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Five installations at the festival in Kazan, where artists occupied 17 locations
I want to share the five most beautiful and, in my view, most significant art objects of the independent NUR International Media Art Festival, held in Kazan from 24 to 26 May, incidentally for the fourth time already. A great many artists gathered, spread over 17 locations, so there was
Science · Society
Russian Academy of Sciences to create board of trustees and invite Putin to chair it
The general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences has resolved to establish a Board of Trustees of the RAS. The academicians will send Vladimir Putin an invitation to head it. Academician Nikolay Makarov remarks that the academy has never before had a board of trustees, but that it should
Faith · Art · Books
Maximilian Voloshin's poem “Our Lady of Vladimir”, 1929
Not on a throne, but on Her arm, His left little hand embracing Her neck, Gaze to gaze, cheek pressed to cheek, He makes his insistent demand… I am struck dumb, No strength, no words on my tongue… Gathered in a beast's tension, The Lion-cub Sphinx has
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A Peredelkino Mood
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Marlene Dietrich at a party in New York in 1967, aged 66
Marlene Dietrich in 1967. A photograph from a party in New York: the diva is 66
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First Russian Translation of Henry James’s “The Other House” Presented in Peredelkino
Wondering what was so mysteriously Victorian going on in Peredelkino yesterday? Conversations in hammocks, prose readings in garden pavilions, impassioned speeches by gentlemen beneath century-old pines, photographs taken with an antique mirror camera… Let me tell you. Bookmate and the Peredelkino Writers' House presented the first translation of
NB! · Moscow · Museums · Observations
The Pushkin Museum Turns 112
Archaeology · Heritage · New York · Society
Fifth return of stolen Gandhara antiquities to Pakistan from the United States
Associated Press reports that this week, at a ceremony in the Manhattan District Attorney's office in New York, US authorities returned to Pakistan 133 stolen works of art with an estimated value of more than 13 million dollars. This is already the fifth handover of stolen antiquities of
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The Writing Desk in Dostoevsky's Flat
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Wind blows up the skirt of Queen Elizabeth II in a black-and-white photograph
Queen Elizabeth II. The wind lifts her skirt
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Arnold's finger method for multiplying by nine and the Chinese rule
An unexpected method of multiplication is offered by Arnold from "Hey Arnold!". The method works for multiplying by 9 and, it would seem, corresponds to an old Chinese rule of multiplying on the fingers: To obtain the result of multiplying by nine, hold both hands open and fold