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Art Basel and UBS bank had just conducted a study of purchasing power among men and women of different ages. The results of the study showed that women spend 46% more on art than men and are more willing to take risks, acquiring works by unknown artists.
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A glove said to have belonged to Marie Antoinette's son. It was sold at auction in France this year. The lot description stated that, according to its source, it was found in the queen's cell in the Conciergerie after her death, together with her last letter.
Faith · Art · Books · Paris
Today a monument to Alexander Pushkin was solemnly unveiled in the grounds of the Holy Trinity Church on the Left Bank of the Seine, in Paris's 7th arrondissement. Among those present was a direct descendant of the poet in the male line, Alexander Alexandrovich Pushkin, together with his
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NB! · Art · Museums · Paris
A magnificent bronze statue of an Ephebe, created between 50 and 30 BC. Note the details: the locks of hair and the swollen veins on the wrist. This is a quiet masterpiece. On display at the Petit Palais
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A new selection of Moscow's main exhibition events in our regular feature. 📌 19 November: opening of the exhibition “From Beijing to Moscow: A Dialogue of Cultures” at the Tretyakov Gallery, until 23 February 📌 22 November: opening of the exhibition “Tatlin. The Construction of the World” at the Zotov
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Live with that Illustration: “Civil War. Decossackisation”, Dmitry Shmarin, 2000
Art · Monarchies · Heritage · Pop Culture
Diamond Brooch of Napoleon Sells for $4.4 Million at Sotheby's in Geneva. The diamond brooch, which served as an ornament for a hat, was left behind by Napoleon in his carriage as he retreated from the field of Waterloo in 1815. During the battle the Prussian army
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Patriarch Kirill on Orthodox anime:. …a few words on church art as an instrument of the Orthodox mission. Church art, in its most varied forms, has always been a vital component of our national culture. Of late, a new and highly ambiguous style of icon painting has gained currency, in
Art · Museums · Observations · Mores
In the painting by Vasily Maximov (1844-1911) from the collection of the Irkutsk Regional Art Museum, we see a boy secretly drinking wine, unbeknown to his parents. The painting is called "Following the Example of Their Elders". Our youth love luxury, they are badly brought up, they
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Strange Travellers, or Strange Wanderers? Giorgio de Chirico, 1922. A man on a cloud as a symbol of the beings flying on the "comet" Atlas. Like no one else, de Chirico depicts mystery as the necessity of all being. You know, this painting recalls the setting of a