A hand holds a white fabric bag with blue lettering in front of a table with ceramic vases and a plate.

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The author bought art and says that doing so has become easy

I have already done my shopping, and I wish the same for you. Buying art has never been so easy

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Let us solve the rebus together with the artist 9suka 🐾💩

Black-and-white photo of two people seated on a wooden staircase, one wearing leather shoes strapped onto thick wooden platforms.

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Humphrey Bogart wore platform shoes on the set of “Casablanca” to match Ingrid Bergman’s height

Humphrey Bogart wore platforms like these on the set of "Casablanca" to match Ingrid Bergman, who was 3 cm taller than he was. I think Prada creepers would have suited him too

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Suslov and the Party Leadership's Displeasure with Vladimir Semenov's Collection

Vladimir Semyonovich Semyonov's collection is customarily spoken of as outstanding, and the man himself is revered not only as a politician, diplomat and scholar but as a great Soviet patron of the arts. Only in its day his collection drew no small amount of reproach and displeasure from

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Adam only wanted a rest, but the Lord had other plans for him

ps little Eve is sheer charm

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Humankind: Dürer, a Brilliant Artist

Dürer: That'll Do

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A museum of stone with 12 display stands is for sale on Avito for 3 million

Besides the flats of eminent cultural figures, whole museums can be found for sale on Avito, among other things. Earlier I wrote about the Yesenin museum put up for sale; this time it is a museum of stone that is going under the hammer. At first glance the collection has

Film still of a portrait of a bearded, long-haired man in red clothing in an ornate gold frame, with candles burning on either side.

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Dracula's Portrait in Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 Film and Dürer's Portrait

Portrait of Dracula from Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 film adaptation vs Dürer's portrait. Neither coincidence nor accident)

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In 1830 American James Barron patented a mechanical fan with a hanging weight

In 1830 the American inventor James Barron patented a mechanical fan with this witty drawing, in which a man reclining on a sofa smokes at his ease and only an open sheet of the Hard Working Men Journal reminds us of the burdens of labour. The fan, driven by clockwork

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it seems my chances of meeting Viktoria Shelyagova are improving

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Govert Flinck, Girl with a Child's Chair

Govert Flinck, Girl with a Child's Chair. Mid-1600s. But I would say, a girl with a golden beer bottle opener (actually, no!), forgive me. Incidentally, the little one is three years old. And, incidentally, the basket-style handbag is fire too, sending a proper hello to Ulyana

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A Prophetic 20 August 2020 in The New Yorker's Calendar

A prophetic 20 August 2020 in The New Yorker's calendar. I remind you that the calendar was published as far back as 2019