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Delightful works by the Vietnamese-French artist Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980). All the works shown here were created in the 1950s and are devoted to scenes from the lives of women: their toilette and their care of children, with the everyday world of childhood. Mai Trung Thu was a
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In 1982, a wheat field sprang up in Manhattan, literally at the foot of the Twin Towers. The territory of a former rubbish dump, which was standing vacant at the time, had been allocated for the creation of an art installation. But instead of a sculpture park, the artist Agnes
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From 22 May to 13 July 2025, the Andrey Cheglakov Foundation on Prechistenka will host Boris Kocheishvili's solo exhibition "Cloud, Lake, Tower", timed to the artist's 85th birthday. The project will present to the wider public the many-sided work of one of the
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The seventeenth-century German polymath and Jesuit monk Athanasius Kircher is known for his description of China, his microscopic researches and his unsuccessful attempt to decipher Egyptian writing. But we understand that this man was a genuine genius when we see his musical notation of birdsong
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Before taking his degrees in philosophy and theology, Pope Francis took a degree in food chemistry. The subject of food production, papal-style, is explored in the book “Tavola con Papa Francesco” (“A Table with Pope Francis”), “tavola” meaning the gathering around the table.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his wife, Louisa Hawkins, on a tricycle in 1892. Thank God, not on a scooter
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Pope Francis has died. As of today, 21 April 2025, he had reached the age of 88 years and 4 months. Pope Francis was elected on 13 March 2013. As of 21 April 2025, he had occupied the papal throne for 12 years, 1 month and 12 days.
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A reminder that Elizabeth II held the rank of Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces and Lord High Admiral of the Royal Navy. But that was after her accession to the throne. Her military rank during her wartime service in the Second World War was that of lieutenant.
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When we dream of a task, we like it; once we have set about it, it is dreadfully tedious. And that is only natural: in our thoughts the task appears to us whole, with its success, its happy results and other blessings, but once we begin to do it... the
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Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, a painting by Arkhip Kuindzhi. This is the most enigmatic of Kuindzhi's works, which he showed, together with a few others, after 20 years of silence. And those who saw it were his 4 pupils. The second time, Kuindzhi showed the picture
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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, in retirement, has celebrated her 85th birthday. It is touching that the festive table was decorated in the manner of Easter. And it is very sad to think that we are witnesses to the last Christian rulers of Europe; one wants to go on believing