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The Russian variety singer Anastasia Vyaltseva in a dress with birds, and an Alexander McQueen jacket with the same swallows, from the 1995 collection

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The Russian variety singer Anastasia Vyaltseva in a dress with birds, and an Alexander McQueen jacket with the same swallows, from the 1995 collection

White stucco medallion: a bearded head at the centre flanked by two crowned profiles. A garland of flowers and fruit surrounds it, with two ribboned torches at the sides, on a yellow wall.

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Stucco medallion with a three-faced male head and torches on a yellow facade

The New Monument to Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as Vivid Evidence of the Complete Decline of the Art of Sculpture

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The New Monument to Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as Vivid Evidence of the Complete Decline of the Art of Sculpture

On 12 February 1929, Leon Trotsky, carrying a passport in the name of Sedov, was deported from the port of Odessa to Constantinople on the steamship Ilyich (formerly Nicholas II), together with his wife and their son Lev Sedov, escorted by officers of the

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On 12 February 1929, Leon Trotsky, carrying a passport in the name of Sedov, was deported from the port of Odessa to Constantinople on the steamship Ilyich (formerly Nicholas II), together with his wife and their son Lev Sedov, escorted by officers of the

An Ancient Greek Lyre of Tortoiseshell and Wood

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An Ancient Greek Lyre of Tortoiseshell and Wood

A framed photo on a white wall shows a person in a paper cupcake costume with a pink cherry hood. Below, part of another work shows checked fabric and smoke.

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Photographic portrait in a paper cupcake costume on a gallery wall

On a pale plywood wall hang two frames holding fabric with embroidered words: a brown rectangular one and a white oval one. Labels below name Sabina Baisarova and list a price of 20,000 rubl

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Two 2023 works by Sabina Baisarova in frames with embroidered inscriptions

A few more impressions worth sharing

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A few more impressions worth sharing

A few more impressions worth sharing. Works that caught my eye

On a blue podium stand a turquoise shelving unit, a honeycomb panel with pink light, a bright tufted rug on the wall, a translucent stool and a wooden armchair.

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Contemporary design objects at an exhibition: shelving unit, rug and wooden chair

A white-cushioned sofa with a bolster sits on a steel platform on a blue podium. Beside it are a cast-metal mirror, a wall lamp and a glowing light panel.

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Contemporary design display: a sofa on a metal platform and light fixtures

Framed watercolour: a glowing yellow figure with a face and many arms and legs runs down a dark staircase between purple clouds. A wall label sits below.

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Nikita Ugryumov, Angel, 2023: watercolour on display

Penny-pinching, 2024 edition: the Blazar contemporary art fair now charges for carrier bags, though we must be grateful that Sellotape and bubble wrap are still provided free of charge

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Penny-pinching, 2024 edition: the Blazar contemporary art fair now charges for carrier bags, though we must be grateful that Sellotape and bubble wrap are still provided free of charge

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