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Flying squirrel on a gold chain, detail of a painting
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Portrait of Henry Pelham with a pet flying squirrel by John Singleton Copley, 1765
A pet squirrel will surprise no one, but a domestic flying squirrel on a golden lead is a great rarity, even by the standards of the eighteenth century. 1765, John Singleton Copley, portrait of his half-brother Henry Pelham
Archive · Books · People · Rome
Byron on Rome and the Colosseum, and lines from “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”
Byron visited the Roman Colosseum in 1817, when the ruins were still wholly overgrown with thick vegetation and a veritable carpet of flowers. He wrote of it: "I have passed some days in wondrous Rome, and am delighted with Rome. As a whole, Rome, both ancient and modern, is
Faith · People · Rome
Pope Francis Admitted to Hospital Shortly After the Traditional Sunday Prayer in Saint Peter's Square
Pope Francis has been admitted to hospital shortly after the traditional Sunday prayer in Saint Peter's Square. The Holy See's press office reports that the Pope is to undergo a scheduled operation on the intestine. Let us pray that all goes well, and that the 84-
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Every Joke Contains a Grain of Joke 😄
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Suspended sculpture with fibrous tendrils in a museum hall
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations
The Darwin Museum is a most interesting place in its own right, but the way objects of contemporary art have been so carefully and organically integrated into its display, overturning epistemological foundations and focusing attention on…
The Darwin Museum is a most interesting place in its own right, but quite another story is the way objects of contemporary art have been so carefully and organically integrated into its display, overturning epistemological foundations and focusing attention on unnatural history, turning the space into a modern alchemical showcase
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations · Science · Humour
Monster skeleton at the Darwin Museum is an artwork by Masha Bogoraz
Good Lord, What Are You? The Darwin Museum has acquired the skeleton of some unimaginable monster. According to the legend, the artefact was discovered by Darwin in the Galápagos Islands and then brought to the American Museum of Natural History, where it was unearthed by a Russian scholar, Vladimir Bogoraz,
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Sculpture of Saint Paul by François Marchand, Made Around 1540
A sculpture of Saint Paul of incredible beauty by François Marchand, c. 1540. What a strong, expressive scar on the face, and what a serene pose
NB! · Cinema · Observations · Humour
I hardly know which of these rare shots is the more impressive: Roman legionaries on the approaches to Hadrian's Wall, or French infantry at Waterloo?
Coming Up · Observations · Society
First presidential culture grant competition draws 4,000 prospective participants in two weeks
Remember the presidential grant competition for cultural projects? The first figures are in: within two weeks, 4,000 people had already expressed a wish to take part in the first grant competition in the sphere of culture, art and the creative industries. The submission of applications opened on 15 June