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Alarm: a statuette of 1925 is impersonating Renata Litvinova
Coming Up · Art · Museums · Observations · Saint Petersburg
At times it seems to me that museums of classical art are temples not so much of beauty as of discipline, intellectual discipline included, naturally
At times it seems to me that museums of classical art are temples not so much of beauty as of discipline, intellectual discipline included, naturally. We often go there not for inspiration but for confirmation that our world can still be explained, at least a little. And yet, after dozens
Faith · Art · Books · Museums · Saint Petersburg
Nabokov's poem “The Guardian Angel” and a Guardian Angel icon from the Russian Museum
In the hour of mournful midnight the beating of the heart grows more distinct, and nearer comes the bright-winged companion, my grieved and gentle friend. He draws near, but soon I lose myself, and in my sleep I see a storm, I see the sea And maidens laughing on
NB! · Faith · Art · Humour
A Plump Evangelist Luke in a Coloured Engraving on Vellum by Cornelis van Merlen, Patron of Artists, Physicians and, Judging by Appearances, of Those Who Have Rather Overdone the Luncheons Between Manuscripts
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Painting “A Big Company” by Tatyana Nazarenko, 2013
A Large Party. Tatyana Nazarenko, 2013
Art · Museums · Observations · Paris · Society Pages
Yesterday I attended the opening of the Gerhard Richter retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
Yesterday I attended the opening of the Gerhard Richter retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Believe me, taking in all the splendour Richter has created is harder than reading this text. Given that some call the 93-year-old Richter the greatest artist of our time, the exhibition is indeed
Art · Observations · Paris · Humour
This assistant is so devoted to her work that she ignores deadlines even in her sleep
The Parisian gallery Massimo de Carlo presents a project by the Scandinavian contemporary artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset: a hyperrealist sculpture of a gallery assistant, installed in the window in full view of passers-by. The gallery office, usually hidden behind the exhibition space, has been brought to the fore:
The East · Art · Cinema · Observations · Ethnography
Miyazaki knows the folklore and art of his native Japan very well
Miyazaki knows the folklore and art of his native Japan very well. I am convinced that Utagawa Yoshiuji's graphic rendering of the legend Kamikiri no kidan, about a maidservant who went to the privy at night and was attacked by something utterly black that seemed to fall upon
Art · Observations · Mores · Humour
A GDR furniture set and a 1970s photograph of skiers on a snowy slope
Anyone Who Owned a Czechoslovak Suite of Furniture Should Also Enjoy a Czechoslovak Bruegel. Admittedly, ours was from the GDR, but I am very fond of this photograph from the 1970s
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The Boudoir of the Marquise de Pompadour's Dog Has Seen a Great Deal in Its Time
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From 2026 Ireland Plans to Make Its State Stipend for Artists Permanent
The programme has been running since 2022 and was launched to support the cultural sector after the pandemic. Of 8,200 applicants who met the criteria, 2,000 participants were selected at random (!) and received 1,500 euros a month each from the state. Can you imagine how this "