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Alexandr Radayev
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All-in-one computer playing video on the floor of an exhibition space
NB! · Coming Up · Art · Society Pages
At In Artibus, a second opening of Maxim Boxer's exhibition "A Collector's Dreams", which we viewed together at the very start of the lockdown
At In Artibus, a second opening of Maxim Boxer's exhibition "A Collector's Dreams", which we viewed together at the very start of the lockdown. A few works and accents have been added to this new reading. In short, welcome
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Maximilian Voloshin, Koktebel. Bay, 1931, watercolour in a frame on display
Architecture · Observations · Heritage
Restoration of the Parthenon's west frieze and the threat of acid rain to marble
Once again the question hangs in the air: should monuments of ancient history be refreshed, and to what degree? The west frieze of the Parthenon has been restored. This is how it looks now. What is the difficulty with marble antiquities? Marble is destroyed by acid, and acid rain, the
Archive · Geography · Maps · Science
Runiverse website opens free access to reference materials on medieval Russian lands
The cultural-historical site Runivers has posted consolidated reference materials on the medieval Russian lands: complete lists of the ruling princes, specially drawn maps of the principalities, and more. All of the materials are freely accessible.
London · Monarchies · Observations · Mores · Humour
Vetoshkin, not Gagarin, ate the tea lemon at Elizabeth II's reception in 1961
On the well-worn anecdote about how at Queen Elizabeth II's reception in 1961 Yury Gagarin, having drunk a cup of tea with lemon, fished out the slice of lemon and ate it, there is one clarification. Such an incident did indeed occur, but the man in question
Moscow · Observations · Society · Nature
Some time ago I fought, without success, the wretched municipal services over the mixed-herb lawn beneath my windows, home to birds and insects, but in the end it was mown, dug up, stripped of its fertile topsoil and covered with the belch…
Some time ago I fought, without success, the wretched municipal services over the mixed-herb lawn beneath my windows, home to birds and insects, but in the end it was mown, dug up, stripped of its fertile topsoil and covered with that belch of anthropogenic bad taste: turf in rolls.
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Long smoking pipe on the wall of a museum display
Books · Moscow · Museums · Mores · Humour
German smoking pipe of the mid-19th century in the collection of the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve
When you hear of a ‘new’ format of portable smoking systems, remember this German smoking pipe of the mid-19th century, made of porcelain, wood, metal and textile. The piece is from the collection of the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve. Something of the kind may well have been puffed by the
NB! · Cinema · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour
Why the ring straight away?
Why the ring straight away? Better we destroy Pendalf's gizmos
Cinema · Mores · People · Pop Culture
Loretta Young confirmed that her daughter Judy was fathered by Clark Gable
Most likely, Loretta Young gave birth shortly before filming began on The Crusades. The story of her daughter became one of the more mysterious biographies among the children of Hollywood celebrities, and came to light only shortly before Loretta's death in 2000 at the age of 87. In