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Archaeology · The East · Art · Museums · Paris
Stele of Naram-Sin, taken to Susa by an Elamite king and found there in 1898
Stele of King Naram-Suen depicting his victory over the Lullubi. Down the mountain comes the routed army of the enemy, begging for mercy, while up the mountain climb Naramsin's soldiers, full of vigour. One of the outstanding monuments of Akkadian art, dating from around 2250 BC, though
Art · Paris · People
Elizaveta Epstein, a Russian-born artist who worked in Paris from 1904
Meet her! Epstein. Elizaveta Ivanovna Epstein. Born in the Russian Empire in 1879. She received her artistic education in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, where she worked in private studios and attended classes at the Academy of Arts. She studied under Leonid Pasternak. At the beginning of the twentieth century she
Art · Paris
Young Man at His Window
Gustave Caillebotte, 1875
Archive · Art · Books
The Birth of Merlin to a Demon and the Baptism That Foiled Evil's Plan
A late medieval miniature by the artist known as the Master of Adelaide of Savoy illustrates one of the most mysterious episodes of the Arthurian cycle: the supernatural conception of Merlin. According to the medieval legendarium, the wizard Merlin was begotten by a demon who visited a pious maiden, wishing
NB! · The East · Art · Books · Saint Petersburg
Alexander Orlovsky's Illustrations to Gaspard Drouville's "Journey to Persia"
Alexander Orlovsky's illustrations to Gaspard Drouville's "Journey to Persia". Saint Petersburg, 1819–1821. A remarkable example of early Russian lithography.
Art · Cinema · Observations · Humour
Modigliani in the dining room of the collectors Wendell and Dorothy Cherry in Louisville, and Modigliani in the drawing room of Lyudmila Prokofyevna Kalugina's flat in "Office Romance"
The Cherrys have the 1919 canvas "Jeanne Hébuterne Seated in Front of a Door"; Lyudmila Prokofyevna has "Girl in a Sailor Suit" of 1918. To be honest, our Modigliani looks even better, without any candelabra or gilding, simply and in a thoroughly modernist spirit
NB! · Architecture · Art · Ethnography
Birch wood panel “Mother Earth” by Sámi artist Outi Pieski in the atrium of the government building in Oslo
The 51-metre panel "Mother Earth", made of birch wood and installed in the atrium of the new government building in Oslo. The panel's creator is the Finnish-born, renowned Sámi artist Outi Pieski
Faith · Art · Heritage
Caravaggio's “Burial of Saint Lucy”, painted in 1608 during his flight from Malta, is in Syracuse, in the church of Santa Lucia alla Badia on Ortygia
The picture was painted to a local commission, at a time when the cult of the saint venerated here had suffered from the theft of her relics. In this large-format altarpiece, measuring three metres by four, the body of the beheaded martyr Lucy of Syracuse is shown in the
Aristocracy · Art · Museums · Humour
"The Swaddled Cat", attributed to Niccolò Frangipane (1555–1600), Musée d'Arts de Nantes
The composition, which recalls familiar religious subjects, is probably meant to lend an even more satirical tinge to the mockery of social conventions and of the excessive fussing over pets among the aristocracy.
Archive · Art · Pop Culture
Canadian Supermodel Yasmin Ghauri with Friends
Photograph by Albert Watson for German Vogue, 1992 Mood: Tamara de Lempicka
Listings · Moscow · Coming Up · Art · Museums
Five exhibitions with closing dates from 9 March to 26 July, from Bogolyubsky to Vertov
A new selection of exhibitions in Moscow. 📌 Closing soon: the exhibition “Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky” at the State Historical Museum, until 9 March 📌 Closing soon: the exhibition “Marc Chagall. The Joy of Earthly Gravity” at the Pushkin Museum, until 15 March 📌 The architect Sergey Choban’s exhibition “What We Have We