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Second season of the Catalog contemporary art fair and a photo with Francisco Infante
Went to the Catalog contemporary art fair. Looked at works by some splendid artists. Had my photograph taken with Francisco Infante. I liked the second season of the fair as much as the first: a most agreeable event, held at a good professional level.
Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage
The Beautiful Borovitskaya Tower Shows Off Its Freshly Restored Crown
The beautiful Borovitskaya Tower has shown off its freshly restored crown. The progress of the restoration work is plain to see. It is, after all, hard to argue that the Moscow Kremlin is one of the most beautiful fortresses in the world. Every time I drive past, I look at
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations
Recognise Your Kitchen?
Recognise your kitchen? The sprouted onion is touching: it reminded me at once of Grandmother's green onion shoots, which she kept going even in winter. Hardly anyone does that now, I suppose. And we had, and still have, similar plates with a blue rim, Japanese, from the 1950s,
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations
I had never seen these charming studies of nude models by Matisse at the Pushkin Museum
A gift to the museum from Lydia Delectorskaya, usually called the last muse of the genius, which implies that she was a close companion, assistant, secretary and, for almost two decades, model to Henri Matisse. Delectorskaya gave the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts and the Hermitage hundreds of works
Geography · Observations · Society
Venice introduces a 5 euro fee for visitors to the old city on 29 peak days
Visiting Venice to become a paid affair on 29 days this year: certain days in April, May, June and July, when attendance at Venice Biennale events peaks. The charge will be 5 euros a day. It may be raised once the number of visitors to the city reaches a set
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Map of European city populations around 1530 and the density of towns in Northern Italy
The population of European cities by the first third of the sixteenth century. Note the densely populated north of Italy: this is precisely the age of the High Renaissance.
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations
The ART4 Museum in Khlynovsky Tupik reopens as the TUPIK art hub with seven projects
The ART4 Museum at 4 Khlynovsky Tupik has reopened in a new format as the art hub TUPIK, presenting seven projects at once. The peculiarity of the format is that every month the venue will present a display with new residents: individual artists as well as galleries that have no
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Still the Best-Loved Door in Moscow
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There Is No Better Definition of the Word "Cringe" Than This Portrait of the Argentine President as Napoleon
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Vladimir Weisberg Has Depicted My Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner for the Duration of Great Lent
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At last, I have made it to Yury Zlotnikov's exhibition "Signal Systems" at the New Tretyakov Gallery
At last, I have made it to Yury Zlotnikov's exhibition "Signal Systems" at the New Tretyakov Gallery. It is most gratifying that Zlotnikov's personal notes are on show, explaining his method and offering a glimpse of his reflections on what a point is, for