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Mikhail Nesterov's "Tsarevna" is a masterly embodiment of the Russian winter and a lament for a beloved wife. Nesterov painted this picture in memory of his late wife, giving his heroine the eyes and the expression of the woman he loved. That is why the tsarevna
Architecture · Faith · Art · Heritage · Rome
The very ancient church of Santa Bibiana is now almost built into the Roma Termini railway station, and in fact is barely visible behind the station's buildings. Inside the church, in the main altar, lie the relics of the saint. Besides such holy objects as the column at
Art · Mores · Humour
Makovsky's painting of 1872 is called "Secretly from His Wife"
Listings · Moscow · Coming Up · Art · Museums
📌 Closing soon: the exhibition “The Rules of the Game: How Sport Shaped Culture” at the New Manege, until 4 December 📌 Closing soon: Mikhail Krunov’s exhibition “The Supracultural Absolute, or a Sensory Investigation of Time” at the a—s—t—r—a gallery, until 5 October 📌 The exhibition “From Dawn
Art · Science · Paris
It is not every day that experts discover a new masterpiece of the seventeenth century. A painting created by Rubens around 1614–1615 has been found among the belongings of the late owner of a Parisian town house. In 400 years the picture has survived in excellent condition. After X-
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Art · Observations · People · Humour
A meme a hundred years old, then
Art · Observations · Society Pages
Photographed beside Leonid Sokov's "Levitan" at the Catalog contemporary art fair on preview day. To be honest, on leaving the house I recalled a selection of looks from a men's fashion public page and hastily assembled an outfit to suit the mood of the
Art · Museums · Paris
A doll dressed in the colours of the Russian flag in a newly discovered Renoir painting. A previously unknown painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir has been sold at auction in Paris for a considerable sum. The painting, "L’enfant et ses jouets - Gabrielle et le fils de l’artiste,
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The Wheel of Fortune in a 15th-century edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's "Fates of Illustrious Men and Women" looks like a fairground carousel, with a king enthroned at the very top while courtiers go flying off the rickety side seats
Archaeology · The East · Art · Museums · Observations
It is incredible that these objects were made in the 1300s BC and earlier. I can quite easily picture the golden couches in the form of lions and buffaloes, the busts of the celestial cow, the chests, the statues and the Nile barges sailing into the interior of my flat
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