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A Nativity scene in the window of a Roman city bus displayed at the "100 Presepi" exhibition in Saint Peter's Square on Christmas Eve
NB! · Art · London
English ships near the mouth of the Thames lie in wait for Flemish merchants, late 15th century
The English fleet near the mouth of the Thames, waiting for rich Flemish merchants in the hope of seizing their goods. Late 15th century
NB! · Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations
I cannot say why, but for me Sergey Sharshun's self-portrait from the New Tretyakov collection is Harold, hiding his pain
Cinema · Monarchies · Observations · Pop Culture
Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette on the set of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, 2006
She was, incidentally, 24 then. Now she is 43. But this is only the beginning
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Falling man amid books, papers and objects in an upturned study
NB! · Archive · Art · Cinema
Drawings by Mikhail Nikolayevich Romadin with scenes for Andrei Tarkovsky's film Solaris
NB! · London · Monarchies · Society · Humour
Boris Johnson: a wicked fairy does not exist, they said; Boris Johnson: the wicked fairy will do you no harm
Listings · Moscow · Coming Up · Art · Museums
Five December exhibitions, from Soviet-era icons to Chagall and the Arctic
The customary round-up of exhibitions in Moscow's galleries and museums. 📌 Closing soon: the exhibition “Icons of the Soviet Period” at the Izmailovo estate, until 22 December 📌 10 December: opening of the exhibition “George Cohen. Theory of Shadow” at the pop/off/art gallery, until 23 January 📌 Solo
Art · Museums
Dutch artist Dirck Jacobsz masterfully creates a double memorial portrait of his late mother and father, depicting his father, himself an artist, painting a portrait of his mother
Dutch artist Dirck Jacobsz masterfully creates a double memorial portrait of his late mother and father, depicting his father, himself an artist, painting a portrait of his mother. Both his parents look out at us from 1550. Collection of the Toledo Museum of Art
NB! · Coming Up · Art · Monarchies · Pop Culture
Georges Jacob's Chair from Marie Antoinette's Boudoir to Be Offered at Sotheby's
Sotheby's is to offer a boudoir chair made for Marie Antoinette by Georges Jacob. A magnificent piece of work and, above all, astonishingly untouched by time
Art · Observations · Society · People
Everywhere art criticism is in decline, intellectually corrupted, mired in meaningless jargon, distorted by political correctness and, alarmingly, addressed only to other critics and their like
The English art critic Brian Sewell