NB! · Art · Books · Society Pages

The winner of the second category of The Art Newspaper Russia XII Awards, Book of the Year, is “Artists of the Russian Emigration in America”; the prize is presented by the gallerist Ildar Galeev

NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Heritage · Society Pages

The winner of the first category of the The Art Newspaper Russia XII awards, Restoration of the Year: the Moscow Palace of Pioneers on the Sparrow Hills, built in 1962, for its careful treatment of an example of Soviet architectural modernism

The winner of the first category of the The Art Newspaper Russia XII awards, Restoration of the Year: the Moscow Palace of Pioneers on the Sparrow Hills, built in 1962, for its careful treatment of an example of Soviet architectural modernism. The prize is presented by Elizaveta Likhacheva, Director of

A group of carpenters in hard hats waves from the rafters of Notre-Dame's new timber roof frame, with scaffolding and stone towers behind.

NB! · Architecture · Faith · Observations · Heritage · Paris

Carpenters mark completion of the Notre-Dame roof framework

Carpenters salute the completion of the roof structures of Notre-Dame. It is gratifying that the church is regaining its physical body. And it is especially pleasing to see such a close-knit company of masters of an ancient biblical trade, who have applied their skill and put their souls

NB! · Moscow · Society · People

The Vakhtangov Theatre Pays Tribute to Rimas Tuminas, Who Died on 6 March Aged 72

The Vakhtangov Theatre has paid tribute to Rimas Tuminas, who died on 6 March at the age of 72. Tuminas was artistic director of the Yevgeny Vakhtangov Moscow Theatre from 2007 to 2022

NB! · Monarchies · Observations · Saint Petersburg

Good Night from the Thunder Stone, Catherine II and Peter I

NB! · Observations · Humour

Does Ivan really have so few projects?)

NB! · Art · Observations · People · Humour

How do you think Pushkin is faring in the hands of the German artist Eberhard Hückstedt?

NB! · Nature · Humour

The Dandelion of a Healthy Man

A girl in a pale dress and red boots holds the hand of an elderly man in a green coat with a pack; behind them are a dark cow, trees and a large rock.

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A girl and an elderly man with a pack holding hands in a dusky landscape

Portrait of a grey-haired man in a blue checked suit and blue tie, seated with clasped hands in front of gilded door panels.

NB! · Monarchies · Observations · Humour

New official portrait of King Charles III, his appearance, makeup and retouching

In his new official portrait, King Charles III looks rather poorly. And the make-up and retouching have let the side down

NB! · Archaeology · Geography · Humour

Communication with space is unavailable, since the pyramids have shifted 4 km south of their original site since construction because of the movement of the earth's crust

Communication with space is unavailable, since the pyramids have shifted 4 km south of their original site since construction because of the movement of the earth's crust. And that is without taking into account the drift of the Earth's and the Sun's orbits

NB! · Art · Paris