NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Museums · Heritage

Traces of the bombing raids of the Great Patriotic War on the façade of the Pushkin Museum

Archaeology · Museums · Science · Palaeontology

The Natural History Museum of Venice grew out of the collection of the Venetian patrician Teodoro Correr, who in 1830 bequeathed his colossal cabinet-of-curiosities-style holdings to the city, together with substantial funds to found a public museum and…

The Natural History Museum of Venice grew out of the collection of the Venetian patrician Teodoro Correr, who in 1830 bequeathed his colossal cabinet-of-curiosities-style holdings to the city, together with substantial funds to found a public museum and to maintain it thereafter in the three halls and

NB! · Art · Museums · Observations · Paris · Humour

A familiar face in the painting "The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin" by Jan van Eyck, 1435

NB! · Coming Up · Art · London · Monarchies · Museums

Holbein exhibition opens at Buckingham Palace on 10 November, with more than 100 works by the royal painter on show

NB! · Art · Museums · Paris

In 1855 the painter Victor Navlet did not merely fly over Paris in a hot-air balloon but recorded the view of the city in minute detail on an enormous seven-metre canvas, "View of Paris from a Balloon", now on display at the Musée d'Orsay

Faith · Art · London · Madrid · Museums

The Archangel Michael Triumphs over the Devil

1468. The first known painting by the Spanish artist Bartolomé Bermejo, who was almost forgotten until the early twentieth century and to this day has not received the worldwide fame his talent deserves. Photo from the Bermejo exhibition at the National Gallery in London, 2019

Art · London · Museums

Symbolism in Hogarth’s “The Graham Children” of 1742 and the Death of Baby Thomas

William Hogarth's 1742 painting "The Graham Children" is famous for its sad symbolism. The youngest child, little Thomas, died before work on the picture was finished. There is a version according to which the artist conceived the canvas as a memorial to the dead child. His

Coming Up · Archive · Architecture · Museums · Saint Petersburg

Exhibition on the reconstruction of Hermitage buildings and architect Alexander Sivkov marks 100 years since the Winter Palace joined the museum

An exhibition marking the centenary of the incorporation of the Winter Palace into the State Hermitage is devoted to the reconstruction of the Hermitage buildings and its chief architect Alexander Sivkov. Its unique photographs show the remodelling of the palace interiors, the hidden side of architectural structures, the laying of

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Mesmerising Details and Carlo Crivelli's "Saint Michael", 1472

Moscow · Museums · Observations

Homemade car by Soviet engineer Oleg Kucherenko on show at the Museum of Moscow

This Car Looks as if It Is Plotting Something. A splendid home-built automobile with the touching name "Trud" ("Labour"), the work of the Soviet engineer Oleg Kucherenko, is on show at the exhibition "Garage Wanted" at the Museum of Moscow, organised jointly with

NB! · Aristocracy · Art · Museums · People

Equestrian Portrait of Prince Boris Nikolayevich Yusupov, 1809, by Antoine-Jean Gros

Equestrian portrait of Prince Boris Nikolayevich Yusupov, 1809, by Antoine-Jean Gros. Collection of the Pushkin Museum

Art · Books · Museums · Observations

The Jewish Museum invites visitors to look at art through the prism of Kafka's work

The Jewish Museum invites visitors to look at art through the prism of Kafka's work. At the entrance they hand out booklets, one red and one brown. The two routes, we are told, are built on the story "The Metamorphosis" and the novel "The Trial&