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Madonna of the Veil, or the Loreto Madonna, Raphael Sanzio, 1508
It is believed that the infant Jesus is playing with the very veil in which the Virgin will wrap his head after the Crucifixion
Geography · Heritage · Society
Venice to increase the number of paid city visit days from 30 to 54
In 2025 Venice will raise its day-tripper tax to €10. The original charge of €5 was introduced to curb the flow of tourists. According to the city authorities, however, the measure failed to achieve its aim, and thanks to the Venice Biennale the number of visitors has actually grown.
NB! · Art · Museums · Paris
Caravaggio's Boy with a Basket of Fruit at the Musée Jacquemart-André, on tour with the masterpieces of the Galleria Borghese
NB! · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour
Splendid pyjamas, Monsieur Saint-Saëns!
Splendid pyjamas, Monsieur Saint-Saëns! Might you spare us the Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22? At least in the performance of Aldo Ciccolini
NB! · Faith · The East · Society
The woman Bishop of Stockholm has proposed that churches in her diocese remove images of the cross and install signs indicating the direction of Mecca
NB! · Architecture · Observations · Society · Paris
Beneath the main nave of the Grand Palais in Paris, the largest temporary indoor ice rink in the world has been open since 14 December!
Beneath the main nave of the Grand Palais in Paris, the largest temporary indoor ice rink in the world has been open since 14 December! A spectacle of great beauty, but I warn you at once: to get inside, you must arrive at least 2 hours ahead, as the whole
NB! · Archive · Cinema · Pop Culture
Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve in a photograph from 1982
Susan Sarandon, 36, and Catherine Deneuve, 39. 1982
NB! · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour
And Cordelia will be played by Nastya Ivleeva?
Art · Museums · Heritage · Society
Spain identifies 5,126 items confiscated from private collections after the Civil War
Spain's Ministry of Culture Returns to Their Historical Owners Works of Art Seized by the Franco Regime. The ministry has identified 5,126 such items, including paintings, sculptures, books and jewellery, which after the civil war of 1936–1939 were confiscated from private collections and handed over to
NB! · Cinema · People
Eisenstein's Red Flag
Architecture · Mores · Rome · Humour
Benito Mussolini's Personal Gymnasium, the "Palestra del Duce", Designed by the Italian Architect Luigi Moretti
where, judging by the apparatus, the dictator trained, among other things, in hanging upside down