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Natalia Goncharova's drawing “Sketch of a Woman's Dress with a Boa”, second half of the 1920s
Natalia Goncharova. “Design for a Woman’s Dress with a Boa”. Second half of the 1920s.
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The heart of the exhibition, as Max Boxer himself puts it, is a special space that holds exclusively family things: the works of his father, Anatoly Boxer, his grandmother's personal belongings, furniture from his mother's flat, remember…
The heart of the exhibition, as Max Boxer himself puts it, is a special space that holds exclusively family things: the works of his father, Anatoly Boxer, his grandmother's personal belongings, furniture from his mother's flat (remember, I wrote of how she lamented the emptying of
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Eighteenth-Century Silver and Table Curiosities Made from Nuts
Eighteenth-century silver and table curiosities made from nuts. I wrote once about similar exhibits in the Armoury Chamber and in the Metropolitan Museum. But some people simply keep such things at home
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One of the best-known works in the collection: Konstantin Somov
One of the best-known works in the collection: Konstantin Somov, “Alexandra Levchenko”, 1936. A preparatory study for La Belle Simonetta. I give here the text from Somov's diary of 1934. But Maxim himself says that for him this is, above all, Alexandra Levchenko in the guise of
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Display cases with eighteenth-century glass: for the collector what matters here is not the glass but the engraved design, since the whole conception of this collection rested on the uniqueness of the engravings
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Friends!
Friends! I invite you to the private view of Maxim Boxer's exhibition A Collector's Dream at the In Artibus foundation. Max is in the photograph and sends his regards; he kindly answered a few simple questions by way of a first introduction to his collection. The
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The dog Togo and Leonard Seppala in the Great Race of Mercy of 1925 in Alaska
The dog Togo and his master Seppala, heroes of the Great Race of Mercy of 1925. In the coldest winter Alaska had known in twenty years, an epidemic of diphtheria broke out in the remote town of Nome, and the meagre stocks of serum there had passed their expiry date.
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A Number of Restrictions Are Introduced on the Activities of Institutions Under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation: Museums, Theatres, Philharmonic Societies, Circuses and Other Performing Arts Organisations, as well as Organisations Engage
In particular, the admission of visitors to museums and to organisations engaged in exhibition activity is suspended; a temporary ban is introduced on the staging of plays, musical concerts, circus performances and other mass events. Similar recommendations have been sent to the regional bodies governing culture. In addition, the activities
Museums · Society · Saint Petersburg
Some federal cultural institutions limit attendance while the Hermitage closes
🧼🦠The Ministry of Culture has decided to close all federal institutions for quarantine🧪🔬. upd some sources in federal cultural institutions deny the reports that they are closing at all, or closing to visitors; staff have been offered a shortened working day, masks and new safety measures, and have preferred to
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The Hermitage announces epidemic measures and says the museum stays open
In view of the spread of coronavirus, the Hermitage announces the following. - A crisis management plan has been drawn up, which includes possible options for the museum's operation should the situation deteriorate. - The Hermitage does not plan to hold any mass cultural events with more than 1,000
Architecture · Art · Observations · Society · Paris
Studying the bas-relief of the Palais de la Porte Dorée, one notices a peculiarity shared by all the colonial figures: like the images of ancient Egypt, they face the viewer in profile, and only the allegorical figure of France, on the central axis of the
Studying the bas-relief of the Palais de la Porte Dorée, one notices a peculiarity shared by all the colonial figures: like the images of ancient Egypt, they face the viewer in profile, and only the allegorical figure of France, on the central axis of the composition above the doorway,
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Whenever I recall the delightful façade of the Palais de la Porte Dorée on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes, I wonder whether mankind will ever invent anything so aesthetically flawless and inspired as the Art Deco tradition.
The building, which now houses a tropical aquarium and a museum of the history of immigration, was originally created as an exhibition space for the six-month Colonial Exhibition held in Paris in 1931. The entire façade of the Palace of the Golden Gate is covered with bas-reliefs depicting