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Black Square: Leonid Borisov

Black Square by Leonid Borisov. Rather original, that. Did you really think this one up yourself?

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At Kosmoskow they announced that a potash fertiliser plant in Lipetsk will host either a festival of contemporary art or a biennale

At Kosmoskow they announced that a potash fertiliser plant in Lipetsk will host either a festival of contemporary art or a biennale. Evidently, instead of fertilisers, Russia is preparing to supply the world market with children's drawings

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The statue of the Buddha Ushiku Daibutsu in Japan is the fifth tallest sculpture in the world. Construction was completed in 1993, and its total height is 120 metres.

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Mikhail Kamensky leads a curator's tour of the Cosmoscow fair preview with Beluga

The Most Golden Finds of the Cosmoscow 2025 Preview:. 📌 The ultramodern woodwork of Nestor Engelke from the Jessica gallery 📌 Editioned prints on metal by Piranesi 📌 Remarkable works by Anna Zholud 📌 Glass sculptures by Alexandra Patsamanyuk from Deep List 📌 Vilgeny Melnikov with blown iron at Fabula On the one hand, Cosmoscow

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While the girl's mother was briefly distracted, the child mistook an Enrico Castellani painting worth €200,000 for a blank sheet of paper and decided to draw on it in pencil

While the girl's mother was briefly distracted, the child mistook an Enrico Castellani painting worth €200,000 for a blank sheet of paper and decided to draw on it in pencil. To do so, the girl climbed onto Pecorelli's sculpture "Golden Athena", which depicts

Dark red glasses mounted on a white wall, with screens in the lenses showing bright purple and yellow images of people on a street.

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Glasses-shaped object with screens in the lenses presented by Shift gallery

Good Cosmoscow with Alexey Shulgin and Aristarkh Chernyshov. That is how I see it! Shift gallery

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Left Hand of Christ with the Wound and Left Foot of Christ with the Wound

Willem Vrelant, Bruges, early 1460s. Tempera, gold leaf, ink on parchment. Collection of the Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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Then this drawing will be sold at the Blazar for 250 thousand

Jean Geoffroy. “Guaranteed Likeness”, c. 1880. Municipal Museum, La Roche-sur-Yon

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The street art festival "Perekhod" has taken place in Kaluga, with Yandex Pay as its general partner

The street art festival "Perekhod" has taken place in Kaluga, with Yandex Pay as its general partner. In my view, this is a very good sign for young artists: support from well-known companies shows that street art remains relevant and in demand. On the whole, events of

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Review of an art and design fair, covering stands, the level of work and prices

I would like to share my impressions of Blazar. Praise first. - For the most part, where a stand has something genuinely good, everything else on it is good too. Among the stands that stood head and shoulders above the rest were Futuro, Smena, Shilo and the Commute association of galleries.

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Banksy's graffiti has been scrubbed off, but the stain in the shape of a ferocious judge looks even more epic

Crystal jug with a wide cut body, tall neck, silver lid and curved silver handle against a black background.

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Crystal jug with silver mount, Russian work of the late 19th century

A jug of Russian workmanship, late nineteenth century. Crystal and silver