Last night in a company of several translators we discussed the fact that Jean-Luc Godard’s title, A Bout du Souffle, is not correctly translated in either Russian, or English. The original titl...
Opened in November 1979, the Central House of the Artists sits opposite the famous Gorky Park and can be reached from Park Kultury or Oktyabr’skaya metro stations. It is also within the easy rea...
OK, we all agree it’s pricey, but that’s the price you charge for a life-long passion! In fact, it’s not too bad, bearing in mind the run you get for your money. This is a family res...
The exhibition by Svetlana Konegen "Nome. Cose. Citta" (Names. Things. Cities) follows several Italian towns where the lnguist travelled...
This section of the Multimedia Art Museum is located in the same place as the House of Photography, so naturally many exhibitions are geared towards Photography as the main art medium. The latest few ...
“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 ...
This is one of the central places to enjoy classical art in Moscow. In 2012 the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts marks its 100th anniversary. In these hundred years the museum hosted an impressive array of...
Manchester I am always amazed by the grandeur of civic architecture of the 19th c. Take this lovely vast terracota building on the corner of London Road. It occupies a triangular space circumscribed b...
Manchester The seated statue of the father-founder of computer science can be found in the middle of Sackville Gardens. The pensive professor gazes at the flowerbed in front on him, holding an apple. ...
Manchester – Eating & Drinking – Cafes & Coffee Shops Although a part of Manchester Museum, Cafe Muse is open to everyone who ventured that far into Oxford Road. Don’t be mis...