Archaeology · Art · Madrid · Museums · Heritage · Paris

One of the most famous sculptures of the ancient world and arguably the greatest monument of Iberian art, the Lady of Elche, found in 1897, was soon after its discovery acquired by the Louvre for 4,000 francs

The masterpiece of Spanish antiquity remained in France until 1941, when Spain exchanged it, under a special programme, for several dozen other works of art and items of jewellery. The sculpture dates from the 4th century BC. Franco ordered the Lady of Elche to be displayed in the Prado National

Listings · Moscow · Coming Up · Art · Museums

In the "Where to Go" section: a new selection of exhibition events in Moscow

📌 The exhibition "From Fabric to Space. Avant-Garde Women of Design" at the Museum of Decorative Art: until 29 March 📌 The joint exhibition by Veronika Kozachenok and Yegor Koreshkov "He / She" at Cube.Moscow: until 19 April 📌 13 February: opening of the exhibition "Behind the

NB! · Art · Paris · People

The Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos in the Red Salon of his Paris residence, the Hôtel de Chanaleilles, beneath the Pietà (c. 1581) by Doménikos Theotokópoulos, El Greco, one of the principal treasures of his own collection

The Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos in the Red Salon of his Paris residence, the Hôtel de Chanaleilles, beneath the Pietà (c. 1581) by Doménikos Theotokópoulos, El Greco, one of the principal treasures of his own collection

NB! · Art · Society · People · Humour

Portrait of Vladimir Putin by George W. Bush

NB! · Art · New York

At Christie's, Michelangelo's study for the foot of a Sibyl sold for $27.2 million

Faith · Art · Heritage · Society · Rome

Angel fresco resembling Meloni has its face erased in Rome's San Lorenzo in Lucina

The face of the Italian prime minister has been wiped from a fresco in a Roman church a few days after visitors recognised Giorgia Meloni in one of the cherubs. Urgent restoration was carried out on the orders of the church authorities. On Wednesday morning, visitors to the Roman basilica

Plaster relief of a centauress raising her arms to a leafy branch, with a young centaur pressed against her chest.

Architecture · Art · Paris

Marcel Gaumont made a plaster relief for the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in 1936

A Centaur with a Child. Plaster relief made by Marcel Gaumont in 1936 for the decoration of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris

Art · Books · Observations · Mores

When I first saw this painting by Makovsky, in which a desperate wife tries to stop her husband from stumbling into a tavern, I pictured a scene from the life of the Marmeladov family

Perhaps the figures in Vladimir Makovsky's painting “I Won't Let You!” of 1892 do not quite match the portrait details of Dostoevsky's characters, but perhaps, had Katerina Ivanovna succeeded in restraining Semyon Zakharovich from his ruinous passion, there would be a few more happy

Faith · Art · Museums

The Dormition of the Virgin

Maso di Banco, c. 1335 Château de Chantilly

Art · Observations · Society

A Boy Spells Out the Word “Stalin” with Building Blocks

A porcelain figurine from the Kyiv factory. Model of 1952. Theme: “Happy Childhood”. Designed by Svetlana Golembovskaya. Overglaze hand painting, gilding, loveliness... But you know, it is all so strange. Why should a child know the name of the head of state at all, why bring his image into his

Art · Moscow · Museums

“The Sacrifice of Iphigenia” and Dufresnoy’s “Rinaldo and Armida” after Tasso’s poem

"The Sacrifice of Iphigenia" by Jean Tassel in the Salon of the Cupid Hall of the Arkhangelskoye Estate. Agamemnon is about to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to the goddess Artemis in order to secure a fair wind for the fleet at Aulis. The departure of the Greek fleet

Listings · Moscow · Coming Up · Art · Museums

A new selection of exhibitions in Moscow

📌 Lev Povzner’s solo exhibition “Куда ночь, туда и сон” at the Alina Pinsky gallery — until 21 February 📌 Olesya Novikova’s solo exhibition “Сарафаны сна” at Cube.Moscow — until 1 March 📌 Sergey Bugayev-Afrika’s solo exhibition “Rebus” at SISTEMA GALLERY — until 8 March 📌 The exhibition “The Romanovs. From Peterhof