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A reminder that the prophet Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the whale and did not lose his faith that God would save him
Illustrations from a twelfth-century Bible
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Winner of the fifth category of The Art Newspaper Russia XII Awards, Museum of the Year: PERMM in the city of Perm, for energy, resilience and the knack of staying in dialogue with the public and the city
Winner of the fifth category of The Art Newspaper Russia XII Awards, Museum of the Year: PERMM in the city of Perm, for energy, resilience and the knack of staying in dialogue with the public and the city. The award is presented by Roman Zhukarin, Director of the Nizhny Novgorod
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The winner of the fourth category of the The Art Newspaper Russia XII awards, Exhibition of the Year: “First Position. Russian Ballet”
The winner of the fourth category of the The Art Newspaper Russia XII awards, Exhibition of the Year, is “First Position. Russian Ballet” at the Central Exhibition Hall “Manege”, Saint Petersburg. The prize is presented by Alisa Prudnikova, director of VAC
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Vinzavod founders Sofia and Roman Trotsenko receive The Art Newspaper Russia award
Winners of the third category of The Art Newspaper Russia Prize XII, Personal Contribution: Sofia and Roman Trotsenko, founders of the Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art. The prize is presented by Natalia Opaleva, Director of the AZ Museum
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The winner of the second category of The Art Newspaper Russia XII Awards, Book of the Year, is “Artists of the Russian Emigration in America”; the prize is presented by the gallerist Ildar Galeev
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The winner of the first category of the The Art Newspaper Russia XII awards, Restoration of the Year: the Moscow Palace of Pioneers on the Sparrow Hills, built in 1962, for its careful treatment of an example of Soviet architectural modernism
The winner of the first category of the The Art Newspaper Russia XII awards, Restoration of the Year: the Moscow Palace of Pioneers on the Sparrow Hills, built in 1962, for its careful treatment of an example of Soviet architectural modernism. The prize is presented by Elizaveta Likhacheva, Director of
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The ceremony of the annual, as it turns out already twelfth, The Art Newspaper Russia Awards at the Pushkin Theatre
The ceremony of the annual, as it turns out already twelfth, The Art Newspaper Russia Awards at the Pushkin Theatre. We await a performance created jointly with artificial intelligence: it is reported that it took part in the staging on an equal footing with human beings. On an equal footing
Monarchies · Museums · Saint Petersburg
The two-seater carriage of Alexander II, in which the Emperor was travelling at the time of the attempt on his life on 1 (13) March 1881
The two-seater carriage of Alexander II, in which the Emperor was travelling at the time of the attempt on his life on 1 (13) March 1881. In the course of this attempt Alexander II was wounded and died. As can be seen, the bomb severely damaged the body of
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Two Versions of the Origin of the Word Carnival Before Lent
The week before Great Lent is maslenitsa with us, and carnival in Europe. The word carnival derives from the Italian carne, meat + vale, farewell, which accords with the Christian meaning of the festival preceding Great Lent. True, there is another etymology of the word carnival: some trace it to the
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Today the 87-year-old Pope Francis I marks the eleventh anniversary of his accession to the papal throne
The Vatican reports that the Bishop of Rome enters the twelfth year of his pontificate in a dark hour, when the fate of humanity lies in the hands of rulers unable to weigh the consequences of their decisions, who appear to be surrendering to the inevitability of war. We, for
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Carpenters mark completion of the Notre-Dame roof framework
Carpenters salute the completion of the roof structures of Notre-Dame. It is gratifying that the church is regaining its physical body. And it is especially pleasing to see such a close-knit company of masters of an ancient biblical trade, who have applied their skill and put their souls