Small-scale plastic art is seldom the star of a museum display

Small-scale plastic art is seldom the star of a museum display. Yet for how much these works can tell us about the history and culture of a country, few things can compare. This week's recommendations are devoted to exhibitions of coins and medals that deserve particular attention, so do not miss them.

👑“Gods, Kings and Barbarians. Coins of the Bosporan Kingdom” at the Museum of Numismatics

🫰“Goods, Money, Goods: From the History of Trade and Exchange in the Past” at the Museum of the Archaeology of Moscow

🕴️“People Like Any Other People. They Love Money” at the State Historical Museum

⚒️“Ready for Labour and Defence” at the Museum of Sport

🎖️“Medals by Yefim Kharabet in the Collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. New Acquisitions” at the Pushkin Museum

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Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s

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