Observations · Humour
upd. the seller not only failed to thank me but declined to take it on board, leaving the advertisement exactly as it was; he is still wavering over which century the 18th actually is
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations · Saint Petersburg
The Marble Palace is cramped. One understands this on seeing the collection, so familiar from its walls, in the halls of the Zilart museum. Stepping into the space of the new exhibition of the gift of Peter and Irene Ludwig, shown here in its entirety for the first time, I
Archaeology · Faith · The East · Art · Books · Museums · Observations · Heritage · Science · Society · Nature
Marcus Aurelius advised retreating into oneself, for nowhere does a man withdraw more quietly. In the digest, for my part, I try to gather what has been published over the month while the memories are still fresh. So, the main things on the channel for August. The section on archaeology
NB! · Architecture · Observations · Humour
Soviet utilitarian industrial architecture looks better than any modern developer's project. Do you know why? Because even this garage has a soul, unlike your residential complexes
Art · Moscow · Observations · Ethnography
One of the more unusual and memorable art objects at Cosmoscow turned out, to my surprise, to be connected with Russian folk style: a panel of wooden Khokhloma spoons entitled “Rhythm of Generations”. The result is a rather arresting appeal to folk crafts, and entirely without cranberry-sauce kitsch, even
Art · Moscow · Observations · Society Pages
One might say that the Moscow art season truly began yesterday: the Cosmoscow fair opened, and there will be much talk of it in the days ahead. I was fortunate enough to survey the year's achievements in contemporary art and the leading galleries during the Beluga morning mediation,
NB! · London · Monarchies · Observations · Humour
It is proposed to name an airport after Queen Camilla. I suggest we confine ourselves to the baggage reclaim hall
Books · Observations · Society · People
Explicable, it seems, by his part in organising the pay of the Bolsheviks from 1902
Architecture · Art · Moscow · Observations · Heritage · Society Pages
Where did Rodchenko and Stepanova live in Moscow? E. L.: At first they made do in other people's flats, in tiny rooms. They lived in a house belonging to the family of Vasily Kandinsky, at 8 Dolgy Lane (now Burdenko Street), in flat 25, while Kandinsky spent almost
Archive · Observations · Society
11 roubles 73 kopecks. That is now the price of looking at a single leaf of an archival file in the Sverdlovsk Region online. Not downloading it, not printing it, merely seeing it on a screen. Many people are discussing the resolution issued by the regional government on 19 August:
Art · Observations · Humour
Police and firefighters broke down the door of the Access Gallery to rescue a man whose legs stuck out from behind a counter and were visible through the window. But there was no one to save: the guardians of public order found a sculpture by the artist Alyssa Pierre, Untitled
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