Exhibitions on Krasnopevtsev, Tolstoy and Soviet artists abroad

The Traditional Round-Up of Moscow's Exhibitions.

📌 Closing soon: the exhibition “Krasnopevtsev. The Balance of the Unequal” at the AZ/ART Museum, until 1 February

📌 The exhibition “A Private Collection” at the Our Artists gallery, until 1 March

📌 The exhibition “From the Patriotic War to the Decembrists. Icons, Graphic Art and Objects of Applied Art” at the Andrey Rublev Museum, until 1 March

📌 Opening soon: an exhibition about the travels of Soviet artists, “Is Abroad a Myth?”, at the Artists' Town on Maslovka, until 17 May

📌 An exhibition about the last thirty years of the life of Leo Tolstoy, “The Path to the Green Stick”, at the Leo Tolstoy Museum on Prechistenka, until 23 August.

Report a translation error

Madonna with Cherubim in Milan's Brera: from Bellini to Mantegna

"Madonna with Cherubim" was long considered the work of Giovanni Bellini, until in 1885, during restoration, features characteristic of his chief rival, and incidentally his relative, Andrea Mantegna, came to light. What misled viewers was a softness uncharacteristic of Mantegna. Despite the established title, the Madonna and Child

Pushkin Museum refused the Ludwig collection over the branch name

The silliest thing about this renaming is its poor timing. For when the Pushkin Museum was offered, as a gift, the greatest collection of contemporary art of the second half of the twentieth century, the collection of Peter Ludwig, the very reason for the refusal was the condition that the

Yeeeehaw!

Voiture woke Count de Guiche at night to announce that he was married

The Comte de Guiche asked Vincent Voiture, a man renowned for his wit, whether it was true that he was married. Voiture gave no answer. But he came to the count after midnight, woke him and said: "I have come to tell you that I am married". De

Read more

Madonna with Cherubim in Milan's Brera: from Bellini to Mantegna

Pushkin Museum refused the Ludwig collection over the branch name

Yeeeehaw!

Voiture woke Count de Guiche at night to announce that he was married