Architecture · Moscow · Heritage · Society
Under this article, by 1 July 2025 all newly identified monuments must be entered in the register of regional objects of cultural heritage (OCH), which confers protected status. Those that fail to make it into the register will be struck from the list of identified monuments. There are currently 1,
Architecture · Art · Heritage · Society
Graffiti on a Wall as a Factor in Investment Appeal? In Bristol, England, a building has been put up for sale bearing a Banksy graffito, left on the wall of a former clinic in 2006. The work is called “Well Hung Lover”. The property is valued at $900,000, and
Coming Up · Observations · Society
It cannot but please that with each passing year cultural initiatives receive ever more institutional support, and that membership of specialist communities is becoming prestigious among the young. This year the annual Russian Creative Awards, to be held tomorrow, has added a special category for young figures in culture, the
Archive · Art · London · Society
Sympathy for the sorrows of a once great lady. Cartoon by Tom Merry. 28 November 1891 Old Mother Britannia, impoverished by liberal reforms, and her Lion beg for alms against the backdrop of a ruined Palace of Westminster
Architecture · Heritage · Society
Federation Council approves law on leasing cultural heritage sites under concession agreements. The law is intended to attract more private investment for the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage sites. Concessionaires will be obliged to carry out restoration and conservation work on such sites, observing the requirements of the norms
Art · Observations · Society · Pop Culture
I had no wish to comment on the sale of a banana for over six million dollars, but then I came across a quotation from Pat Buchanan, senior adviser to three American presidents: Nixon, Gerald Ford and Reagan. The quotation runs as follows: “Wheeler Williams, one of America's
Architecture · Heritage · Society · Saint Petersburg
One of Russia's Most Famous Prisons to Be Sold Off for Museum Complexes and Art Venues. It became known in November 2022 that the Kresty remand prison in Saint Petersburg, built in 1884–1892 to a design by the architect Antony Tomishko, is to be sold, and quite
Observations · Society · Paris
Rents in Paris Are About to Go Through the Roof. France's Council of State has annulled several decrees regulating rents in Paris at a stroke. In effect, a blow has been dealt to the neo-Bolshevik course of the Paris city hall. The National Union of Property Owners
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Art · Society · People
Perhaps the chief hater of the American banking system has been found. The contemporary Los Angeles artist Alex Schaefer rose to international fame when, during the great American recession of 2008, he began painting fantastical, politically charged plein-air pictures showing bank branches on fire, major bank holding companies in
Art · New York · Society
Bank of America in Flames, Alex Schaefer, Oil on Canvas. Bank of America has compiled a new report on the state of the art market. Despite the anxiety expected among art market participants over Trump's re-election, conditions for buying art are improving. As the report explains, in
Faith · Monarchies · Society · Paris
In 2021 Emmanuel Macron changed the shade of blue on the national flag, explaining that he wished to return to the state the symbol of the French Revolution, which raised this banner. Yet each of the colours taken separately carries anything but revolutionary connotations. Red goes back to the Capetian