Presentation of the ninth Cosmoscow season at the Manege. An empty chair beneath the portrait of Olga Sviblova serves as a reminder of the joke about Olga Lvovna's famous punctuality.
ps The best stand at the fair was judged to be that of the Szena Gallery
At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
