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Before museums close again for a new quarantine, I strongly urge you to visit the exhibition “Art Hunters” at the Museum of Russian Impressionism, which brings together canvases from the collections of the most famous collectors of the Soviet Union: Semen
Before museums close again for a new quarantine, I strongly urge you to visit the exhibition “Art Hunters” at the Museum of Russian Impressionism, which brings together canvases from the collections of the most famous collectors of the Soviet Union: Semenov, Rubinstein, Stychkin, Abramyan, Valk, Dudakov, Paleev, fourteen people in
Archive · Art · Moscow · People
Mikhail Chernyshov's memoirs of the 1963 American graphic art exhibition and pop art
“Autumn came in sixty-three, November. One day I came out of the TYuZ (I worked there as a lighting technician), walked up Gorky Street and saw fresh posters for an exhibition of American graphic art. I thumped the hoarding in delight and noticed two men eyeing me; I heard
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Abstract painting with a red grid on a white ground in a gallery room
Art · Observations · New York · People · Society Pages
Retrospective of geometric abstractionist Mikhail Chernyshov at the Alina Pinsky Gallery
I saw Mikhail Chernyshov's work in the flesh for the first time at his retrospective at the Alina Pinsky Gallery. The artist, who is represented in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery and many major museums around the world, has worked in geometric abstraction since 1959, left the
NB! · Monarchies · Observations · People · Humour
The media seem far more concerned about the number of hairs on Prince William's head than the Duke of Cambridge himself, about whom we can say one thing for certain: he has an excellent sense of humour
Art · Museums · Paris · Humour
Charon Crossing to the Kingdom of Shadows
Charon crossing to the kingdom of shadows. Second quarter of the eighteenth century. A masterpiece by the French artist Pierre Subleyras. From the collection of the Duke of Penthièvre, now in the Louvre. An interesting choice: to show the glints from the heat of the burning Phlegethon on the buttocks
Aristocracy · Art · People · Humour
When the painter Jacques-Émile Blanche was introduced to Jeanne Lebaudy, Countess de Fels, heiress to the sugar magnate, she was a little over fifty, and Blanche remarked: "What a pity we did not meet twenty years ago, how I should have liked to…
To which the countess replied: "Surely you have not lost all your talent?" In the striking portrait in shades of red by Léon Comerre, Jeanne is still an unmarried girl.
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Sigismondo Coccapani depicts the crowning of Michelangelo with laurel, Casa Buonarroti museum in Florence
Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and Poetry Crown Michelangelo. Casa Buonarroti Museum, Florence. Work by Sigismondo Coccapani, 17th century
Coming Up · Observations · Society
Applications Open for Cultural Project Grants Totalling 3.5 Billion Roubles
One may "apply" for the competitive selection until the end of July. It is run by the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives. The winners are expected to be determined by September. "The expert review takes place during August, and already at the beginning of September, we assume,
Architecture · Faith · Monarchies · Heritage · Paris
Model of the Basilica of Saint-Denis with the north tower dismantled in 1869
Model of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, built in 1144 on the site of an older building dating back to the mid-fifth century. The construction of this church marks the birth of Gothic architecture. The model shows Saint-Denis with its reconstructed north tower, which was taken down for
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A little fishing in Scotland, skiing in Saint-Moritz: such were the weekends of Coco Chanel, photographed for the February 1931 issue of the magazine l’Art vivant
A little fishing in Scotland, skiing in Saint-Moritz: such were the weekends of Coco Chanel, photographed for the February 1931 issue of the magazine l’Art vivant. The photographs are by Germaine Krull, very popular in those years.