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TikTok launches a series of virtual tours of Russian museums together with the Kultura.RF project

TikTok has launched a series of virtual tours of Russian museums together with the Kultura.RF project. On Wednesdays and Saturdays one can join a virtual tour in the portal's official account, culturno, of the permanent displays and exhibitions of the country's leading museums. For now,

Architecture · Faith · Moscow · Museums · Heritage

At the Shchusev Museum of Architecture an exhibition has opened that will become a new part of the permanent display: three halls have been given over to the restored frescoes of the 15th-century Trinity-Makaryev Monastery at Kalyazin, blown up and floode

At the Shchusev Museum of Architecture an exhibition has opened that will become a new part of the permanent display: three halls have been given over to the restored frescoes of the 15th-century Trinity-Makaryev Monastery at Kalyazin, blown up and flooded in 1940 during the construction of the

Aristocracy · Archive · Art · Moscow · Museums

The Museum of the Defence of Moscow holds a Group Portrait of the Descendants of A.S. Pushkin Who Took Part in the Great Patriotic War, 1957, by the retired lieutenant colonel Vladimir Pereyaslavets

The Museum of the Defence of Moscow holds a Group Portrait of the Descendants of A.S. Pushkin Who Took Part in the Great Patriotic War, 1957, by the retired lieutenant colonel Vladimir Pereyaslavets. Not all of Pushkin's descendants who served in the war are gathered in the

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Exhibition “Masterpieces from Kazan” for Tatarstan’s centenary at the Tretyakov Gallery until 1 November

I suggest a visit to the exhibition marking the centenary of the Republic of Tatarstan, "Masterpieces from Kazan. From Roerich to Kandinsky", at the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, which runs until 1 November and presents works by artists of the Silver Age and the Russian avant-garde

Archaeology · The East · Museums · Observations

I propose a comparison of expensive footwear from two different eras: a pair of velvet men's shoes with gold trim from Italy in the 1730s, in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and a woman's boot from a Scythian burial in the Altai, 2

I propose a comparison of expensive footwear from two different eras: a pair of velvet men's shoes with gold trim from Italy in the 1730s, in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and a woman's boot from a Scythian burial in the

Art · Museums · Observations

While, on the unenlightened fringes of the art world, voices are heard insisting that photography is not art because it can be produced in any edition size, major galleries and established artists are turning in their work to…

While, on the unenlightened fringes of the art world, voices are heard insisting that photography is not art because it can be produced in any edition size, major galleries and established artists are turning in their work to editioned techniques, without in the least diminishing the value of works of

Museums · Observations · Saint Petersburg · Ethnography

1980s notice on the door of the Kunstkamera saying the museum shows no monsters

The essence of Peter's cabinet of curiosities in a few sentences. "Our museum is about the culture and way of life of the peoples of the world, and therefore it does not display the freaks, dwarfs, giants and other monsters who amused the grandees of the eighteenth

The East · Art · Museums · Observations

Portrait of General Yermolov by Pyotr Zakharov in a hall of an art project about memory

I should like to draw attention to the portrait of General Yermolov in the secret hall. The work is of interest because it is from the brush of Pyotr Zakharov, carried off as a child from a village destroyed by the war, baptised and adopted by the general's

Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations · Society Pages

Second Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art Opens at Garage

Yesterday saw the opening at Garage of what is arguably the main event in the art world: the Second Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art. I am sure that colleagues on other channels will say more about the format: this time the artists were chosen on the personal recommendations of participants

Art · Moscow · Museums · People

At the Exhibition "Not Forever" in the New Tretyakov Hangs a Portrait of the Diplomat Semenov with His Wife and Daughter by the Artist Dmitry Zhilinsky

At the exhibition "Not Forever" in the New Tretyakov hangs a portrait of the diplomat Semenov with his wife and daughter by the artist Dmitry Zhilinsky. Oil on chipboard and gesso. My attention was caught by the pointedly rich apartment of a high-ranking official, with costly canvases

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Fundraising to open a Gumilev family museum in Bezhetsk, Tver Region

A campaign is under way on Planeta to raise funds for opening a museum of the Gumilev family in the town of Bezhetsk, in the Tver Region. The project is run by the Foundation for the Development of Small Historic Towns, and so far less than 250 thousand of the

Museums · Observations · Humour

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