Day: June 7, 2017
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Frank Lloyd Wright Credited Japan for His All-American Aesthetic
The famed architect was inspired by drawings and works from the Asian nation
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Russian Court Convicts ‘Extremist’ Ukraine Library Director
Compared to most librarians, the last 19 months have been unusually dramatic for Natalya Sharina.
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Housing Demolition Protests in Moscow Are Spiralling
Authorities may soon struggle to quell protests against a controversial housing demolition program in Moscow
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Past Imperfect: Congolese Painting at Garage
An exhibition at Moscow’s Garage Museum of Contemporary Art shows the heavy influence of colonialism on the art of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and illuminates the struggle for control over the representation of its culture.
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Sotheby’s Russian sales yield about $16 million
The sales were led by two works by the Russian landscape painter Isaak Levitan Sotheby’s Russian Art Sales in London yielded a total of 12.1 million British pounds ($15.6 million at the current exchange rate) on Tuesday, posting a 73-percent increase on the equivalent sales in London last year, the auction house said in a…