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Yves Saint Laurent as a Child

Yves Saint Laurent as a child

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The Trial of Marie Antoinette before the Revolutionary Tribunal on 14 October 1793

When Marie Antoinette was brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal on the first day of her two-day trial, 14 October 1793, the jurors who had received their summonses were informed that "the vengeance of the people is in your hands", which amounts to indicating, in this fashion, the

Wooden sculpture of a bearded man in armour with a hand on his chest, displayed on a dark pedestal in a museum gallery.

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Wooden figurehead of the ship “Henri IV” at the National Navy Museum in Paris

Figurehead from the ship Henri IV, carved in wood around 1848 in the sculpture workshop of the Cherbourg arsenal. An exhibit of the National Navy Museum in Paris.

Old photograph of a shop sign reading “Universal Store Kaztorg”, with a mounted camel and people in warm clothing at the entrance.

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The first department store opened in Perovsk, later known as Kyzylorda

The first department store in Perovsk, also known as Ak-Mechet and Kyzylorda

Close-up of a glass bottle with a blue label showing STALINE in red letters, along with the words “de source” and “état naturel”.

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French mineral water Staline, with a name that echoes Stalin's

No one has done more for the rehabilitation of Stalin than a plain French mineral water

Old studio photograph of a bearded man in a turban and striped robe, with a dagger and a long spear, a white cat sitting at his feet.

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A Kurdish warrior with a spear and a white cat in a photograph of 1870

I have been seized by an unbounded respect for this Kurdish warrior with his cat, in a photograph of 1870

Old photograph of a standing man in a hat beside a reindeer carrying two children in fur clothing, on snowy ground.

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Family portrait with reindeer, photograph from the 1910s

Portrait of a family with reindeer, 1910s

Black-and-white photograph of a man turning round from the back seat of a white convertible on a Roman street at night, lit by shop signs.

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Jean-Paul in an open car on Piazza Colonna in Rome, 1960s

Such a lively and eloquent photograph, with soul. Jean-Paul on Piazza Colonna in Rome in the 1960s

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Paris in May 1968

Three white ventilation pipes of the Centre Pompidou with graffiti, in front of scaffolding covering the facade.

NB! · Architecture · Museums · Observations · Paris

The Centre Pompidou in Paris is closed for renovation until 2030

My beloved Centre Pompidou is now wrapped in scaffolding. Until 2030, Paris has one fewer brilliant place of pilgrimage. But, honestly, every time I glance at it in passing, I am afraid: what if it never reopens?

Oil painting of a chestnut horse in a halter standing in three-quarter view against a dark brown background, with thick, loose brushstrokes.

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New exhibition on animals in the work of the artist opens at the Eugène Delacroix Museum

The Eugène Delacroix Museum has unveiled a new small-scale thematic display devoted to animals in his work

Screenshot of a news item: at a rally in Nebraska Trump suggested Iran could destroy Los Angeles and San Diego.

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The Voronezh meme recurs in Trump's remarks on Iran and Los Angeles

The Voronezh meme finds a new incarnation, this time in a country of the First World