NB! · Architecture · Art · Moscow · Heritage
Charming painted decoration in the summerhouse at Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire. Especially the cat, peering down like a deity from the summit of the ceiling. Such paintings were to be found in many wealthy houses of the 19th century and earlier. In Moscow they survive in the Stanislavsky house, and
Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Nature
Most contemporary architectural projects look far better as visualisations than as built reality. So it was with the luxury residential complex Bosco Vertical in Milan, literally a "vertical forest", which in practice turned out to be not quite so green or so mysterious. Once construction was complete, the
NB! · Architecture · Moscow
Moscow has an almost authentic Shakespearean Globe Theatre, with a three-tiered auditorium arranged around an octagonal stage. This is what the small stage of the School of Dramatic Art on Sretenka looks like
Moscow · Museums · Observations · Heritage · Nature
The Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve preserves the remnants of Moscow's oldest oak grove. The oaks of Kolomenskoye may remember the Russian sovereigns who lived and stayed here: Peter I, Alexis Mikhailovich, Michael Fyodorovich, Ivan the Terrible, Vasily III and Ivan III. The oldest oaks of the estate are fenced
Books · Moscow · Museums · Observations · People
Since 2011, the Vitaly Wolf Library has been housed at 4, Bannyi Lane, building 2, in Moscow. The library also serves as a cultural centre, with an assembly hall where concerts and cultural events of various kinds are held. There is also a memorial study of Vitaly Yakovlevich, with his
NB! · Art · Moscow · Museums · Pop Culture
Sketches and drawings by Vyacheslav Zaitsev. The exhibition “House of Models. Industry of Images” at the Museum of Moscow
Architecture · Moscow · Observations
Anyone who has ever driven from Moscow to Chekhov cannot have failed to notice, to the right of the highway, a house in the shape of an elephant. Thanks to Avito I learned that this striking piece of real estate is available to rent, and at a very reasonable price
Moscow · Observations · Society
It has become known that Anatoly Shuliev, a graduate of the Shchukin School, has been appointed chief director of the Vakhtangov Theatre. Why is this news of interest? First, the Vakhtangov is the richest and, to all intents and purposes, the foremost theatre in Russia. Second, for a long time
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Faith · Art · Moscow · Museums · People
Alexander Ivanov worked on “The Appearance of Christ Before the People” for twenty years, although he had expected to finish it within the span of his Italian placement. His close friend Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, incidentally portrayed in the painting as the figure nearest to Christ, wrote that “Ivanov has long
Coming Up · Art · Moscow
Observing Passengers on the Metro. The duo of Pavel Pepperstein and Sonya Stereostyrski has presented a new series of works, "Ziggurats", at the Vladey space
Cinema · Books · Moscow · Mores
Another premiere this week is "104 Pages About Love", based on the play that made Edvard Radzinsky famous sixty years ago, a play about how people fall into love as one falls under a train. It is the very play on which Natanson based his legendary 1968 film