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Rubens's tomb is in St James's Church in Antwerp. His remains lie in the family vault beneath the funerary chapel built at the commission of his widow. The altar of the chapel is adorned with Rubens's painting of 1638, "Madonna Surrounded by Saints&
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Damien Hirst Speaks of His "Posthumous Drawings" Project: Instructions for Making Works of Art That Can Be Produced and Sold in His Name After the Artist's Death. "The idea is to have a certificate saying: 'First year after Damien's death: you have
Architecture · Art · Museums · Paris
While the main building of the Centre Pompidou in Paris closes for lengthy renovation, a new branch of the museum is planned to open in the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu, not far from the Iguazu Falls. The museum's activity will focus both on displaying part of
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A work by the cartoonist Charles Addams, creator of The Addams Family
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The ballet "The Little Humpbacked Horse" was first staged in 1864 on the stage of the Imperial Theatre in Saint Petersburg. The production was subsequently revived many times at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow over the years. In 1960 came the premiere of a new version of the
NB! · Art · Museums · Society · Saint Petersburg
Subsidies for Saint Petersburg museums to buy works of art are to resume this year. In 2025 around 100 million roubles will be allocated for the purpose, the Governor of Saint Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, has announced
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Hieronymus Bosch
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Dante. Salvador Dalí
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The Modern Venus, or a Woman of Modern Fashion in Her Natural State. 1786. Who could have imagined that a satire on the standards of beauty of the late eighteenth century would be so precisely realised in our own day?
Coming Up · Art · Monarchies · Observations · Paris
The sale will take place on 25 June at Sotheby’s in Paris. Among the lots: Napoleon’s bicorne hat, made by his court hatter Poupard and presented by General Mouton. A campaign bed with a canopy. A ceremonial sword and sceptre used at Napoleon’s coronation in Notre-Dame
Faith · Art · Museums · Paris
The Louvre has acquired a private collection of 272 icons from Greece (including Crete), the Levant, Russia and other regions. The collection spans the period from the 15th to the early 20th century. The acquisition is a significant contribution to the museum's holdings, as it plans to establish