Observations · Science

Radioactivity of antique watches with radium paint on hands and dials

Attention. If any of you are admirers or owners of antique watches, the following information will be of use to you. This applies especially to owners of such makes as Patria, Lancet, Leonidas, Laco-Durowe, Longines, Kienzle, Weisco, Hanhart, Glashutte, Helvetia, Helma, Era, Atima-Sport, the Japanese Seikosha, the Soviet

A printed poster on a white wall titled “Знакомство” (Acquaintance), with long text, a drawing of an insect with many legs and pixel-art candles.

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Exhibition poster “Acquaintance” with a story of a trip to Zheleznogorsk

Gallery-wall painting in thick brushstrokes: yellow and red buildings with columns, a white fountain, cypresses, tiny figures below and floating silhouettes in a lilac sky.

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Oil painting of a fountain and colonnade at sunset with floating figures in the sky

Art · Museums · Observations · Society

Tsikoriy Contemporary Art Centre opens in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Region

Meanwhile, in Zheleznogorsk, a town of a hundred thousand in the Kursk region, the Tsikoriy (“Chicory”) Centre for Contemporary Art has opened. The governor himself came to the opening, no less. The centre was launched with the support of Garage. The atmosphere at the opening was very warm and inspiring:

Art · Science

Sound installation by vtol changes its sound in response to actions on a connected phone

One of ::vtol::'s "robots" is a sound installation that works as follows: if you connect to its access point (there are four of them), it begins to react to whatever you do on your phone, altering the sound environment around it. The artist himself describes the

In a white gallery room, black perforated plates lie on bubble wrap beside an upright metal mechanism with wires. A black-and-white drawing leans against the wall behind.

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Exhibition setup: parts of a mechanical installation on a gallery floor

NB! · Moscow · Observations · Society · People

And last year, in fact, the actors of the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre wrote an appeal to Putin for Tatyana Doronina's return as artistic director

And last year, in fact, the actors of the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre wrote an appeal to Putin for Tatyana Doronina's return as artistic director. And now she is once again at the helm of the theatre. I do not know what the theatrical community makes of it,

Aristocracy · Archive · London · Monarchies

Four royal children were born in Britain between February and May 1964

Four heirs to the British crown at their joint 21st birthday party at Windsor Castle in 1985. The year 1964 is remembered by the English for a royal baby boom, when four royal heirs arrived within the space of a few months. That year the Queen herself was delivered of

Architecture · Heritage · Society · Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg stained glass exhibition hosts talk on citizens protecting architectural decor

At a meeting of activists and conservationists held as part of the banner exhibition "Stained Glass of Saint Petersburg. Losses. Protection. Rescue" in Saint Petersburg, the burning question "How can a concerned citizen protect the architectural decoration of historic buildings?" was discussed, and a set of

Aristocracy · Archive · Art · Moscow · Museums · Society

Speaking of aristocrats and art: on the upper floor of MAMM, an archival exhibition by Lauren Greenfield on the life of the Moscow post-Soviet elite, a photographic project of 2012-2014 in which the artist set out to capture the daily life and pretensions

Speaking of aristocrats and art: on the upper floor of MAMM, an archival exhibition by Lauren Greenfield on the life of the Moscow post-Soviet elite, a photographic project of 2012-2014 in which the artist set out to capture the daily life and pretensions of Russia's wealthy.

Moscow · Museums · Observations · Society Pages

Yesterday MAMM opened an exhibition of photographs by Yulia Mayorova, but I did not manage to see it: I had time only to fortify myself with two glasses of champagne and snap the corridor, with the works glimpsed at its far end, since the opening was dela

Yesterday MAMM opened an exhibition of photographs by Yulia Mayorova, but I did not manage to see it: I had time only to fortify myself with two glasses of champagne and snap the corridor, with the works glimpsed at its far end, since the opening was delayed and I had

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