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In Tutayev, more than two thousand people walked in a procession of the cross along the right bank of the Volga with an icon that takes thirty men to lift
In Tutayev, more than two thousand people walked in a procession of the cross along the right bank of the Volga with an icon that takes thirty men to lift. This is the “Saviour Most Merciful” from the Resurrection Cathedral: a half-length Pantocrator with an open Gospel in his
Art · Society · Reportage
A Brief Chronicle of the Venice Biennale, Continued
🇮🇱 The backstory to the jury's April resignation has come to light. On the eve of it, Belu-Simion Fainaru, artist and commissioner of the Israeli pavilion, sent the foundation a legal notice, construing the jury's declaration as antisemitism and discrimination on grounds of nationality. In other
Art · Moscow · Observations · Reportage
The Winzavod annual gathering of young artists from the market has turned into the Win-Win fair
The Winzavod annual gathering of young artists from the market has turned into the Win-Win fair. A rather pleasant way to spend a day off. There are plenty of all sorts of young people, not yet spoiled by the word "art", waiting for you to come and
Cinema · Observations · Pop Culture · Reportage
The state of the auditorium at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, where yesterday's Oscars ceremony was held
The rows in the balcony are buried in rubbish. These seats are reserved for studio staff, invited guests, partners, film students and the junior crew members of the nominated films. Culture, as they say, with a capital C (for Crisp packet)
Art · Moscow · Museums · Reportage
Exhibition "Marc Chagall
The exhibition is called "Marc Chagall. The Joy of Earthly Gravity" and is held in the main building of the Pushkin Museum. Two halls and the atrium bring together both Chagall's best-known works and rare, little-known pieces such as portraits of members of his
NB! · Faith · Reportage · Rome · Ethnography
A Nativity scene in the window of a Roman city bus displayed at the "100 Presepi" exhibition in Saint Peter's Square on Christmas Eve
Books · Moscow · Observations · Reportage · Humour
Shall I tell you what a fair of intellectual literature is?
Shall I tell you what a fair of intellectual literature is? City dwellers, worn out by bustle, obligations and a dusk that begins at four in the afternoon, come to Gostiny Dvor to sigh a little in the queue at the entrance, jostle by the cloakroom and, at last, plunge
Art · Moscow · Observations · Reportage · Humour
Buy!
Buy! Buy! Buy! I have come to a new contemporary art fair, yes, yet another in this year of squandered budgets. It is called Obertone, and it is devoted exclusively to graphic art. It is held in an industrial zone behind Leningradsky Station. The taxi driver was most curious as
Observations · Nature · Reportage
Botanical gardens and nature parks are among my favourite kinds of sights
Botanical gardens and nature parks are among my favourite kinds of sights. So the first thing I did on arriving in Sochi, where we had come for the premiere of the new season of «Tonky vkus» [«A Refined Taste»], was to head for the Sochi Arboretum, one of the best-
Art · Observations · Paris · Reportage
Art Basel Week in Paris was so packed that only now am I taking stock
Art Basel Week in Paris was so packed that only now am I taking stock. The fair ran from 24 to 26 October at the Grand Palais and neighbouring venues, gathering more than 200 galleries from 41 countries, with a fairly extensive parallel programme. Among the participants were the leading
Museums · Heritage · Paris · Reportage
The Louvre Has Been Robbed
The museum is closed. All likely approaches to it have been cordoned off. Crowds of tourists who do not read the news are asking the gendarmes what has happened and whether they will get their money back. A notice announces, in studiously neutral terms, exceptional reasons. The courtyard of the