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Unpublished Illustrations for "Harry Potter" by the Now-Legendary Artist Mary GrandPré. Mary GrandPré was offered the illustration of the first Harry Potter book in the late 1990s by an editor at Scholastic, and at first she declined: her schedule simply would not allow so large a project.
The East · Art · Books · People · Ethnography
Engraving of the funeral procession of the kings of Tonkin, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, "Six Voyages Made by Him in Turkey, Persia and the Indies", Paris, 1677, with the supplement "Continuation of the Voyages", 1679. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was the son of a map engraver, became a
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In days of old the hero Svyatogor, Sensing in himself a presumptuous strength, In an ill hour resolved with his hand To lift up and overturn the universe. And on his swift steed He rode out on a considerable journey, Riding to seek the pull of the earth, He sees
Art · Museums · Society
European Commission threatens to strip Venice Biennale of $2.3 million grant unless it drops the Russian pavilion. In a letter of 10 April addressed to the Biennale's president, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, the European Commission accused the organisers of breaching sanctions against Russia. The substance of the complaint: the
Listings · Moscow · Coming Up · Art · Museums
🦖The solo exhibition by Rinat Volgami, "Wind", at Gallery 11.12 🌎Dani Pirogov's exhibition "Light Comes from Underground" at the Futuro gallery 🩺The contemporary art exhibition "Together" at Skolkovo 🏺The exhibition "Vladimir Salnikov and Nina Kotel. Two" at the Blar
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Faith · Art · Books
Christ is Risen, brothers and sisters! Truly He is Risen! Rejoice and sing, my soul, Heiress of the heavens: Christ is risen, Your Saviour is truly risen! Literal translation Yes! Hell has grown faint before the Mighty One: From the fetters of the tomb, From the night of death, God
Faith · Art · London
Christ in the Carpenter's Shop. John Everett Millais, 1850. The young Jesus Christ has hurt his palm on a nail sticking out of a door and shows the wound, at the place of the future stigmata, to the Virgin Mary. I am the door: by me if any
Faith · Art · Humour
The Virgin Mary crushes the devil while an angel holds the infant Jesus. A reminder to one and all that the Mother of God will come and restore order
Art · People · Pop Culture · Saint Petersburg
A new record for Timur Novikov at the Vladey auction: the contrast-fabric work "Rocket Attack" of 1986 sold for 243,000 euros. The work dates from the period when Novikov collaborated closely with Kino, designing the group's concerts and living in the same artistic space
Architecture · The East · Art · Heritage
A thoroughly epic memorial complex in Georgia. Built by Zurab Tsereteli. Possibly the best of his projects. "Sakartvelo Matiane", or "The History of Georgia", "The Chronicle of Georgia", "The Annals of Georgia": it took about 20 years to build, from 1985 to