Vitaly Zhuikov from Moscow came up with a wonderful idea: he finds old, unnecessary platbands in remote villages, brings them to the capital and gives them a second life, turning them into stylish interior items. For example, in mirror frames. It is very important that the designer tries to preserve the individuality and folk color of ancient wooden objects, laid down many years ago by the authors, but at the same time to make them fashionable
The career rise of the star of Colombian show business Shakira is a vivid example of the fact that real talent, hard work and perseverance will always make their way to the top of fame. There have been ups and downs in her life, happy periods and times of depression. However, the title "Woman of the Year", two Grammy statuettes, many victories at festivals and competitions rightfully allow her to be recognized as one of the most titled stars of show business
"Surrealism is me!" - said Salvador Dali. And, in general, he strongly (and deliberately) exaggerated. The history of Spanish surrealist painting has retained another name, not so loud - Maruja Maglio. “Half angel, half seafood”, “artist of fourteen souls”, revolutionary sorceress in algae mantle, she paved the way into the world of professional painting for many ambitious Spanish women
It's no secret that cats have taken over the internet. But the proud descendants of wolves do not lag behind! The accounts of our heroes on social networks have up to half a million subscribers, they are invited to broadcast TV shows, the stars line up for selfies with them, they sell paintings and bring their owners … first of all - boundless happiness
Pop art is all about the glorification of popular culture, bright colors and flashy slogans, experiments with materials and a slap in the face of public taste. And also - at least in the perception of the majority - stormy parties, scandalous films, crazy biographies of artists and photographers … Least of all the above is associated with monastic robes. However, the nun was indeed the outstanding artist of pop art. Her name was Corita Kent, and in her work, love of God and political protest merge
He said: "I will become a Swedish Rembrandt or die!" He was not destined to become a Swedish Rembrandt - but he was not destined to die in obscurity either. And it was destined to remain in history the initiator of a new trend in art, which will receive its name much later. And end up in the pages of psychiatry textbooks
Perfectly symmetrical compositions, rows of ancient Egyptian and Zoroastrian symbols, hypnotizing rhythms - like a mirror broken into many fragments, reflecting the reality of another world … Huge canvases filled with the smallest details were not created by a professional artist. All this is the creation of one French miner and probably several dozen … ghosts
Since childhood, each of us is familiar with the kind fairy-tale world of Vladimir Suteev. Since childhood, we leafed through books with his drawings, watched cartoons created by him, and the toys with which we played were embodied according to his sketches. In the life of the main Soviet cartoonist, there was one great vocation and one great love. He followed the calling all his life - and almost all his life he waited for his love
One Barbie doll is sold every second in the world, hundreds of thousands of collectors are ready to shell out big money for limited and vintage Matell creations, and the blonde fashionista herself has become a real symbol of modern culture. But she was never alone - all over the world, starting from the 1960s, there are more and more of her competitors … or future girlfriends? Some of them disappear as soon as they appear, while others threaten to oust the impudent American woman from the regional markets
In 2021, during the inauguration of President Joe Biden, a massive brooch that adorns Lady Gaga's dress caught everyone's attention. This creation of the revived fashion house Schiaparelli was considered by some to be the hope for world peace, while others called it a symbol of revolution. Be that as it may, the Schiaparelli house was famous for its decorations before - when it was headed by the great Schiap herself
For many women, motherhood is a real challenge. Excess weight, lack of time not only for a spa, but for minimal beauty procedures - this is an incomplete list of the "delights" of motherhood. Nevertheless, our today's heroines manage not only to take care of children, but also to play sports, follow the latest fashion and even promote their own business. By the way, these are mothers with many children - energetic, tireless women have four children. So we do not get tired of admiring and take an example
Today TikTok is the main virtual “habitat” of the younger generation. Despite criticism and condescension, today this service is becoming a platform for discussing the social, political and cultural situation, a source of inspiration for creative people and a cradle of trends that penetrate "adult" fashion, design and art
Each artist has his own path to creativity … Some, having outlined a goal from childhood, follow this path day after day, improving their skills. Others discover their talent only by the middle of their lives and quickly make up for lost time. It is to the last lucky ones that the self-taught artist from Karelia Konstantin Romanov considers himself. And surprisingly, thanks to Japanese art critics, who, like no one else, know a lot about watercolors, the master literally burst into the artistic environment of modern times
An award-winning surrealist artist, a creative photographer and a person who has experienced a lot of grief - all these descriptions apply to Zdzislav (Zdzislav) Beksiński, who throughout his life struggled with difficulties and tirelessly painted pictures saturated with emotional experiences, tragedies, fears and the echoes of war. Despite all this, his work, overshadowed by longing, sadness and pain, found recognition throughout the world, going down in history as a dystopian art
Artistic dynasties in Russia have always been not so rare. They formed and continue to shape the social memory of the era, creating their own fund of artistic heritage. In the dynasties of artists, not only the love of art, but the secrets of craftsmanship are transmitted from generation to generation. Therefore, the successors of dynasties often go much further than their ancestors. We present the Moscow painters - father and son - Nikolai Konstantinovich and Nikolai Nikolaevich Solomin. You have unique
Modern sculptors for the most part have practically departed from realism, and in their works they focus on meaning, observing only the conventionality of the sculptural form created. But the ordinary modern viewer, in addition to the philosophical content, prefers to contemplate in sculptures both real form, and beautiful plastic, and emotions. In our publication, a gallery of emotional, semantic and plastic works, by the Belgian Dirk De Keyser and the Frenchwoman Valerie Hadida, where you can look at the female images of Ch
June 7 marks 69 years of the famous writer Daria Dontsova. She is known today as one of the most prolific authors, having written over 180 detective stories. Her own life is reminiscent of the gripping plot of a bestseller with completely unexpected twists and turns. She took up literary work only after 45 years and during this time managed to become one of the most published and highly paid writers in Russia. She wrote her first detective story in intensive care after several operations
It is always curious to observe when the heroes of films and books, born of the imagination of writers and screenwriters from the past, use modern scientific achievements. Some of these items seem funny and naive, and some are capable of evoking an admiring "wow, you!" So be tormented by conjectures - were these authors visionaries, or had access to secret technologies, or maybe we ourselves are simply deprived of the ability to fantasize and invent incredible things?
The American film industry also produces a category of films called teen films. For the most part, this is a comedy about young people's relationships. But even in dramas, you will not find a hint of the quivering feeling that was so subtly and delicately described in Soviet films. Today we want to offer a selection of the best Russian works, where special attention is paid to the theme of first love. They are really touching, a little sad, sometimes acutely social, and feelings are the main thing
It is now prestigious to have ancestors of nobles. It is not for nothing that many public figures and famous people like to remember their aristocratic great-grandmothers and grandfathers when they speak. But even 40 years ago, in the presence of non-worker-peasant roots in the pedigree, they could attach the stigma "unreliable", and in Stalin's times even subject them to repression. Therefore, the artists had to carefully hide this part of the biography. Today we will remember 6 Soviet actresses who were of noble origin
Leaving Hollywood for Broadway, if not forever and even for a short time, is a common practice for actors. And the New York theater itself boasts a brilliant and rather long history. For almost three centuries, the process of evolution of shows on Broadway has been going on: once operas were superseded by operettas, vaudeville, variety shows, musicals appeared, old plays were rethought and new ones received recognition. Even the appearance of cinema did not deprive Broadway of the status of the center of cultural life in New York, but it affected the rapper
Oleksiy Kondakov is a Ukrainian digital artist who skillfully integrates the heroes of classical paintings into modern scenes filmed on the streets of cities. He places figures from famous medieval paintings in the metro, markets, cars and many other places familiar to us, but rather unusual for the characters of ancient salon paintings. Alexey's works create an interesting contrast between the subtle and expressive art of the Renaissance and the sometimes dull and boring scenes of everyday life
Tom Curtis from London maintains an Instagram page called Things I Drew. The father of two and part-time photographer shows subscribers what will happen if children's drawings become reality. Tom has two children - 9 and 11 years old. He photographs the drawings of both his own and others' children, and then brings these "scribbles" to life. The result is both shocking and hilarious
A distinctive feature of modern culture is the universal love for cats! Internet communities, memes, and illustrations dedicated to mischievous fuzzies have flooded the Internet. And it is not surprising that cats with an expressive appearance have their own Instagram accounts, numbering thousands and tens of thousands of subscribers
Even in ancient Egypt, wax paints were already used to paint tombs. This material perfectly retains its shape and color. It is not known for certain when exactly this technique appeared. Later it was used by the ancient Greeks. They burned stunning, incredibly lifelike images with wax paints on a marble board. This technique is called "encaustic". Over time, it was forgotten and almost completely lost. Now this unusual old technology is experiencing its rebirth grace
Today, in many cities around the world, you can see unusual or controversial sculptures, monuments or monuments. Sometimes they, established with the good purpose of perpetuating the memory of historical events, a person, a literary character or any phenomenon, become the object of public resonance, generating grandiose scandals. Russia is not an exception either. About the strangest and most controversial monuments installed on the squares of cities and villages, further - in our review
Once upon a time, children played with dolls made of colorful patches and skeins of thread. It seems that in our age of plastic and new technologies, there is no place for textile dolls in the world - but this is only at first glance. Today, across the globe, the creation of fabric dolls is becoming a hobby or a lifelong affair, they are collected, dressed up and cherished. Only they do not look at all the same as in the distant past
Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, while studying at the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, devoted 18 hours a week to calligraphy. Among the most successful pedagogical projects in history, the Lyceum occupies one of the first places. Of course, this is not only the merit of the calligraphy lessons, but what is hidden behind the beautiful letters and what effect does calligraphy have on a person?
The Limburgsky brothers - Paul, Jean and Erman - were miniature painters of the XIV-XV centuries. By common laborious work, they managed to create one of the most beautiful illustrated books of the late Gothic period - "The luxurious book of hours of the Duke of Berry"
When Sarah Biffen was born, no one thought she would live to maturity. Her parents sold her to a traveling circus - and she, while entertaining the audience, learned to paint. Sarah Biffen is a small woman with a great will to live, who had a chance to paint portraits of the family of Queen Victoria
One can only imagine what it would be like to live in marriage with one person, even a prince, for almost 74 years. This is exactly the term of the joint family life of the current Queen of Great Britain, Elizabeth II, and her recently deceased husband, Philip. And it's hard to believe that during this period the royal couple did not have a falling out. There are legends about the adventures of a tall and attractive prince - was Elizabeth really alone all this time? Were there men in her environment who could drive crazy in essence
Once his name was known to all connoisseurs of Russian painting. During his lifetime, this artist gained much greater fame than Levitan, who himself treated Dubovsky's work with great respect and admiration. Now, not a single Russian museum has a hall dedicated to Dubovsky's paintings, his works are scattered across provincial galleries throughout the former USSR, and among them are the most real masterpieces of landscape painting
Who are they: predators and homeless women, women in love, or just young and inexperienced creatures? Society is not always kind to those who not only started an affair with someone else's husband, but also gave birth to a child from him. However, these stories do not always have a happy ending: it happens that the beginning of a new life gives rise to a new family, and it happens that a man is afraid of publicity and in every possible way hides his common-law wife and child. Today we will recall several famous Russian women who dived into the pool from a naked
It just so happened in our country that if a girl is a little over thirty, then compassionate lovers of discussing personal life begin to worry: why is such a clever and beautiful woman still not married? Probably, something is wrong with the bride, and a discussion of her behavior begins and a scrupulous search in social networks for even the slightest hint of a connection with the opposite sex. And the girl is in no hurry to be ringed! An interesting life, the possibility of travel, exciting work, modern cosmetology - sun
The popularity of anime all over the world is steadily growing, and today even people who do not at all consider themselves to be cartoon lovers enjoy watching Japanese animation. At the same time, fans of the genre assure: anime is not at all a cartoon in the usual sense of the word. It is distinguished by its characteristic drawing of characters and backgrounds, and in the west, anime is the object of study by cultural scientists, sociologists and anthropologists
Sublime landscape paintings are one of the most enduring and iconic subjects in the history of art: from the dreamy spiers of the Renaissance to the seething romanticism of the 19th century and the experiments of modernity - all this evokes a flurry of emotions, making you sigh enthusiastically, dissolving in the atmosphere created by the artist
As soon as modern confectioners trick, wanting to surprise and amaze lovers of cakes. But no one has figured out what Los Angeles-based baker Alana does. The pastry chef creates stunningly beautiful Persian rugs. Patterned in an oriental way and very tasty. Yes, yes, all of her carpets are edible and not just edible, but simply delicious in taste. Carpet cake: unexpected, right?
"How will art react when the world goes crazy?" - this is the question asked by Marcel Janko, an artist of Romanian origin who has become an international star that has received immense recognition. He found his answer in Dadaism - the art that turned the world upside down
When he read monologues about "large crayfish, but 5 each" or about the Georgian Avaz, huge halls full of spectators exploded with laughter. He glorified Zhvanetsky's monologues throughout the vast country, and in the 1970s the then unknown Alla Pugacheva performed "as an opening act" before Kartsev and Ilchenko appeared on the stage. On October 2, a wonderful actor, the creator of absurd humor, Roman Kartsev, died. "Culturology" has collected the brightest phrases from the monologues he read
The creators of the experimental project "Asphyxia" were able to digitize individual dancer movements, turning them into an incredibly beautiful dance, reproduced using a computer model