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Exhibition on the Khorezm Expedition combines archive documents and contemporary art
The Museum of the East has lent unique materials from the excavations of the Khorezm Archaeological and Ethnographic Expedition for the exhibition "Neither Together Nor Apart" at GES-2, on the link between archaeology and modernism and on how art can make. The Khorezm Expedition worked from 1937
Architecture · Moscow · Observations
Demolition of the “Negotsiant” residential complex near the Patriarshy Bridge
The Patriarshy Bridge over the Drainage Canal is under reconstruction. To get from Bolotny Island to Yakimanskaya Embankment, one must use the Maly Kamenny Bridge or the bridge by the monument to Peter, which, as far as I know, has no name. The elite residential complex "Negotiant" at
Archaeology · Observations · Heritage · Rome · Humour
Rome police detain a tourist with an ancient piece of marble from an archaeological site
A 20 kg Fridge Magnet Turns Out to Be the Base of an Ancient Column. The Rome police have detained a tourist who was carrying off an ancient chunk of marble from one of the city's archaeological sites. I am not sure what in this news item provokes
Faith · Art · Society · Humour
The Nuremberg Peace Banquet, at Which Representatives of the States and Churches Celebrated the Successful Negotiations That Ended the Thirty Years' War in 1649
Protestants are depicted in black attire, Catholics in colours. The feast was also graced by a charming dog.
London · Monarchies · Mores · People · Humour
Prince Philip's aunt and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's niece, Queen Louise of Sweden (1889-1965), née Battenberg, often visited London, and once a bus very nearly ran her down
Prince Philip's aunt and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's niece, Queen Louise of Sweden (1889-1965), née Battenberg, often visited London, and once a bus very nearly ran her down. After this unpleasantness, Queen Louise, when walking the streets of London, always carried with her a small card
NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Observations
Balloon arch with the number 90 above a Moscow metro entrance at sunset
Beautiful. The Moscow Metro, my absolute favourite ❤️
Society
Letter on the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights and the expulsion of foreign criminals
Italy and Denmark have issued a clear and bold letter, already signed by other European countries: Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic. The text of the letter runs roughly as follows: We are obliged to protect our citizens, our values, our democracy. We are the leaders
NB! · Books · Moscow · Observations · Pop Culture
Watching “What? Where? When?”
Watching “What? Where? When?” I am astonished that not a single person in an entire hall of clever-clogs could identify the book lift from the Lenin Library! They are practically identical in nearly all libraries. Well, well: our respected citizens stray ever further from the temple of knowledge
Art · Books · People
In 1887 Repin painted two portraits of Tolstoy and “The Ploughman” at Yasnaya Polyana
The Ploughman. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy at the Plough Ilya Repin, 1887. In the course of a week at Yasnaya Polyana in August 1887, Repin painted two large portraits of Tolstoy, made a great many drawings and produced a small picture, "The Ploughman". Repin watched Lev Tolstoy devote entire
Books · Moscow · Observations · Heritage · Society
It is sad to see the dusty window of the Writers' Bookshop on Kuznetsky Most, closed for a year now
It is sad to see the dusty window of the Writers' Bookshop on Kuznetsky Most, closed for a year now. It is, it turns out, the oldest surviving bookshop in Moscow. One feels moved to appeal to the city authorities. In the capitalist race, not every cultural institution can
Books · Society
Alexander Solzhenitsyn on a lie that both sides know is a lie
They lie, we know they are lying, and they know that we know they are lying. But they go on lying all the same Alexander Solzhenitsyn