Architecture · Art · Cinema · Moscow · Observations · Heritage
As a native of Khamovniki, I find the name of the sculptor Alexander Burganov stirs mixed feelings in me: I recall his ungainly studio in the lanes off Prechistenka, but also, on the other hand, some of his remarkable works. Several of them adorn the ruined château of Lacoste in
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A campaign is under way on Planeta to raise funds for opening a museum of the Gumilev family in the town of Bezhetsk, in the Tver Region. The project is run by the Foundation for the Development of Small Historic Towns, and so far less than 250 thousand of the
Museums · Observations · Humour
Besides the flats of eminent cultural figures, whole museums can be found for sale on Avito, among other things. Earlier I wrote about the Yesenin museum put up for sale; this time it is a museum of stone that is going under the hammer. At first glance the collection has
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At the North Caucasus branch of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Vladikavkaz, the exhibition "One for All", devoted to the 75th anniversary of Victory, opens today, the first day of three days of mourning in Ossetia for the victims of Beslan. The organisers' idea
Architecture · Observations · Mores · Saint Petersburg
Avito continues to delight with unique lots. This time, for a modest 89 million roubles (almost 40 million more than last year's price), this flea market of the whole universe has put up for sale a 240-square-metre, six-room flat with a terrace in the centre
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Beauty was stolen from the people and sold back to them under the guise of luxury: golden words from Sir Roger Vernon Scruton. And yes, we miss you very much
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A naked youth and two horses. I am not sure that such horses exist at all, but the canvases of the Czech painter Ludvík Vacátko are full of horses of every description and naked youths of every description. The peak of this Czech's career fell in the 1930s,
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NB! · Art · Observations · Humour
Govert Flinck, Girl with a Child's Chair. Mid-1600s. But I would say, a girl with a golden beer bottle opener (actually, no!), forgive me. Incidentally, the little one is three years old. And, incidentally, the basket-style handbag is fire too, sending a proper hello to Ulyana
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The new screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile" premieres on 23 October 2020. We are promised a stunning reunion of the cult British comedy duo of the 1980s and 1990s, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Not, of course, so epic a pairing as
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I confess, I have long been awaiting the publication of my book by the publishing house AST, and I am immensely glad that you too have shown an interest in it☺️ At the end of September my tome will at last appear on bookshop shelves: my hardbacked offspring, assembled from