French poster for Ridley Scott's The Duellists with silhouetted fencers
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The Metropolitan Museum and the Louvre Prepare “Rembrandt and the Ancients” for New York in 2027 and Paris in 2028
The Metropolitan Museum and the Louvre are jointly preparing the exhibition "Rembrandt and the Ancients". It will open in New York in November 2027 and travel to Paris in 2028. For the first time in more than twenty years, the Metropolitan will show so full a retrospective of
Patriarch Kirill blesses recognition of remains from Oryol cemetery as relics of Athanasius of Oryol
Patriarch Kirill has blessed the recognition of the remains discovered at the Krestitelskoye Cemetery in Oryol as the holy relics of Athanasius of Oryol. The Church canonised Athanasius on 14 May 2026 as a holy fool and confessor. Athanasius was born in 1887 in the village of Danichevo in the
The Ramayana in Hollywood Cinema, from “A Little Princess” to Nitesh Tiwari’s Film
I have read a piece on how Hollywood cinema makes use of the Ramayana, the ancient Indian epic in Sanskrit which tradition ascribes to the poet Valmiki. The epic tells of the exile of Prince Rama, the abduction of his wife Sita by the demon Ravana, and her rescue. In
Jens Galschiøt's sculpture “The Orange Plague” is on display at the European Parliament in Strasbourg
It is rather odd that this sculpture, entitled "The Orange Plague", by the Danish artist Jens Galschiøt should be displayed in the building of the European Parliament in Strasbourg