Christ's head in "Man of Sorrows", attributed to the late Botticelli, is encircled by a halo of angels bearing the instruments of the Passion

Christ's head in "Man of Sorrows", attributed to the late Botticelli, is encircled by a halo of angels bearing the instruments of the Passion. The Cross is planted right on the crown of his head. This painting, attributed in recent times as a work by Botticelli, will go under the hammer at Sotheby's in January 2022 with an estimate of 40 million dollars. Until then, Christ can be seen at the pre-auction exhibition

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

Christ's head in "Man of Sorrows", attributed to the late Botticelli, is encircled by a halo of angels bearing the instruments of the Passion

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s