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An allegorical portrait of Dante, painted in 1532‒1533 by the Medici court artist Agnolo Bronzino, will be on show in Moscow at the Voznesensky Centre until 20 February, in an exhibition curated by the Pushkin Museum's chief research fellow Victoria Marko

An allegorical portrait of Dante, painted in 1532‒1533 by the Medici court artist Agnolo Bronzino, will be on show in Moscow at the Voznesensky Centre until 20 February, in an exhibition curated by the Pushkin Museum's chief research fellow Victoria Markova. The painting, which was considered lost

Art · Madrid · Museums · Society

Last year the Prado Museum reattributed the painting "The Colossus" as a work by Francisco Goya of 1808-12

Last year the Prado Museum reattributed the painting "The Colossus" as a work by Francisco Goya of 1808-12. A naked giant with a clenched fist, standing before a field of scattering people, may, in the view of art historians, symbolise the struggle against Napoleon's army.

Full-length self-portrait of a man in an open striped robe and black shorts, standing in a room with a rug and a bed.

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Painter Deineka portrays himself at the age of 49

Deineka's self-portrait. The artist is 49 here

Art · London · Museums · Observations

Once again, taking this reconstruction of the original appearance of the 2nd-century AD Tauroctony from the British Museum as my example, I am convinced that ancient sculptures, in any present-day state and in any artist's rendering, lose very badly when

Once again, taking this reconstruction of the original appearance of the 2nd-century AD Tauroctony from the British Museum as my example, I am convinced that ancient sculptures, in any present-day state and in any artist's rendering, lose very badly when painted, which is meant to restore

Art · Cinema · Moscow · Museums

A Remarkable Discovery!

A remarkable discovery! One of the opening scenes of Sergei Parajanov's comedy "The First Lad" repeats, down to the last detail, Tatyana Yablonskaya's famous painting "Bread". The composition, the placing of the figures, the colour scheme, even the blue hem tucked up

Architecture · Art · Moscow · Heritage

Monument to Minin and Pozharsky Dismantled on Red Square

The sculptural group, 4.5 m high, has left its pedestal for the first time in 200 years. The monument has been dismantled for restoration. The restoration of the sculptures is expected to last until November 2022, at a cost of 55 million roubles. The money for the restoration, as

Art · Monarchies · Museums · Paris

Rubens's painting of the transfer of the regency to Marie de' Medici in 1610

Louis XIII is nine years old in this painting and exactly half the height of his parents, but how elegantly the boy is dressed! The painting by Peter Paul Rubens is entitled "The Preparation of the King for the War in Germany, or the Transfer of the Regency to

Almaty · Art · Museums · Heritage · Society

Rioters broke into a museum in Almaty, but the exhibits were left untouched

In Almaty, an attack has been carried out on the Kasteyev Art Museum, the largest in Kazakhstan and one of the biggest in the Asian region. The priceless collection, which includes works by Dürer, Savrasov, Repin, Konchalovsky, Saryan, Sidorkin and Khludov, remains intact. In the photograph: the halls of the

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Odalisque by François Boucher, 1745, the Louvre

Odalisque by François Boucher, 1745, the Louvre. This is what the mistresses of Louis XV looked like

A red-haired young woman in a black dress reclines on a green sofa, holding a yellow book in her hand.

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Ramon Casas Carbó’s painting “Young Decadent”, created in 1899

Mood for January. A Young Decadent Woman, 1899. Ramon Casas i Carbó (1866 - 1932)

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Jean-Luc Godard through the Lens of Hedi Slimane

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“La vie parisienne” cover of 1919 with a bouquet, champagne and a cigarette

La vie parisienne 1919. These days this influencer would be holding a bouquet of fir branches and a little glass of champagne with a plastic lid, and as for the clothes, the look is perfectly contemporary. Though sitting on a table is a sin, of course: it is no accident