Революционный пол
The revolutionary sex
For one shining moment, being a Russian woman meant sexual freedom and radical equality. Never seen before – or since
We don’t have sex in the USSR …Read More
Это настоящий да Винчи?
Is it really a Leonardo?
Forensics can’t be sure. Provenance can be fudged.
The drawing certainly looks right …Read More
Чёрный Ахиллес?
Black Achilles
The Greeks didn’t have modern ideas of race.
Did they see themselves as white, black – or as something else altogether? …Read More
Не только то золото, что блестит
At the Met, All That Dazzles Is Not Just Gold — It’s Feathers, Too
Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas
With its cheerfully crowd-seeking title, “Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas,” …Read More
Искусство сделать что-то из ничего
The art of doing something with nothing
At the architecture biennale in Venice, British curators will make an empty statement
AT THE Venice Architecture Biennale, which begins on May 26th, the British pavilion will be …Read More
Человек дождя
Rain man
Darren Aronofsky’s new film offers only a soggy glimpse of what could have been
DARREN ARONOFSKY, director of independent films such as «Black Swan», plunges into …Read More
Нарциссизм. Познай своя селфи
Narcissism. Know thy selfie
It is time to stop invoking narcissism in the diagnosis of so many modern ills. Self-love has its virtues
WAS Narcissus a narcissist? Arguably not …Read More
Французские культурные войны
French culture wars
King, a maker of addictive games, files for an IPO
WHEN culture wars break out in France, they are usually to do with …Read More
Сага о золотой лихорадке
Gold rush saga
King, a maker of addictive games, files for an IPO
THE commuter you can see hunched over his smartphone, staring intently …Read More
Одних извинений недостаточно
Saying sorry is not enough
Apologies for the Cultural Revolution spark debate
THE widower of a school teacher beaten to death by Red Guards in 1966 has refused to accept …Read More
Солнечный удар
Sunstroke
Cirque du Soleil may be struggling, but the cluster around it is thriving
IN THE deconsecrated church of Saint-Esprit, jugglers toss fluorescent orange clubs …Read More