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Valery Ivanovich Yurlov is a leading figure of Russian neo-avant-garde and non-objective painting, author of the "para-forms" method and of series in which he explores the relations of forms, their interaction and transformation. Valery Yurlov's works are held in the collections of
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The Singing Actor. Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev was an artist whose work is familiar to every one of us. A graduate of the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio, he worked at the Mayakovsky Theatre and the Mossovet Theatre and appeared in a great many films, though seldom in leading roles. But
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Almost 15 years have passed since the release of the film «Vysotsky. Thank God I'm Alive», and since then, it seems, the media have rarely recalled the Soviet Union's foremost bard. And now CHTIVO is bringing out an issue devoted entirely to Vladimir Vysotsky. I am
Architecture · Interviews · Moscow · Museums
Not long ago, the Bakhrushin Museum held a preview of the Centre for Theatre History, part of the museum and theatre quarter. This large-scale and in many respects unique project has long been discussed with interest in the museum community. The other day TASS published a substantial, programmatic interview
Interviews · Paris · People · Humour
“My father and his friends found a way to express themselves through the press. The families of my classmates did not understand this: in their eyes, I was not fit company.” The French actress Michèle Bernier, daughter of Professor Choron, the founder of the magazines Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo,
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It is laughable to speak of literature now, because it is not the time of literature at all: visual practices have won a total victory and have entirely crushed the printed word. The word has been stripped of its former myth, and the influence of the visual will grow through
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Not very well known, but still the winner of several film awards as director, actress and screenwriter, Zabou Breitman is the daughter of the fairly recognisable, if second-rank, actor, director and screenwriter Jean-Claude Deret, a descendant of baptised Jews from Russia. Zabou's mother is the actress
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On the eve of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, Brigitte Bardot, who made her debut there in 1953, 72 years ago, gave an interview to French television. Brigitte rarely meets journalists and invariably keeps her own distinctive outlook, which is why she is always worth listening to. On French TV
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Since action is sure and inaction false, pray accept the monthly digest of the main pieces published on the channel. 📌 Historical notes 📌 The sword for the harlots: how Joan of Arc restored order in a military camp. 📌 On the finer points of diplomatic etiquette under Ivan the Terrible. 📌 "Sunday:
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Prince Harry says in a new interview that his father will not speak to him "because of this security nonsense" Harry seems to have begun to forget that he is himself the very security risk on account of which nobody wishes to speak to him. If only because
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Today we talk to the art historian Sergey Popov, founder of the pop/off/art gallery, about how the gallery works with artists' legacies. On heirs Working with the heirs of contemporary artists continues, to some extent, the tasks set by the artist himself: sales to the very best
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