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How is the memory of Yury Nechayev-Maltsov preserved within the walls of the Pushkin Museum? The Egyptian Hall bears his name, and on the façade of the museum there is a memorial plaque with a bas-relief portrait of Yury Stepanovich. And rightly so: Yury Stepanovich Maltsov was, together
Museums · Heritage · Science · Nature
The problem was discovered by a group of researchers led by Camilla Jul Basthholm, head of the conservation and storage department at the National Museum of Denmark, who described the situation as “a kind of coronavirus epidemic for Golden Age painting”. The fungus attacks paintings, textiles and furniture. “Museum” mould
Architecture · Faith · Art · Museums · Heritage · Rome
After ten years of painstaking restoration, the state Hall of Constantine in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican has regained its original splendour. The largest of the Raphael Rooms, named after the Roman emperor who granted Christians freedom of worship, was decorated under five pontiffs over the course of the
Museums · Heritage · Pop Culture
The South African studio Nyamakop has recently released Relooted, a side-scroller about a crew of thieves who, in the near future, break into the private collections of Western museums to return African artefacts to their homeland. According to the plot, the countries have signed a repatriation treaty, but it
Architecture · Museums · Heritage · Saint Petersburg
The State Hermitage is to undertake a large-scale restoration of its buildings in the coming years. According to the museum's director, Mikhail Piotrovsky, the work will affect the Hermitage Theatre and the Menshikov Palace and will continue for several years. The plans include the restoration of façades,
Faith · Art · Moscow · Museums · Heritage
In the fifteenth century the icon stood in the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral of the Lavra, founded by St Sergius of Radonezh. After the Revolution it was removed from the monastery, and in 1929, after nine years spent in the museum at Zagorsk, it was transferred to the Tretyakov
Architecture · Moscow · Heritage · Society
Grachev Dacha Demolished on Sparrow Hills in Moscow: the Last Surviving Wooden House in the District. The building at 18 Kosygin Street had been on the list of newly identified monuments since 2005. In March 2025 Mosgornasledie (the Moscow heritage authority) declined to enter it in the register of cultural
Architecture · Faith · Heritage · Paris
The first statue to be placed on the spire was that of Saint Thomas, and it is in many ways a symbolic choice. Saint Thomas is regarded as the patron saint of architects. The composition consists of figures of the 12 apostles and four symbolic figures of the evangelists: an
Architecture · Art · Moscow · Museums · Heritage
In the sculpture courtyard of the A.V. Shchusev Museum of Architecture, the open restoration of the memorial monument with the bust of Catherine II, created by the sculptor Vasily Ivanovich Demut-Malinovsky in 1834, has come to an end. The monument is an allegorical sculptural group on a single
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The Bern Museum of Fine Arts has announced a substantial overhaul of its principles concerning works of art confiscated by the Nazis, reports Artguide. Among the new principles, for instance, is a broader definition of works lost by their owners during Nazi persecution: such works now include those confiscated, those
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The main works are due to be finished by December, but some classes may resume as early as September. Particular attention has been paid to preserving the historic appearance of the building while equipping it with modern facilities. The acoustics of the Rubinstein Great Hall have been improved, and the