Coming Up · Art · Books · Observations
The auction house Bonhams wins back my favour with an exhibition of flowers. These, however, are no ordinary flowers. In the first place, they are made of porcelain: just look at the exquisite delicacy of the work! In the second, they are products of the Vincennes and Sèvres porcelain manufactories.
Coming Up · Faith · Art
Christ's head in "Man of Sorrows", attributed to the late Botticelli, is encircled by a halo of angels bearing the instruments of the Passion. The Cross is planted right on the crown of his head. This painting, attributed in recent times as a work by Botticelli,
Coming Up · Aristocracy · Art · Museums
The exhibition “The French Taste of the Princes Yusupov” at the New Jerusalem Museum offers a rare opportunity to trace the history of French painting as assembled by a single collector, Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov (1750-1831), Director of the Armoury Chamber. The Yusupov collection is famous the world over,
Coming Up · Art · Moscow
The Moscow Biennale of Young Art announces an open international competition for curators under the age of 35 to take part in the main project. Applications are accepted from 18 November to 18 January on the website youngart.ru.
NB! · Coming Up · Art · London
So, on 30 November Sotheby's in London will put up works by Konchalovsky, Goncharova, Roerich, Petrov-Vodkin and a dozen or so other significant names of Russian art. Last year the Russian Sale brought in 40 million dollars. This year, still greater takings are expected.
Coming Up · Moscow · Museums · New York · Society
Today at the Museum of Russian Impressionism we talk with respected people about the cultural parallels between New York in the 1920s and Moscow in the 2020s. The angle is original and, I am sure, we may count on an unconventional view and, in the end, finally work out what
NB! · Coming Up · Cinema · Books · Observations
At last we have lived to see the day when the names of Xavier Dolan, Vincent Lacoste, Cécile de France and HONORÉ DE BALZAC share a single poster. This year sees the release of the screen adaptation of one of Balzac's most touching novels, Lost Illusions. Farewell, Elio
Coming Up · Art · Education
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Coming Up · Art · Moscow
Meanwhile, in the Great Wine Cellar, that is, at the Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art, an exhibition of the nominees for the Anatoly Zverev Prize is being prepared, running from 19 October to 21 November. The photograph shows, besides the smiling gallerist Alina Pinskaya, the artist Evgeny Muzalevsky beside his
Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Observations
The Gilyarovsky Foundation space on Stoleshnikov Lane has opened a pre-auction exhibition, One Woman and The Other; the auction itself will take place there on the evening of the 20th. As the title makes plain, the works are exclusively by women artists. We have already seen a few all-
Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Museums · New York
The Museum of Russian Impressionism has a bright, rich exhibition, Other Shores: Russian Art in New York, about the 1924 show that introduced the American public to Konchalovsky, Lentulov, Petrov-Vodkin, Polenov, Yuon, Vasnetsov, Kustodiev, Arkhipov, Larionov, Grabar, Saryan and other outstanding names of Russian art. It was not the
Coming Up · Architecture · Art · Moscow · Observations
The artist Vladimir Seleznev, in the company of the curator Vladislav Efimov, talks about his project "Oseyev", devoted to an invented utopian metropolis, the result of uncontrolled standardised building on urban land, which proved to be unwanted and fell into decline. Seleznev problematises the frenzied mass construction in