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The last week, until 25 May, of the exhibition "Love in the Avant-Garde" at the Zotov Centre
The exhibition "Love in the Avant-Garde. Mikhail Matyushin and Elena Guro" runs at the Zotov Centre for its last week, until 25 May. It is devoted to two rarely mentioned figures of the Russian avant-garde and to their influence on one another, in their work and
Art · People
Actaeon saw Artemis bathing, was turned into a stag and killed by his own hounds
“Actaeon”, 2012, a painting by the Scottish artist Paul Reid. While out hunting, Actaeon saw Artemis and her nymphs bathing and, instead of averting his gaze and turning away, he began to watch a spectacle not meant for his eyes. Artemis caught him peeping and turned him into a stag.
The East · Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations
Back to Exhibition Reviews
Back to exhibition reviews. At the New Tretyakov Gallery, the exhibition "The Road to the East. Russian Artists in Central Asia" runs until the end of September. The display tells of the place of Eastern motifs in the work of Russian modernist artists. The interest of Russian culture
Art · Books · Science · Nature · Humour
I don't know why, but pineapples are trying to escape from the pages of one of the greatest botanical books of the eighteenth century
The hand-coloured botanical atlas Plantae Selectae by Christoph Jacob Trew, 1771. The engravings were made after drawings by the outstanding botanical draughtsman Georg Dionysius Ehret
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The photograph “Black Archangel” by Vlad Nekrasov, taken in Novosibirsk in 2022
The Black Archangel. Vlad Nekrasov. Novosibirsk, 2022
Archive · Art · Moscow · Museums
Zotov Centre opens exhibition on the October and ROPF photography groups
Moscow collections hold a great many works by Constructivist photographers, but the systematic study and display of this legacy began only comparatively recently. Well, better late than never. An exhibition devoted to the work of members of two photographic associations, October and ROPF, has opened at the Zotov Centre. Both
Architecture · Art · Moscow · Observations
How high relief differs from bas-relief, as shown by a Moscow metro composition
I do not understand why everyone is writing about the return of the bas-relief with Stalin at Taganskaya station, when it is a HIGH RELIEF, not a bas-relief: two fundamentally different kinds of sculptural image. Let me explain the difference. A high relief (haut-relief, or alto-rilievo)
NB! · Architecture · Faith · Art
"The Last Judgement": a fresco by Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov, painted in 1885–1896 for St Vladimir's Cathedral in Kyiv
"The Last Judgement" is a fresco by Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov, painted in 1885–1896 for St Vladimir's Cathedral in Kyiv. The artist later painted a picture on the same subject for the Church of St George in Gus-Khrustalny
NB! · Art · Museums · Mores
Victorian bird's foot brooch with citrines at the Walters Art Museum
A brooch of bird's claw with silver-mounted citrines: a tribute to the Victorian fashion for Scotland's cultural heritage and for historicism. 1860-70s. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Art · Mores · Society · People
Eric Pickersgill photographs people posing with phones removed from their hands
A Striking Statement by the Photographer Eric Pickersgill: the Series Removed. People have fused with their devices swiftly and irreversibly. At first, personal gadgets were very convenient helpers: they solved everyday tasks, made it easier to keep in touch with loved ones, to store and pass on information, to take
Faith · Art
Jesus Ministered to by Angels
James Tissot, 1894 Angels came and ministered unto him. Gospel of Matthew 4:11