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Christian Faith, bearing New Testament symbols (the crucifix, the keys of Heaven, the attributes of the Eucharist, the papal tiara, the four Evangelists and the Fountain of Life), sheds divine light upon Europe

Christian Faith, bearing New Testament symbols (the crucifix, the keys of Heaven, the attributes of the Eucharist, the papal tiara, the four Evangelists and the Fountain of Life), sheds divine light upon Europe. Faith of the Old Testament, in a horned headdress, with the tablets of the commandments and a

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Madame de Dozha refuses to return a painting on Interpol lists unless paid its value

Norfolk resident Barbara de Dozsa refuses to return Antonio Solario's "Madonna and Child", stolen in 1973 from the Civic Museum of Belluno (Italy), reports Artguide. Some time ago Mrs de Dozsa's husband acquired the work without knowing its provenance. The painting, which appeared on

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The Book of Job on the friends' seven days of silence and Job's curse on the day of his birth

And when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to

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Cover Designs for Nabokov's Novel "Lolita", by the Artist Vagrich Bakhchanyan

Art · Observations

The Alchemical Double-Headed Eagle

But in essence, beyond doubt, it is a phoenix

Close-up of a tiger's head with amber eyes, black stripes and long white whiskers on pale paper.

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Watercolour portrait of a tiger by an unknown South Asian artist, 1815 to the 1820s

A melancholy tiger. Unknown South Asian artist, 1815-1820s.

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Folk sayings for Evdokia's Day and a fresco from St George's Church in Staro Nagoričane

15 March, the day of the Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia, is marked in the folk calendar as Fedot the Wind-Bringer, Fedot the Snow-Drift, Fedot of Spring, Gale-Whirlers. Evdokia never asked Fedot, and got the spring ready anyway. And he: now he tears the roof off the

Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Museums

Exhibition of the MMOMA collection for the museum's 25th anniversary on Petrovka until 15 April

A remarkable exhibition of the museum's collection, amassed over 25 years, is on at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Petrovka. MMOMA is usually perceived as a scattering of exhibition spaces across the city centre, and it is all the more interesting to make acquaintance with the

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Metal "Books" floor lamp with a vice holding a stack of old books

Metal "Books" floor lamp with a vice holding a stack of old books. Christian-Marie Bertolino, 1951

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Nikolay Zabolotsky’s poem “On the Beauty of Human Faces” with a painting by Sychkov

Есть лица, подобные пышным порталам, Где всюду великое чудится в малом. Есть лица — подобия жалких лачуг, Где варится печень и мокнет сычуг. Иные холодные, мертвые лица Закрыты решетками, словно темница. Другие — как башни, в которых давно Никто не живет и не смотрит в окно. Но малую хижинку знал я когда-

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From 12 March, ten artists take part in the 12th season of Open Studios at Winzavod

On 12 March the 12th season of the Open Studios project began at the Vinzavod Centre for Contemporary Art. The participants of the new season are the artists Pavel Grishin, Katya Zhilina, Alina Zolotykh, Karolina Roslyak, Polina Rukavichkina, Tamara Serdtseva, Varvara Silantyeva, Lena Solovyeva, Andrey Soul and Maria Stadnik. Open

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Following Donald Trump's executive order of 20 January declaring diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives unlawful, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., has cancelled two exhibitions devoted to art…

The first, "Before America", was a group show devoted to the transatlantic slave trade and the African diaspora, featuring work by contemporary Afro-Latin American, Caribbean and African American artists. Museum staff reported that the Trump administration had withdrawn funding from the exhibition, due to open on 21