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The conception of Art history is very closely connected with the conception of event, of occasion. The event is something that breaks the monotony and dullness of life and acts as a starting-point. The event in the world of antique things is information about the items which value will only rise with time. Here you will be able to find your own way, your own starting-point in that vast universe┘

[22.09.2008] Ktitor fresco will be returned to the Savior-on-Nereditsa temple

The fragment of the unique fresco of the XII century will be returned to the Novgorod temple of the Savior-on-Nereditsa.

[22.09.2008] Military-historical exhibition ⌠Tradition √ 2008■

On October, 16 the large specialized exhibition ⌠Tradition √ 2008■ devoted to the military antiques and numismatics will be opened in the ⌠Manezh■ Central Exhibition Hall.

[22.09.2008] Stradivari▓s violoncello will be sold by auction

One of the 60 unique violoncellos of work by Antonio Stradivari will be put up on the auction sales in Tarisio which will take place this autumn in New York.

[19.09.2008] Sisley in the National gallery

On November, 12 the London National gallery will open the exhibition of works by the celebrated impressionist Alfred Sisley.

[19.09.2008] Rossvyazokhrankultura is missing 50 000 museum values

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs published the first results of the check of the state museums which was started in autumn of 2006.

[19.09.2008] Western museums turned to the Chinese art

The oriental art continues to ⌠occupy■ the European art market. And this process is developing from day to day.

[19.09.2008] Museum of calligraphy opens in Moscow

On August, 1 the first museum of calligraphy in Russia has opened on the territory of the Moscow recreation Sokolniki Park.

[19.09.2008] Roman Abramovich will support the Kabakov▓s exhibition

Moscow, September, 15√October, 15, a large retrospective show of the artists Ilya and Emiliya Kabakovs will take place.

[18.09.2008] Rally for the award of the Vadim Zadorozhniy Museum of Machinery

On September, 6 the next rally of classical and rare cars which traditionally will be held under the patronage of the Vadim Zadorozhniy Museum of Machinery will take place in Moscow. The rally w...

[18.09.2008] Picasso▓s Guernica will not reach Bilbao

Curators of the Spanish Queen Sofia National Museum refused to transfer Pablo Picasso's celebrated work Guernica to a branch of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

[18.09.2008] Truth about Babylon in Pergamon Museum

On June, 20 the Berlin Pergamon Museum launched the exhibition named Babylon: Myth and the Truth which represents the unique collection of artifacts of the Chaldean Empire.

[18.09.2008] The British Museum is forbidden to expand

Representatives of the London Committee on Preservation of Cultural Heritage expressed their discontent concerning the project of construction of the new building of the British Museum.

[18.09.2008] Scientists revealed a secret of the Van Gogh▓s Patch of Grass

The group of the scientists from Belgium and the Netherlands having studied Vincent Van Gogh's picture Patch of Grass, 1887 made the unusual discovery.

[17.09.2008] Work of art is broken in Great Britain

Serious incident has occurred in the past week-end at the exhibition of the modern art being held in the Royal Academy of Great Britain.

[17.09.2008] Kenyan government demands repatriation of the national values

In the nearest future museums of Great Britain and the USA can lose a considerable part of the collections of the African art.

[17.09.2008] Metropolitan purchased the unknown drawing by Lucas van Leyden

New York Metropolitan Museum is the only in the USA to have the work by Lucas van Leyden (Luca from Leyden, 1489 or 1494-1533).

[17.09.2008] Buckingham Palace is opened for tourists

On July, 29 √ London, the main Elizabeth II residence - the Buckingham Palace was opened for tourists again.

[17.09.2008] Three hundred years of the history of Peru in the Paul Getty Museum

On July, 8 the Three Centuries of Visual History of Peru exhibition was opened in the Paul Getty Museum.

[16.09.2008] Masterpiece of the Japanese art is found out in Greece

The Greek Museum of the History of Asia located on Corfu island has the unique work of the Japanese art of the end of the 18th century.

[16.09.2008] ╚Russian ballets and their time╩ in Charpentier gallery

On September, 16 √ 24, Paris √ the Charpentier gallery will launch the Russian Ballets and their Time exhibition to the anniversary of the S.P. Dyagilev Russian Seasons.

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