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The Stage Gallery Continues Its Exhibition of Akhmat Bikanov, a Young Artist and Graduate of MARKHI, with Touching Watercolour Portraits of Fictional and Real People with Prominent Noses
Art · Museums · Observations
Exhibition of Nizhny Novgorod artists at Richter, opened on 30 March
Since today is a museum day, I am recalling the exhibition that opened at Richter on 30 March and brought together artists from Nizhny Novgorod. It was a great pleasure to see. The works are excellent, the artists deserve praise. In order, among what caught my eye: Vladimir Chernyshev, Trajectory
Faith · Art · Pop Culture
Early portrait of Saint Jerome by Van Dyck sold at auction in Switzerland for 2.4 million francs
A very small allegorical portrait of Saint Jerome, 47 x 40 cm, by the young Van Dyck sold at auction in Switzerland for 2.4 million francs (that is, 2.2 million euros) against an estimate of 600,000-800,000 euros. It is one of several Van Dyck depictions
Coming Up · Museums · Observations · New York · Society
Molina Family Gallery on Latinos in the United States to open in 2022
In 2022 a vast gallery devoted to the Latino experience in the United States will open in New York. The Molina Family Gallery will be housed in the National Museum of American History and will concentrate on the historical and cultural heritage of American Latinos and their contribution to American
Observations · Society · Paris
Urban upkeep in Paris under Anne Hidalgo and talk of her presidential ambitions
In places, Paris really does look like a field of ruins. The paving on the Place de la Concorde, for instance, now looks just so. Public works are perhaps the most frequent complaint my Parisian acquaintances make against the administration of Anne Hidalgo, who has run the city since 2014
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On 11 April Netflix will show Princess Diana's scandalous and notorious BBC interview of 20 November 1995, watched by 23 million people
On 11 April Netflix will show Princess Diana's scandalous and notorious BBC interview of 20 November 1995, watched by 23 million people. It was spoken of as "the interview that shook the world". Twenty-six years have passed, and it is still not entirely clear why
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Boy in a military-style uniform with epaulettes, sepia studio portrait
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A very charming piece of double dressing by Elizabeth II and her youngest son Edward, Earl of Wessex, in 2004
A very charming piece of double dressing by Elizabeth II and her youngest son Edward, Earl of Wessex, in 2004. In the arms of Sophie, Countess of Wessex, is their elder daughter, Louise Windsor.
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New York graffiti artist Harif Guzman shows photos, video and installations at MMOMA
MMOMA on Petrovka has opened an exhibition of the New York graffiti artist Hharif Guzman, bringing together his photographs, videos, graffiti, posters, signs, installations, paintings, boards and even such an art object as a shirt bearing a placard reading "this is my shirt". A very coherent and vivid
Art · People
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin depicts the death of Marshal Lannes, wounded at Aspern
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, The Death of Marshal Lannes, Duke of Montebello. We see Napoleon holding Lannes and pressing him to his chest. Tarle writes that Napoleon wept for the second and last time in his life when the dying Marshal Lannes lay in his arms: one of his closest friends