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The Cherrys have the 1919 canvas "Jeanne Hébuterne Seated in Front of a Door"; Lyudmila Prokofyevna has "Girl in a Sailor Suit" of 1918. To be honest, our Modigliani looks even better, without any candelabra or gilding, simply and in a thoroughly modernist spirit
Monarchies · Museums · Observations · Heritage · Society · Paris
A few days ago at the Louvre, a portrait of the loathsome Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, stripped of his title of Prince, was stuck to a wall. The news calls the people who did it activists. Naturally, they have some political or moral justification for their demonstration. In principle, after all,
Observations · Heritage · Society · Pop Culture
A studio with thirty full-time employees and a host of outside consulting firms worked on the game for seven years, yet it is estimated to have sold fewer than 2,000 copies. Although nobody is actually playing Relooted (in Russian, Pereukradeno), it has received wide coverage in the leading
In the Press · Observations · Pop Culture
Good Lord, Gucci creative director Demna Gvasalia has issued a manifesto on his vision of the brand. These manifestos are always one and the same, but this time reading it leaves a particularly odd sensation. A little water and pathos to begin with: "A house that has lived many
Archive · Observations · Science
If you wish to reflect on the development of the Russian Empire towards the end of its existence, imagine that by the 1900s Russia already had a submarine of its own and, in all likelihood, more than one. In the photograph, presumably of 1901, is Russia's first electrically
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Following her resignation, the Louvre's disastrous director has been appointed to a "new prestigious post" within France's G7 presidency. Personnel decide everything
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The worst director in the Louvre's history replaced by Christophe Leribault, formerly president of the Palace of Versailles. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the appointment of the 63-year-old Leribault at a meeting of the Council of Ministers. Leribault is an art historian who has previously worked
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Well, well: the Director of the Louvre has finally resigned. She wrecked whatever she could, and we may at least be thankful she did not burn the place down
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The dead of the Paris Commune have risen again beneath the red banner of the Soviets! We understand, of course, that this is an ideological construct fashioned by the Bolsheviks after the fact, for the sake of appearances, so to speak: a justification of their own model of dictatorship and
Cinema · Observations · Humour
Trainee dispatcher Miloš Hrma. The 1966 Czechoslovak film by Jiří Menzel, "Closely Observed Trains"
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A German pensioner is to stand trial for commenting on Chancellor Merz's visit to his town with the words: "Pinocchio arrives in Heilbronn 🤥" Section 188 of the German Criminal Code governs liability for public insult, slander or defamation of persons holding positions in political life, including
Architecture · Observations · Heritage · Mores · Paris
Having a look inside the once much-discussed hotel right beside the Palace of Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle Château de Versailles. The hotel's unique selling point is its location literally on the palace grounds, that is, within the boundaries of the estate, behind the gates of the palace