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Mark Rothko retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris: impressions of the show
The Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris has closed its major retrospective of Mark Rothko (1903-1970), the most significant ever devoted to the artist. Since October it has unfailingly drawn formidable queues. They say that the scenography of the exhibition follows the artist's own instructions, but can one
The East · Art · Monarchies · Museums
The Sword of the Hospodar of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, the First Ruler of United Romania, Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza forwarded arms from Russia to the Serbian government, needed to withstand the West and the Ottoman Empire. Despite the encroachments of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, backed by Austria and England, Cuza did not allow the convoy to be stopped. In recognition of Alexandru Cuza&
Art · Museums · Observations · Rome
Marble Vestal Tuccia by Antonio Corradini, 1743, in Palazzo Barberini
This veiled marble maiden is one of the celebrated sculptural series of her day. She was created by Antonio Corradini in 1743. Her maker was, in a manner of speaking, the darling of the European courts: sovereigns and aristocrats alike longed to possess his work. Above all, Corradini specialised in
Art · Museums · Rome · Humour
The Dutch painter Johannes van Wijkerslot replies to the Italian Bartolomeo Mendozzi
1: A youth playing cards. Presumably Bartolomeo Mendozzi, 1630s. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome. 2: A card game on a cradle (detail). Johannes van Wijkerslot, 1683. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Faith · Art · Museums
Giovanni Bellini’s “Pietà” of 1460 in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
"The grief that Bellini conceived here is divine only in its excess of humanity," the English painter and art critic Roger Fry. The panel "Pietà" or "The Dead Christ Supported by the Madonna and Saint John the Evangelist" by Giovanni Bellini, 1460. Pinacoteca di
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“Moscow Window” and “Question-Exclamation
“Moscow Window” and “Question-Exclamation. Black on Red”, works by Erik Bulatov on the cover of RBC Style alongside an interview with Olga Sviblova on the opening of Bulatov’s solo exhibition at the Multimedia Art Museum: probably the most anticipated project of the start of the year
NB! · Museums · Observations · Paris · Humour
Much in the world changes, but not the queues at the Louvre
Coming Up · Art · Books · Museums · Paris
Until June the Richelieu Library in Paris is hosting the exhibition "Inventing the Renaissances", which leads visitors from a scholar's study buried in manuscripts to the magnificent royal bookshelves
Until June the Richelieu Library in Paris is hosting the exhibition "Inventing the Renaissances", which leads visitors from a scholar's study buried in manuscripts to the magnificent royal bookshelves. The display consists of manuscripts, codices, printed books and a great many works of art, showing the
Architecture · Monarchies · Museums · Mores · Paris
The gilded apartment of Madame du Barry on the upper floor of the Palace of Versailles
Louis XV came to the apartments of his favourite, Madame du Barry, by a private staircase. The corridor leading to the countess's twelve-room suite is so narrow that two people can barely pass in it. As for the furnishings, Madame du Barry saw to it that her
NB! · Art · Museums · Paris · Reportage
Queue for the Mark Rothko exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, with online booking
The queue at the Fondation Louis Vuitton for the Mark Rothko exhibition. On the right, those with tickets booked online; on the left, those without
Art · Museums
Heracles and the Nemean Lion, an early 16th-century carving from the Medici collection
A Tiny Fragment of Fossil Coral with an Incredibly Beautiful Engraving. Hercules slaying the Nemean Lion, early sixteenth century, from the collection of the Medici family. Archaeological Museum of Florence