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Eduard Steinberg, Vasily Chekrygin, Rembrandt and Goya: the Pushkin Museum Opens an Exhibition Uniting Four Names from Different Eras
Eduard Steinberg, Vasily Chekrygin, Rembrandt and Goya: the Pushkin Museum has opened an exhibition uniting these four names from different eras. The finitude of being, the contradictions of worldly foundations and the attainment of eternity are seen through the prism of Rembrandt's sublime etchings and Francisco Goya'
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“Yesterday, Today, Always” exhibition brings together gallery artists for its first anniversary
It was a great pleasure to mark the fifth anniversary of Alina Pinskaya's gallery in the company of works by Vladimir Andreyenkov (first photo) and Igor Shelkovsky (the remaining three), dreamily picturing them in my own collection. Andreyenkov, incidentally, paid his respects in person. The exhibition "Yesterday,
NB! · Faith · Monarchies · Moscow · Observations · Humour
Georgy Mikhailovich Romanov and his wife Victoria Romanovna at the Easter table
Georgy Mikhailovich Romanov and his wife Victoria Romanovna at the Easter table. Judging by the economy-class bimetallic radiator, the cyan-style refurbishment of the flat and the restrained laying of the table, I would venture that the heir of the Romanovs and the Hohenzollerns has not, after all, left
Coming Up · Art · Moscow
Exhibition of previously unshown paintings on paper by Yury Zlotnikov from three series
From 12 April to 19 May the pop/off/art gallery at Winzavod will host an exhibition of Yuri Zlotnikov. Yuri Savelyevich Zlotnikov (1930-2016) was the creator of a unique abstract painting that crossed the achievements of the avant-garde with the scientific and technical aesthetics of the post-
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The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre launches “Managing Turbulence”, a project to help people cope with stress
The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre is launching “Managing Turbulence”, a project to help people cope with stress. What is it? Open training sessions for adults and an evening lecture series. I never thought I would find myself recommending anything with the word “training” in its title. But in our
Archive · Books · Moscow · Society
On the pedestal of the Pushkin monument, unveiled in Moscow on 6 June 1880, lines from the poem "Monument" were carved:
And long shall I be loved by the people for this, That with my lyre I awakened kindly feelings. As early as 1880 it became known that the version of "Monument" published in Zhukovsky's edition contained censorial corrections and differed considerably from the original, touching important
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To Mark the Centenary of Irina Antonova, Her Study in the Main Building of the Pushkin Museum Is Opened to Visitors as a Museum Room
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Plaque in memory of Irina Antonova unveiled on Pokrovsky Boulevard for her centenary
A memorial plaque has been unveiled at 14/5 Pokrovsky Boulevard in memory of Irina Alexandrovna Antonova, who lived there for 40 years. The installation of the commemorative plaque, the work of Frangulyan, formed part of the Pushkin Museum's events marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of
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The Fence of the French Consulate General in Moscow
Moscow · Mores · Nature
The lioness Kinuli, who lived in a Moscow communal flat with writer Vera Chaplina
In the 1930s everyone knew the story of the lioness from the communal flat at 16 Bolshaya Dmitrovka, and not only in the USSR. Vera Chaplina, a member of staff at the Moscow Zoo and a writer of animal stories, took home a lion cub whose mother had rejected her.
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Exhibition “Apophenia” on the search for phantom connections opens at Ground Solyanka
A stag made of dung and sticks may nowadays turn out to be the altar of a forest deity, the centrepiece of a spa salon's lounge area and a showpiece at an art exhibition. This handsome fellow is the work of Ho Gui, an art collective that calls