Many important art events take place this autumn worldwide. La Biennale des antiquaries — the major French art show — was held in September in Paris. More than 111 art galleries presented masterpieces from their collections to the wide public at the famous Grand-Palais.
Russian and foreign art dealers, collectors and critics are edgily waiting for the opening of the Moscow Antique Fair. Following the existed tradition, "/" will publish reports from the main event at the national art and antique market in coming issues of the magazine.
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International symposium "Museums and Art Market" dedicated to modern art took place at the State Hermitage Museum in September. The October issue of "/" magazine features the report from the conference and the exclusive interview with Katharine Burton, an expert of the London branch of the auction house Christie’s.
As usual, in this issue of our magazine you can find articles and essays by our staff writers devoted to rare showpieces from major museums and private collections, interviews with renowned art experts and collectors, auction reviews and many more.
Maxim Chernykh,
General Director of the CJSC "Russian Antique",
Editor-in-Chief of "/" magazine
Investiture signs of tsar Georgia In 1783 a medal was rapped out at the St. Petersburg Mint in memory of occurrence of Georgia under the protectorate of Russia.
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Hunt for egyptian masterpieces The periods of rise and decline of Ancient Egypt replaced each other, leaving behind pyramids, temples, tombs and obelisks — stone topped columns with
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Cards from far war Invented at the end of XIX century postcards quickly became extremely popular among people in different countries of the world.
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Antiquarian chess sets. Checkmate! Chess (from Persian “check mate” — the ruler is dead) is a very popular table game. The game “chaturang” (the predecessor of modern chess) originated in India, in fifth century AD.
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Icons by the peshekhonov's masters Icons created in the Peshekhonov’s works decorated numerous Russian cathedrals of the XIX century. Unfortunately, the main part of the icons was lost because of historical reasons.
Collection of the Likhachev noble family The collection of plans and drafts that once belonged to the Likhachev noble family and which is now kept in the Rybinsk historical and art museum–reserve comprises more than 200 architectural
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The house of the peaceful east Nowadays the majority of the auction houses repeatedly hold subject sales dedicated to Oriental art. Unfortunately, staff members of the Moscow State Museum of the East are merely observers of the ori...
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Golden pages of gzhel ceramics became the brand name of Russian arts and crafts long ago. The "golden age" of Gzhel lasted a little more than a century — from the last third of XVIII century up to the end of XIX century.
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Boris Grigoriev. Return to St. Petersburg Antiquarian world is the almost exclusively man’s phenomenon, and the occurrence of a young critic Christina Berezovskaya and "KGallery" in this artistic sphere is an adventure.
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