All articles tagged "art"
Putin and Stalin get to Celebrity Hell painting 
17 Mar, 02:54 PM 31 comments
Three little-known Chinese/Taiwanese artists named Dudu, Li Tiezi, and Zhang An have created the oil painting – titled Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante – in 2006 depicting 103 figures from world history in striking detail.
Russia shoots ‘Bourne-style’ action movie about war in Georgia 
19 Mar, 10:58 PM 10 comments
A top Russian TV channel will soon show the movie dedicated to last autumn’s war in the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia. The action movie, reportedly resembling Hollywood’s Bourne trilogy, clearly explains to the audience who started the August war.
UK TV bans Angelina Jolie commercial for Russian movie 
19 Mar, 11:49 PM 12 comments
A TV ad for the Wanted movie directed by Timur Bekmambetov, shows the actress Angelina Jolie firing weapons, must not be shown because it could be seen as condoning gun violence.
Russian Fashion Week starts in Moscow 
23 Mar, 04:00 PM 1 comment
Russian Fashion Week has started in Moscow, turning the city for one week into the capital of world’s fashion.
Russian Czar’s heirloom on sale at Sotheby's for $2.7 million 
16 Apr, 11:18 PM 4 comments
A pair of gold-plated porcelain vases once owned by a relative of murdered Russian Czar Nicholas II will be sold in London by Sotheby's this summer and are expected to fetch up to $2.67 million.
Family portrait of mysterious Nicholas Roerich causes stir at Christie’s 
27 Apr, 05:53 PM
A private collector paid a pretty penny for a portrait of Russian artist, mystic and Tibetan explorer Nicholas Roerich painted by his son. Interest in Roerich's art has been increasing in recent years. Interest in his occult teachings has never waned.
Russian church condemns ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ 
4 May, 03:48 PM 13 comments
The administration of Pskov, a city North-West of Moscow, has banned the ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ rock opera tour, because of church disapproval. Pskov State Cultural Committee chief Zinaida Ivanova has demanded that a performance due to be held on May 5, be cancelled citing condemnation of the show by the Pskov church.
Russian heir sues Yale over rights for Van Gogh painting 
4 Jun, 11:54 PM 3 comments
The alleged Russian heir of a Van Gogh painting seized after the Bolshevik revolution of 1918 has sued Yale University for displaying the masterpiece.
Russian art auction at Sotheby’s brings $12.5 million 
9 Jun, 11:23 PM 3 comments
Sotheby's raised 7.9 million pounds ($12.5 million) at its Russian art auction on Monday, a total the auctioneer called "solid" in uncertain economic times and within pre-sale expectations.
Russia's famous Hermitage museum opens outlet in Amsterdam 
19 Jun, 10:49 PM 3 comments
The Hermitage is exhibiting tzarist opulence at a new satellite museum in Amsterdam, the city where Peter the Great started Russia's fabulous state art collection 300 years ago and which inspired the design for his own capital, St. Petersburg.
Sotheby’s to sell rediscovered Romanov art collection 
8 Jul, 03:56 PM 4 comments
Sotheby’s has announced that in November this year it will bring to the market, for the first time ever, an extraordinary and rediscovered collection of personal and rare objects, including many pieces by Fabergé, which belonged to the Romanov imperial dynasty.
Belarus censors Russian literature and movies 
10 Jul, 12:30 PM 18 comments
Belarus is to set up a committee to check all Russian films and books for immorality and dissolute content
US book accuses Ernest Hemingway of spying for KGB 
10 Jul, 01:19 PM 5 comments
A new US book "Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America” claims Ernest Hemingway was a not-very-effective spy for the KGB during the 1940s.
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