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The Rok film studio has unveiled a project for a new film, “Family Happiness”, after Leo Tolstoy’s novel of the same name, to be realised by the young director Stasya Tolstaya (Venkova), wife of…

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The Rok film studio has unveiled a project for a new film, “Family Happiness”, after Leo Tolstoy’s novel of the same name, to be realised by the young director Stasya Tolstaya (Venkova), wife of…

The Rok film studio has unveiled a project for a new film, “Family Happiness”, after Leo Tolstoy’s novel of the same name, to be realised by the young director Stasya Tolstaya (Venkova), wife of a great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-

By Alexandr Radayev
For a Couple More Weeks, a Stunning Exhibition of Works by Zinaida Serebriakova (1884-1967) Is on at the Russian Spiritual and Cultural Orthodox Centre on the Quai Branly in Paris, Supported by the Diocese of Chersonesus

Coming Up · Art · Paris · People

For a Couple More Weeks, a Stunning Exhibition of Works by Zinaida Serebriakova (1884-1967) Is on at the Russian Spiritual and Cultural Orthodox Centre on the Quai Branly in Paris, Supported by the Diocese of Chersonesus

The exhibition marks the 140th anniversary of the birth of the Russian-French artist and the centenary of her move from Russia to France. The exhibition has astonished the Parisian public. Serebriakova, already fairly well known, has revealed herself to still more people as an incredibly modern, talented, original and

By Alexandr Radayev
Ilya Repin's painting "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581" returns to the permanent display of the Tretyakov Gallery, where an exhibition devoted to its large-scale restoration will open

Coming Up · Archive · Art · Moscow · Museums · Heritage

Ilya Repin's painting "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581" returns to the permanent display of the Tretyakov Gallery, where an exhibition devoted to its large-scale restoration will open

The project is called "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan. The Return". The display will include, among other things, studies and sketches reflecting the artist's long search for the composition, the types and the historical details. Archive documents will show the chronicle of the first

By Alexandr Radayev
In my view, Nokias were the greatest telephones of their era, to which we largely owe the shape of modern telecommunications, so I cannot but rejoice that from 15 January 2025 Finland's Aalto University will be showing a design archive…

Coming Up · Archive · Observations · Pop Culture

In my view, Nokias were the greatest telephones of their era, to which we largely owe the shape of modern telecommunications, so I cannot but rejoice that from 15 January 2025 Finland's Aalto University will be showing a design archive…

The archive will include sketches, presentations, advertising materials and interviews with designers. It offers a view of Nokia's projects that were ahead of their time: early social networks, QR codes, VR and other technologies that have since become commonplace. One will also be able to study the design

By Alexandr Radayev
Tomorrow the State Hermitage will open new halls of its permanent display “The Gallery of Peter the Great”, devoted to the era of the Empresses Anna Ioannovna and Elizabeth Petrovna and to the development of Russian art and culture during their reigns

Coming Up · Art · Monarchies · Museums · Saint Petersburg

Tomorrow the State Hermitage will open new halls of its permanent display “The Gallery of Peter the Great”, devoted to the era of the Empresses Anna Ioannovna and Elizabeth Petrovna and to the development of Russian art and culture during their reigns

The display includes paintings, jewellery, porcelain, smalt and mosaic panels, and furniture. Particular attention is paid to Mikhail Lomonosov: one of the halls will be devoted to his work and to the unique collection of smalt and mosaic panels produced at the Ust-Ruditsa factory, which Lomonosov founded. Among the

By Alexandr Radayev