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Novodevichy Convent after restoration
NB! · Moscow · Observations · Humour
As You Will Have Gathered from the Title of the Play, the Hero Stayed in Moscow for More Than Three Days
NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Observations
The decision to mount construction cranes right on the towers of the skyscraper on Kudrinskaya Square looks very handsome indeed
Moscow · Observations · Society Pages
Why Has the Curtain from the Moscow Art Theatre Been Hung in the Okolo Theatre?
Yury Pogrebnichko, together with the actors Alexey Chernyshev and Maxim Solopov, has staged Hamlet. Regulars of the Okolo Dома Stanislavskogo theatre will remember the Hamlet interludes, scenes and stray lines in The Cherry Orchard and, indeed, in many other things in the theatre's repertoire. Now Hamlet himself has
Coming Up · Archaeology · The East · Art · Moscow · Museums
The “Byzantine Symphony” exhibition has opened at the International Numismatic Club Museum
The exhibition "Byzantine Symphony. Treasures Earthly and Heavenly" has opened at the Museum of the International Numismatic Club in Bolshoy Afanasyevsky Lane. The display offers a reinterpretation of the legacy of Byzantine art in a contemporary space. Forms borrowed from medieval ecclesiastical and secular architecture create a special
NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage · Humour
The TsUM building regains its historic eggshell colour
The façade of TsUM is being restored to its historic eggshell colour. Our Gothic castle no longer looks like Minas Morgul and is coming to resemble the stronghold of Minas Tirith. Farewell, soot of the Boulevard Ring
NB! · Cinema · Moscow · Observations · Society Pages
"Anora" has premiered at the Khudozhestvenny, and I hope the film gets a wide release too
"Anora" has premiered at the Khudozhestvenny, and I hope the film gets a wide release too. Mark Eidelshtein is excellent, Mikey Madison plays very well, and Yura Borisov is not bad either. The screenplay does not dazzle, though the direction is up to standard, and it would be
NB! · Architecture · Madrid · Moscow · Observations
Modernism Everywhere, Each to His Own: A Petrol Station in Madrid on San Lorenzo de El Escorial and a Petrol Station Opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow
NB! · Coming Up · Moscow · Museums · Observations
A Rather Witty Installation of the Exhibition "What Has Space Got to Do with It" at the Museum of Cryptography, Opening Shortly
NB! · Monarchies · Moscow · Museums · Paris
Napoleon's sword, necklace and bicorne at the Army Museum in Paris, his sabre at the State Historical Museum in Moscow
Napoleon's sword and coronation necklace, together with the bicorne he wore at the Battle of Marengo, are in the Army Museum in Paris. I would remind you that in Moscow, the State Historical Museum displays Napoleon's sabre
NB! · Art · Maps · Books · Moscow · Museums
Engravings after Tilesius von Tilenau in the Atlas to Krusenstern's Voyage Around the World, 1813
Engravings after drawings by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau. From the “Atlas for the Voyage Round the World of Captain Krusenstern”, 1813. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts