A white crenellated wall with arched niches; before it a black cross on a grey boulder, piles of rubble and a blue pipe. At right, a low green-roofed building and a red tower.

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Black cross on a boulder by a white crenellated wall amid construction debris

Fresco fragment in a wooden frame: a red brick tower with an arched doorway, surrounded by ochre hills where figures in light robes lie or fall, one bowed at the top.

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Ancient fresco of a brick tower with falling figures in a museum frame

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Andryukha, we have a falsification of history, possibly the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact!

Andryukha, we have a falsification of history, possibly the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact! To horse!

Two narrow museum wall labels in Russian and English with the biography of painter Petr Zakharov (1816–1846), details of the Yermolov portrait and a text by Aslan Goisum.

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Museum label on Petr Zakharov and his Portrait of General Yermolov, 1843

A dark-haired young man in a tweed suit and tie reads an open book, head bowed, one hand behind his head. Bookshelves and a wooden ladder stand behind him.

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Young man in a tweed suit reading a book in a library

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Hugh Grant turned 60 today, and, incidentally, he went into acting after a failed attempt to obtain a doctorate in the history of art

Hugh Grant turned 60 today, and, incidentally, he went into acting after a failed attempt to obtain a doctorate in the history of art. It must be admitted that humanity has lost a very handsome scholar

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Profile portraits by Yan Tamkovich-Friske on sheets hung on a grid

Jan Tamkovich-Friske. This is the Snub-Nosed One. And I think I recognise her.

A hand holds a white fabric bag with blue lettering in front of a table with ceramic vases and a plate.

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The author bought art and says that doing so has become easy

I have already done my shopping, and I wish the same for you. Buying art has never been so easy

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Let us solve the rebus together with the artist 9suka 🐾💩

Black-and-white photo of two people seated on a wooden staircase, one wearing leather shoes strapped onto thick wooden platforms.

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Humphrey Bogart wore platform shoes on the set of “Casablanca” to match Ingrid Bergman’s height

Humphrey Bogart wore platforms like these on the set of "Casablanca" to match Ingrid Bergman, who was 3 cm taller than he was. I think Prada creepers would have suited him too

Black-and-white photo: a gray-haired woman in dark clothes, eyes closed, kisses a white cat standing on a table in a dim room.

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An elderly woman and a white cat touching faces

A spacious paved courtyard with tiered arcades and large arched windows. A crowd gathers behind draped barriers, a white and yellow flag hangs on the wall, and people stand in the foreground

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