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Adriano Cecioni, "First Steps", 1868–1869

Palazzo Pitti, Florence

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The State Museum of the East, at 12A Nikitsky Boulevard, presents an exhibition devoted to the artistic legacy of the Volkov-Rybnikov dynasty

The State Museum of the East, at 12A Nikitsky Boulevard, presents an exhibition devoted to the artistic legacy of the Volkov-Rybnikov dynasty. The display runs until 8 November and comprises some one hundred and fifty works of painting, graphic art and sculpture by three generations of the family. The

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While in France the Musée Picasso prepares to issue officially a new edition of bronze sculptures by the late artist, in Russia a case is raging over the sale of forged casts of works by Ernst Neizvestny and their display at the Tretyakov Gallery

This case has been dragging on since May, and I deliberately refrained from writing about it. In the first place, it seemed to me that for many years now everyone with even the slightest connection to art collecting and the life of Russian auctions has known that our market is

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The Musée national Picasso in Paris will issue an exclusive edition of eight bronze sculptures by the artist to raise money for an extension of the building

The museum holds the largest collection of works by Pablo Picasso in the world. And now, as the "Picasso 2030" project is being prepared, at a cost of €50 million and providing for the construction of a new wing of 800 sq. m for temporary exhibitions, the museum

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Among the many museum and gallery events of the past week, I want to single out one: the exhibition "Childhood. Adolescence. Sanctity"

Among the many museum and gallery events of the past week, I want to single out one: the exhibition "Childhood. Adolescence. Sanctity" at the Andrei Rublev Museum, which runs from 3 September to 15 November 2026. More than a hundred works from the late fifteenth to the early

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Not long ago I wrote on Threads about the Polytechnic Museum, asking when it will open, whereupon a man turned up and began to assert that the museum has had another storey added – mark this – from below!

For all the adepts of TikTok education, I took these photographs yesterday while passing by. The lower storey has always been there! Yes, it was dug out, yes, it was adapted to a new use, reinforced and refurbished, but for now we do not tack lower storeys on to historic

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The Zotov Centre on Khodynskaya Street presents the exhibition "Bread" from 3 September 2026 to 17 January 2027

The Zotov Centre on Khodynskaya Street presents the exhibition "Bread" from 3 September 2026 to 17 January 2027. The project is timed to the 95th anniversary of Bakery No. 5, in whose former building the centre is housed. The curators describe the layout of the exhibition as a

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During one of their joint journeys, in September and October 1903, Dmitry Stelletsky photographed Boris Kustodiev on the bridge over the River Volkhov, with the Novgorod Kremlin and the Sophia Bell Tower behind him

During one of their joint journeys, in September and October 1903, Dmitry Stelletsky photographed Boris Kustodiev on the bridge over the River Volkhov, with the Novgorod Kremlin and the Sophia Bell Tower behind him. The photograph, together with other pictures from their expeditions, was donated by Kustodiev's heirs

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The Marble Palace Is Cramped

The Marble Palace is cramped. One understands this on seeing the collection, so familiar from its walls, in the halls of the Zilart museum. Stepping into the space of the new exhibition of the gift of Peter and Irene Ludwig, shown here in its entirety for the first time, I

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Marcus Aurelius advised retreating into oneself, for nowhere does a man withdraw more quietly

Marcus Aurelius advised retreating into oneself, for nowhere does a man withdraw more quietly. In the digest, for my part, I try to gather what has been published over the month while the memories are still fresh. So, the main things on the channel for August. The section on archaeology

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This week brings a positively dizzying number of exhibition openings, but the "where to go" rubric has not been cancelled, so let us not be idle and save one more announcement

On 18 September the All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art opens the project “Vrubel. The Birth of a New Art”, organised jointly with the Russian Museum. The curator is the art historian Sergey Khachaturov. At the exhibition Vrubel appears as a prophet of the avant-garde, set in the context

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At the Jolly Negro

The historic sign of a colonial goods shop in Paris, at 14 rue Mouffetard. The white woman, incidentally, contrary to first impressions, is pouring a drink for the dark-skinned figure, and not the other way round. In the 2010s the sign began to suffer at the hands of city