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Mikhail Kozakov and Oleg Tabakov
Mikhail Kozakov and Oleg Tabakov. The MKhAT hostel, 1956
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Should you suddenly fancy a European tour of the sixteenth century, take along this aide-mémoire on how lace collars changed shape from decade to decade, so as not to mistake which decade you have landed in
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You Clever Old Thing
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Words of praise for Maria Christina of Saxony
⚡️Female Version of the Laughing Mr Candy Meme Discovered. Bravo, Maria Christina of Saxony!
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Perhaps the story of Lebedev-Kumach's madness is one of the most frequently retold memories of the hasty, chaotic and frightening evacuation of Moscow 80 years ago, when German troops closed in on the city's lines of defence and everyone in the capital…
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Alisa Bagdonaite shares details of the Kyoto Art Center's residency programme for artists aged 65+
Details at the link: https://www.facebook.com/kyotoartcenter/
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Meanwhile, in the Great Wine Cellar, that is, at the Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art, an exhibition of the nominees for the Anatoly Zverev Prize is being prepared, running from 19 October to 21 November
Meanwhile, in the Great Wine Cellar, that is, at the Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art, an exhibition of the nominees for the Anatoly Zverev Prize is being prepared, running from 19 October to 21 November. The photograph shows, besides the smiling gallerist Alina Pinskaya, the artist Evgeny Muzalevsky beside his
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Modern Romanovs and their claims to the Russian throne under pre-revolutionary law
The wedding of Georgy Mikhailovich Romanov has caused a great commotion, and waves of displeasure and outrage are still spreading across the windless surface of our infosphere. Characteristically, I have had messages from people among my acquaintances, even ones permitted to follow me on Insta, saying that all of us
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Maria Kolosovskaya's ceramic Acne Studios bag at an Arts Wanted auction
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The Gilyarovsky Foundation space on Stoleshnikov Lane has opened a pre-auction exhibition, One Woman and The Other; the auction itself will take place there on the evening of the 20th
The Gilyarovsky Foundation space on Stoleshnikov Lane has opened a pre-auction exhibition, One Woman and The Other; the auction itself will take place there on the evening of the 20th. As the title makes plain, the works are exclusively by women artists. We have already seen a few all-
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The Members of the Paris Council Await the Next Post About Anne Hidalgo in Parnassian Mockingbird
The members of the Paris Council await the next post about Anne Hidalgo in Parnassian Mockingbird. And so it goes every day, for a mere 4283 euros a month
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Robert Doisneau's 1948 photograph “Indignant Lady” at the Galerie Romi window in Paris
Elena Mizulina Has Entered the Internet. "Indignant Lady. Shop Window, Galerie Romi, Paris", 1948, by Robert Doisneau