Coming Up · Art · Saint Petersburg
Nine kilometres of cord went into the appliqué beard of Chernomor in Anton Oconeshnikov's production of Ruslan and Lyudmila at the Alexandrinsky Theatre. Premiere on 20 May, hurry to see it
Coming Up · Art · Observations
On Monday we went to the Alina Pinsky Gallery to see the True Colours exhibition, and I am still under the spell of its play with colour; I deliberately tried to catch several rooms in a single frame, to show the dialogue across the white walls between dissimilar but equally
Coming Up · Art · Moscow
The duo of Pavel Pepperstein and Sonya Stereostyrski has presented a new series of works, "Ziggurats", at the Vladey space
Coming Up · Art · Monarchies · Museums · Observations · Paris
Marie Antoinette sat for Wertmüller in 1785-88. He worked on commission from the Swedish king Gustav III. Besides the portrait of the queen with her children, Antoinette appeared on several other canvases. The most intimate proved to be precisely the first version. This one, by all appearances, was never
NB! · Coming Up · Cinema · Monarchies
Coming Up · Moscow · Museums · Education
The Pushkin Museum is opening applications for its “Summer School of Inclusive Practices”, intended for museum professionals who work on developing an accessible environment and on engaging with visitors in the modern museum. The project is open to specialists in inclusive, educational and interdisciplinary museum work, guides, and staff and
NB! · Coming Up · Observations · Science · Society
Poster for a lecture by the Austrian professor of philosophy, specialist in Russian philosophy and scientific materialism Andrey Gustav Wetter at a cinema in Italy. The subject, naturally, is Italian Marxism. I would have gone to listen
Coming Up · Archive · Art · Museums · Saint Petersburg
The Leporskaya archive is one of the most significant collections relating to the post-revolutionary history of the Russian avant-garde, the circle of Kazimir Malevich and the work of the leading pupils of the Malevich school, Ilya Chashnik (1902–1929) and Nikolai Suetin (1897–1954). The artist Anna Leporskaya
Coming Up · Museums · Science · Nature
The Children's Library No. 1 in the town of Vidnoye is hosting an exhibition, "The Wondrous World of Cones". From Tuesday to Sunday, visitors to the library can see more than 70 species, representing 4 families and 22 genera from North America, Europe, North Africa and
Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Observations
Interest in contemporary art has long proved that fairs and exhibitions are events not only for professionals and old hands of the art market, but also for a great many people with no connection to art, or only just beginning their acquaintance with young, living artists. Among my acquaintances, many
Coming Up · Art · Books · Observations
1. "A Little History of the World" by Ernst Gombrich. For people of any age who would like to take in the whole course of world history at a glance, and definitely better than modern textbooks. Alpina Non-Fiction Publishers 2. You may not know the name of
NB! · Coming Up · Moscow · Museums
A Museum of the Cossacks will soon open in Moscow, and in the meantime the State Historical Museum has launched a website devoted to Cossack history, which sets out, year by year, facts about the Cossack hosts that have existed in the country. The information may not be the most