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Moscow · Museums · Observations · Society
On Patron's Day, 13 April, the Garage Museum accepts donations instead of admission fees
The Garage Museum has waived admission fees on Patron's Day, 13 April. The promise is that the initiative will be annual, in honour of Philanthropist's Day. On that day one may enter the museum by making any donation one finds comfortable to the Garage Endowment Fund.
NB! · In the Press · Observations · Pop Culture
Commented for the WOS Telegram channel on some remarkable snapshots from the Instagram of a favourite designer who still cannot bring himself to take up menswear 😈
London · Monarchies · Observations · People
Princess Alexandra of Kent has performed no official duties since July 2020
England has mislaid its "Russian" princess, Alexandra of Kent. The 84-year-old Alexandra is the younger sister of the head of English Freemasonry, Edward, Duke of Kent, and the elder sister of the scandal-prone Michael of Kent; as the daughter of the fourth son of King
NB! · Architecture · Art · Observations · Paris
What I would give to be gazing at the chin of the bronze Napoleon, dressed as a Roman emperor by Auguste Dumont, or at the freshly scrubbed façade of the French Ministry of Justice from forty metres up the Vendôme Column, all for just €3.9…
Observations · Society
Why an object's rarity alone does not make it valuable to a collector
A concise reply to those who mistakenly equate the rare with the valuable. A limited print run cannot be the root cause of collecting interest in any object unless it possesses certain special and fundamental artistic, technical, material, ideological or circumstantial qualities. Anything at all may be rare, even unique,
NB! · Observations · Science · Ethnography · Humour
What talent and imagination Soviet scholars must have possessed to contrive to insert a quotation from Lenin into, say, an article on the social anthropology of pre-class societies
Art · Museums · Observations
Exhibition of Nizhny Novgorod artists at Richter, opened on 30 March
Since today is a museum day, I am recalling the exhibition that opened at Richter on 30 March and brought together artists from Nizhny Novgorod. It was a great pleasure to see. The works are excellent, the artists deserve praise. In order, among what caught my eye: Vladimir Chernyshev, Trajectory
Coming Up · Museums · Observations · New York · Society
Molina Family Gallery on Latinos in the United States to open in 2022
In 2022 a vast gallery devoted to the Latino experience in the United States will open in New York. The Molina Family Gallery will be housed in the National Museum of American History and will concentrate on the historical and cultural heritage of American Latinos and their contribution to American
Observations · Society · Paris
Urban upkeep in Paris under Anne Hidalgo and talk of her presidential ambitions
In places, Paris really does look like a field of ruins. The paving on the Place de la Concorde, for instance, now looks just so. Public works are perhaps the most frequent complaint my Parisian acquaintances make against the administration of Anne Hidalgo, who has run the city since 2014
Interviews · Cinema · Monarchies · Observations · People · Pop Culture
On 11 April Netflix will show Princess Diana's scandalous and notorious BBC interview of 20 November 1995, watched by 23 million people
On 11 April Netflix will show Princess Diana's scandalous and notorious BBC interview of 20 November 1995, watched by 23 million people. It was spoken of as "the interview that shook the world". Twenty-six years have passed, and it is still not entirely clear why
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations · Society Pages
New York graffiti artist Harif Guzman shows photos, video and installations at MMOMA
MMOMA on Petrovka has opened an exhibition of the New York graffiti artist Hharif Guzman, bringing together his photographs, videos, graffiti, posters, signs, installations, paintings, boards and even such an art object as a shirt bearing a placard reading "this is my shirt". A very coherent and vivid