The East · Books · Observations
Have you read "The Cossacks"? Prince Olenin, disillusioned with life and sunk in complete moral decline, goes straight off to the active army in the hope of distracting himself amid new circumstances and places. He hopes that closeness to nature and to the simple folk will help him
NB! · Cinema · People · Pop Culture
Love Story, Viktor Tsoi. 1987
Aristocracy · Architecture · Moscow · Heritage
In the Neskuchny Garden, Count Orlov's grotto, recognised as a cultural heritage site of federal significance, has been restored for the first time. Its viewing platform opens onto the Moskva River, Catherine's Pond and Count Orlov's Summer House. The structure appeared here at the
Archaeology · Moscow · Nature · Ethnography
In the Seventeenth Century Muscovites Loved Cats So Much That They Depicted Them Wearing Crowns. During work at two archaeological sites in Moscow, on Tverskaya Street and on the grounds of the Chizhevsky Compound on Nikolskaya Street, clay tiles were discovered bearing the image of a cat in a crown.
Interviews · Art · Moscow · Museums · Society · Saint Petersburg
Another interesting fragment from Marina Loshak's recent interview. — Is the Russian art market content with Vasnetsov and Serov? — It is very bad when a culture, however rich and varied it may be, stews in its own juice. It is one single "broth", and every ingredient in
NB! · Archive · Architecture · Faith · Art · Saint Petersburg
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The Socialite's Children. Karl Bryullov
Art · Museums · Observations · Saint Petersburg
The Ascent. Perhaps this is the chief thought that comes to mind on viewing the grand retrospective of Karl Bryullov at the Russian Museum. An ascent at once of you, the viewer, and of Russian art itself, up to the level of Bryullov, who became our first great painter to
Faith · Art · Museums · Heritage · Saint Petersburg
The Apparition of "Christ in the Tomb" at the Russian Museum, at the "Great Karl" Exhibition. I had not expected to see this painting at the grand jubilee exhibition of Karl Bryullov. The previously unknown canvas by Bryullov, which has now featured in legal proceedings for
Art · Observations
A mistake is a gift from God. Do not try to correct it, then. On the contrary, try to understand it, to be imbued with its meaning, to grow used to it. And liberation will come. Salvador Dalí
NB! · The East · Art · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour
Contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami now makes footwear. Well, evidently the world has been feeling a certain shortage of rubber goods. Owners of Crocs, accordingly, should hasten to change their shoes.
NB! · Art · Monarchies · Museums · Rome
Wooden model of Bernini's equestrian statue of Louis XIV in the Galleria Borghese. In the end the sculpture did not please the king, and he sent it off to the back of the park