Smithsonian Magazine10h
The Breathtaking Hermitage Museum, Filled With Treasures Like the Kolyvan Vase and the Peacock Clock, First Opened to the Public on This Day in 1852
Russia’s palatial institution is now the second largest in the world, with an impressive collection of three million objects ...
Worldcrunch on MSN1d
How Theater Survives In Exile, A Russian Play In Foreign Acts
Hundreds of people from Russia's theater world have left the country since its invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. At the end of 2023, theater researcher Mikhail Kaluzhsky began trying to map ...
A New ‘Paquita’ Is an Echo Chamber of Ballet History
Alexei Ratmansky’s “Paquita” brings Marius Petipa’s 19th-century style to New York City Ballet through two lenses: his own ...
The Arts Desk4d
Biss, BBCSO, Hrůša, Barbican review - electrifying Shostakovich at a crucial time
At the end of an exhausting week in which Holocaust Memorial Day struck a more urgent note than ever as fascism started tearing through the USA, parts of this concert were bound to hit hard. That they ...
5 must-visit places for group travel if Russia turns visa-free for Indians
With Russia potentially becoming visa-free for Indian tourists, the door to exploring its vast and diverse landscape, along ...