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“The Cremulator,” a play directed by Maxim Didenko and written by Sasha Filippenko, has been brought to London. The lead role is played by Maxim Sukhanov, who portrays a real historical figure, the director of a crematorium during Stalin’s repressions.…

At the Marylebone Theatre, the London premiere of director Maxim Didenko’s play “The Last Word” was performed. Behind a transparent curtain, creating an effect of a hazy patina of antiquity, the action unfolds, built on modern documentary texts, references to…

Composer and pianist Kirill Richter is returning to London to perform a concert at the Coliseum. Together with his Richter Trio and accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan (conductor: Alibek Kabdurakhmanov), Kirill will present the premiere of his…

Born in Strasbourg, Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740–1812) received wide recognition in France, took over The Paris Salon, and then left all that he achieved in favour of even more outstanding projects in England. There he was engaged in theatre design…

In modern London, the number of galleries, if accurately calculated, would likely rival the abundance of Christian churches in Renaissance Rome. A proliferation of art so vast that keeping abreast of all vernissages, let alone attending them, is an inherently…

The feverish pulse of the early 20th century demanded a new visual lexicon to capture the zeitgeist. Within artistic circles, an awareness of the “other self” intensified, leading to the realization that art’s essence lay not in directives (what should…

In the heart of bohemian Paris, Irishman Schaunard composes a symphony titled “The Influence of Blue on Art,” Albanian Rodolfo finishes a painting in the art naïf style (for which he will earn one-tenth of what he spent on paints),…

For nine consecutive nights, the streets of London, each time in a new location, were graced with animal-themed graffiti by Banksy, the mega-star of modern art. For an artist known for his sporadic appearances, this serial manifestationbecame the first major…