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Rubens's tomb in St James's Church in Antwerp and the decoration of its burial chapel
Rubens's tomb is in St James's Church in Antwerp. His remains lie in the family vault beneath the funerary chapel built at the commission of his widow. The altar of the chapel is adorned with Rubens's painting of 1638, "Madonna Surrounded by Saints&
Art · Observations · People · Humour
Damien Hirst compared a certificate for a future sculpture to futures trading
Damien Hirst Speaks of His "Posthumous Drawings" Project: Instructions for Making Works of Art That Can Be Produced and Sold in His Name After the Artist's Death. "The idea is to have a certificate saying: 'First year after Damien's death: you have
Art · People · Pop Culture · Humour
Attention, Children!
A work by the cartoonist Charles Addams, creator of The Addams Family
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I wonder who presented Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina with a scarlet rose?
Observations · People · Ethnography
New podcast episode on Svetlana Zharnikova and her theories
Friends! A new episode of the podcast is already on air! This time we talk about my darling Svetlana Zharnikova and her mad and brilliant theories You can listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Yandex Music, VK, Soundstream, Litres and on other platforms. Share your impressions, subscribe to the
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The Only Monarch in History Whose Fate People Genuinely Fret Over
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George Bernard Shaw with a surfboard on the South African coast at the age of 75, 1931
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If I Were Not Alexander, I Should Wish to Be Diogenes
Books · Monarchies · Mores · People · Saint Petersburg
Catherine II and Denis Diderot, from the invitation to Russia to the fate of his library
Within ten days of her accession to the throne, Catherine II had invited Denis Diderot to come to Russia. She even proposed that he move the publication of the "Encyclopédie", which kept running into bans in France, to Riga or Saint Petersburg. But Diderot did not take up
Archive · Art · Moscow · People
Boris Shalyapin, who moved to France, on a walk through Moscow in 1960
Boris Chaliapin in Moscow in 1960. A stroll past the Ryabushinsky mansion, the Church of the Great Ascension at the Nikitsky Gates and along Spiridonovka. The elder son of Feodor Chaliapin, who had moved to France in 1925, visited Moscow several times during the years of the Thaw. An exhibition
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Napoleon's sabre of 1802 by Boutet, given to Marshal Grouchy before Waterloo
Napoleon's Sabre Sold for $5.2 Million. The sabre was made in 1802 to Napoleon's order, after he had been proclaimed Consul for Life. The work was carried out by the master armourer Nicolas-Noël Boutet, who directed the state arms workshop at Versailles. The blade