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Karl Bryullov, Study for a Portrait of a Young Woman, 1838

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The First Month of the Pontificate of Leo XIV Has Passed

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Louis XIV by Jean-Jacques Clérion (1672), Bernini (1665) and Jean Warin (1665)

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Good morning, and have a lovely day!

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Exactly So

A white church with a silver dome and a bell tower behind a low stone wall, among trees and a green meadow.

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Vasily Polenov designed the Church of the Holy Trinity in Bekhovo, consecrated in 1907

Church of the Holy Trinity, designed by Vasily Polenov, village of Bekhovo. The church was consecrated in 1907

NB! · Art · Books

Vladimir Konashevich's Illustrations for Chukovsky's Fairy Tales

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enchanté, enchanté, dear lady

Two bright graffiti-style paintings on a white gallery wall: a cartoon girl with a blue bow and a portrait of a blonde woman.

NB! · Art · Cinema · New York · People · Pop Culture · Humour

Adrien Brody makes his debut as a painter at an exhibition in New York

Paintings from Adrien Brody's debut exhibition in New York as proof that a man cannot be equally bad at two different things. And Brody the painter is even worse than Brody the actor

NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Heritage · Society

Russian Ministry of Culture Signs State Contract for Restoration Work on Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square

The Russian Ministry of Culture has signed a state contract for restoration work on Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square. The value of the contract is 19.6 million roubles. The deadline for completing the work under the state contract is 27 August 2026.

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Photograph of a relief with a portrait medallion and a vaulted hall drawing at an exhibition

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