It’s not the end of the year yet, so I’m not going to draw any conclusions about 2011… except a couple of things. 1. “It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to acce...
Egon Schiele, Embrace (Lovers) Marc Chagall, Green Lovers Boris Pasternak – Winter Night Sweeping, sweeping all earth’s corners Came the snowstorm turning; On the table burned a candle, St...
Juxtaposing Isaac Levitan's painting and Vladimir Gilyarovsky's book, what can we learn about Moscow life in 1880s?...
Storm has set the heavens scowling, Whirling gusty blizzards wild, Now they are like beasts a-growling, Now a-wailing like a child; Now along the brittle thatches They will scud with rustling sound, N...
A Harbin-made dress (Alexander Vassiliev collection) Russians in China exhibition at the State Orient Museum in Moscow (October 13, 2011 – January 2, 2012) traces the history of Russian emigrati...
Top Dog in a Top Coat (William Wegman) Until January 12, 2012 the residents and visitors to Moscow have the unique chance to view the exhibition of top coats by one of the leading Italian fashion hous...
“I follow the Moskva/ Down to Gorky Park,/ Listening to the wind of change”. Yes, one of the well-loved Moscow parks, named after the revolutionary writer Maxim Gorky, was commemorated by ...
William Blake, Newton An exhibition of watercolours and engravings by the English visionary artist and poet William Blake opens in Moscow on November 29. This is the first time his work will be presen...
Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Ambroise Vollard (1910) The cross-cultural year between Italy and Russia, celebrated in 2011, is quickly picking up the pace with the several exhibitions of outstanding Ital...
Cold frost and sunshine: day of wonder! But you, my friend, are still in slumber – Wake up, my beauty, time belies: You dormant eyes, I beg you, broaden Toward the northerly Aurora, As though a ...