NB! · Architecture · Art · Museums
Spanish fresco of the first half of the twelfth century from the monastery church of San Baudelio de Berlanga. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Architecture · Faith · Art · Heritage
The celebrated church, revered throughout Belarus, stands within one of the oldest Orthodox monasteries of Eastern Europe, the Convent of Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk (the Saviour-Euphrosyne Monastery) in Polotsk. The stone church was built at the behest of Euphrosyne of Polotsk on the site of a wooden church, according
Archive · Art · People
A sword swallower. Maryland, USA, 1970 Photograph by Diane Arbus
Art · Moscow · Museums · Heritage
The Historical Museum Completes Restoration of Henryk Siemiradzki's Monumental Canvases "The Funeral Feast of Sviatoslav's Warriors after the Battle of Dorostolon" and "The Funeral of a Rus in Bulgar" The paintings were commissioned by the museum's founder, Count Uvarov, in
Art · Books · Mores
The Novice. Ivan Bogdanov, 1893 A drunken cobbler lectures a boy apprentice. The viewer can only guess at the horrors that attended the lives of the craftsmen's helpers whom parents handed over to various masters in search of a better life. The artist, however, knew of this at
Art · Books · Observations
Aeschylus, The Persians Illustration: The Battle of Salamis by Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1868
Listings · Moscow · Coming Up · Art · Museums
The Traditional Round-Up of Moscow's Exhibitions. 📌 Closing soon: the exhibition “Krasnopevtsev. The Balance of the Unequal” at the AZ/ART Museum, until 1 February 📌 The exhibition “A Private Collection” at the Our Artists gallery, until 1 March 📌 The exhibition “From the Patriotic War to the Decembrists. Icons,
Art · Humour
Tric-trac is one of the varieties of backgammon, the tournament version, one might say
Art · Museums · Paris
Diana of Anet, made around 1550 and crowning a monumental fountain in the park of the Château d'Anet. Unfortunately, the sculptor's name has remained unknown, but this masterpiece has been attributed, consistently and mistakenly, to Benvenuto Cellini, Jean Goujon and Germain Pilon. Collection of the Louvre;
The East · Art · People
File on Telegram Although interest in Indian modernism is growing, and Tagore's works long ago won international recognition, it is unlikely that his pictures will appear at auctions outside India: as early as 1976 they were declared a national treasure and banned from export. Incidentally, the Nobel laureate
NB! · Art · Observations
Coming Up · Art · Society
This month, the countries taking part in the 2026 Venice Art Biennale must present their projects. Shortly before the final list of pavilions is published, South Africa has run into difficulties of a domestic (and possibly also foreign) nature over the approval of its national project. The selection committee, appointed