Archaeology · Art · Museums · New York
Gold Hellenistic armlets of the 2nd century BC from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The armlets represent a male and a female figure, a triton and a tritoness, each holding a small winged Eros in their hands. Behind the heads of the tritons are hoops, through which
Architecture · Observations · New York
The Big Bend project by New York architectural studio Oiio Studio proposes building one of the tallest buildings in the world in the shape of a horseshoe. The idea of a 610-metre arched skyscraper is described in Beaux-Arts magazine, although so far there are no specifics, and the
Faith · Art · Museums · New York
The Infant Jesus with an Apple. 1470. Metropolitan Museum
Cinema · New York · Pop Culture
The young and beautiful Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro. The musical New York, New York, 1977. Today Liza turns 76. De Niro is now 78.
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Aristocracy · Books · New York · Pop Culture
Former Vogue editor André Leon Talley with actress and socialite Lee Radziwill. They were good friends, and died two years apart. In 2020 Talley's memoir The Chiffon Trenches was published, which he dedicated to Lee Radziwill with the words: "For three decades she gave me unconditional love,
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Museums · Science · Mores · New York · Humour
At one party or another one hears it boasted how epic it is, and how it will certainly go down in history. The tale of heavily pomaded guests sewn about on every side with jewels, in whatever numbers they may be presented, is, however, as old as the Proverbs of
Coming Up · Moscow · Museums · New York · Society
Today at the Museum of Russian Impressionism we talk with respected people about the cultural parallels between New York in the 1920s and Moscow in the 2020s. The angle is original and, I am sure, we may count on an unconventional view and, in the end, finally work out what
Faith · Books · New York · Society
According to Raimondi, the murder was arranged by Bishop Paul Marcinkus, president of the Vatican Bank from 1971 to 1989, who in 1973 was suspected of involvement in supplying the Vatican with counterfeit bonds worth almost 15 million dollars. The gangster writes that Pope John Paul I intended to expose
Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Museums · New York
The Museum of Russian Impressionism has a bright, rich exhibition, Other Shores: Russian Art in New York, about the 1924 show that introduced the American public to Konchalovsky, Lentulov, Petrov-Vodkin, Polenov, Yuon, Vasnetsov, Kustodiev, Arkhipov, Larionov, Grabar, Saryan and other outstanding names of Russian art. It was not the