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Alexandr Radayev on the Influence of Information Flow, in Veronika Kandaurova's Piece for “RBC Style”

How does the flow of information affect our lives? Veronika Kandaurova asked me about my attitude to it for a piece in «RBC Style». In short: I have never been dependent on the existing formats of media distribution on the internet, and I advise no one else to be. On my phone there is, as a matter of principle, not a single notification; no type of alert is switched on, to say nothing of being made to subscribe to any channel with a stream of junk information. For more detail, see the article itself.

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Madonna with Cherubim in Milan's Brera: from Bellini to Mantegna

"Madonna with Cherubim" was long considered the work of Giovanni Bellini, until in 1885, during restoration, features characteristic of his chief rival, and incidentally his relative, Andrea Mantegna, came to light. What misled viewers was a softness uncharacteristic of Mantegna. Despite the established title, the Madonna and Child

Pushkin Museum refused the Ludwig collection over the branch name

The silliest thing about this renaming is its poor timing. For when the Pushkin Museum was offered, as a gift, the greatest collection of contemporary art of the second half of the twentieth century, the collection of Peter Ludwig, the very reason for the refusal was the condition that the

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Voiture woke Count de Guiche at night to announce that he was married

The Comte de Guiche asked Vincent Voiture, a man renowned for his wit, whether it was true that he was married. Voiture gave no answer. But he came to the count after midnight, woke him and said: "I have come to tell you that I am married". De

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Madonna with Cherubim in Milan's Brera: from Bellini to Mantegna

Pushkin Museum refused the Ludwig collection over the branch name

Yeeeehaw!

Voiture woke Count de Guiche at night to announce that he was married