zinaida Serebryakova's Youngest Daughter Recalls Childhood and Flight from Russia
The youngest daughter of the artist Zinaida Serebriakova, Ekaterina (1913-2014), speaks of her childhood, her mother, her family, the flight from Bolshevik Russia, and how she too became an artist and resolved to devote her life to her mother. It is curious that Ekaterina Borisovna recalls the years when
Art · Observations · Nature
Artist Maria Katkova created works using ink made from the inkcap mushroom
In a mushroom-pickers' group I came across an account by the artist Maria Katkova, who says she once created several works from mushroom ink. What is that, exactly? The artist explains the recipe: if you pick an ink cap, place it on a saucer and watch, you may
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The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Russia Turns 13
The coolest museum of contemporary art in Russia turns 13! Happy birthday, beloved Garage!