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Attended the premiere of "On This Earth", produced by Alexey Uchitel. The film is about a certain Russian village in the eighteenth century, where the local simpleton tries to build himself a pair of wings. We shall not discuss the plot; I suspect the authors themselves never got
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A queue for Dolce & Gabbana at the Grand Palais. I am not enough of an admirer to deprive genuine devotees of the chance to make the acquaintance of the golden monograms from the second floor of TsUM, so with a quiet heart I proceeded to the Petit Palais
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Brigitte Macron and Anna Wintour before the Stella McCartney show. And the unseen presence of Candace Owens
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Yesterday the West Wing of the New Tretyakov opened "Experiments in Contemplation", an exhibition by Valery Yurlov, the living patriarch of Soviet nonconformism. The works on show include, for instance, pieces from 1957 and 1958. The retrospective of Yurlov's career spans more than 70 years. But
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Those who remember the exhibition "Zlotnikov. The Signal System" at the New Tretyakov Gallery will find that it differs from this one. At Ground Solyanka there is more painting, and there are sculptures that I, for one, am seeing for the first time, while documents and photographs are
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Since we are speaking of luxurious interiors today, here is another, in Ulyana Sergeenko's new "Orient Express" boutique. There is a great deal of polish and lacquered surface, magnificent work with veneer, combined with generous draping in velvet and vintage lighting: Murano chandeliers and vintage Art
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The future King Charles III and his younger sister Princess Anne, photographed to mark the Prince of Wales's eighth birthday. Photo by Lord Snowdon
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Dmitry Bulnygin was the first contemporary artist in my collection. Known in the 2000s as a punk artist, Bulnygin, who went on to win recognition as a painter, sculptor, digital artist and videographer, seems to have had time to work in every medium. He even organised his own Ultra-Short
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An exhibition of the new cycle "Intervals" by Francisco Infante and Nonna Goryunova has opened at the Krokin Gallery. This intimate show introduces a new series of artefacts and precedes the major opening of Infante-Arana's solo exhibition at the New Tretyakov Gallery
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It is impossible to see every exhibition there is, and I am usually calm about the openings I have missed, but there are rare shows which, on walking in, you understand you will remember. I am very glad to have been a witness to this event at the Fondation Custodia