Museums · Observations · Humour
Besides the flats of eminent cultural figures, whole museums can be found for sale on Avito, among other things. Earlier I wrote about the Yesenin museum put up for sale; this time it is a museum of stone that is going under the hammer. At first glance the collection has
Faith · The East · Society · Rome
Pope Francis's first public audience in six months was devoted not only to the challenges of the pandemic but also to words of sympathy for the victims of the tragedy in Beirut, with a special place in his address given to solidarity. The Pope recalled the Babel syndrome:
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Faith · Society · Rome
Today Pope Francis held his first public audience in six months and spoke some very important words: that all of us need the immediacy of personal contact, which does our souls great good, and that we should pray that the pandemic does not become a pretext for dividing humanity but
The East · Art · Museums · New York · Paris
The press office of Malmaison reports that Jacques-Louis David's Bonaparte Crossing the Great St Bernard Pass has at long last returned to the native walls of the residence of Napoleon Bonaparte and Joséphine de Beauharnais from the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Before that, the canvas was
Coming Up · Museums · Observations · Society
At the North Caucasus branch of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Vladikavkaz, the exhibition "One for All", devoted to the 75th anniversary of Victory, opens today, the first day of three days of mourning in Ossetia for the victims of Beslan. The organisers' idea
Coming Up · Art
Listings for subscribers in Krasnodar Krai, neighbouring regions, and anyone planning to spend the warm autumn days well in the South of Russia. The Golubitskoe Art Foundation, on the grounds of the Golubitskoe Estate winery on the Taman Peninsula, invites you to Alisa Ioffe's exhibition "Taman Diary&
Architecture · Observations · Mores · Saint Petersburg
Avito continues to delight with unique lots. This time, for a modest 89 million roubles (almost 40 million more than last year's price), this flea market of the whole universe has put up for sale a 240-square-metre, six-room flat with a terrace in the centre
Aristocracy · Art · Monarchies · Museums
One of the eight parts of the famous series of tapestries of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. The tapestry was made in 1466 in the millefleurs technique, popular in the 15th and 16th centuries, that is, "a thousand flowers", which make up the main artistic body of
NB! · Art · Cinema · Humour
Portrait of Dracula from Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 film adaptation vs Dürer's portrait. Neither coincidence nor accident)
NB! · Art · Observations · People
Beauty was stolen from the people and sold back to them under the guise of luxury: golden words from Sir Roger Vernon Scruton. And yes, we miss you very much
Archive · Geography · Science
What are Napoleonic plans? Take, for instance, this illustration of Napoleon's forthcoming conquest of England, from the French press of 1804. The victorious invasion was to proceed beneath the earth and above the water: troops and guns cross through a tunnel under the Channel, accompanied by an attack