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All the stages of rapture
Juliya Kantor
According to the desires of Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony, visitors passing through the halls of his unique treasure-store should experience “all the stages of rapture”. From the 16th century onwards, jewels served the Saxon leaders as currency and decorative value was of secondary importance to them. All that changed, however, at the beginning of the 1720s, when the great German architect Matthaus Daniel Poppelmann was commissioned by Augustus the Strong to develop plans to transform his secret “safe” of treasure into a museum.
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Chinese beauty secrets
Maria Menshikova
The Chinese hairpins and decorations assembled in the Hermitage in the 18th century represent a unique collection. The only similar examples known to exist are in the Palace Museums in Taipei and in Beijing. Made from the finest gold filigree wire, which is difficult to see with the naked eye, the metal used in their production is extremely pure and malleable because it is only from such gold that this delicate work can be wrought.
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Flying dutchman
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 Rem Koolhaas is a figure of the era of globalization, its child and a symbol of its triumph.
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 News
29.04.2008 - Art Market Review / Russan Art - report by Sotheby's
09.04.2008 - Guggenheim Hermitage exhibition space in Las Vegas to close next month
The Art Newspaper can reveal that the Las Vegas exhibition space at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino operated by the Guggenheim Foundation in New York and the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg will close early next month when the current show “Modern Masters from the Guggenheim Collection” finishes.
01.04.2008 - 2008 Pritzker Prize goes to French Architect Jean Nouvel
French architect Jean Nouvel has been awarded the 2008 Pritzker Prize, the highest honor for architecture, for his creative experimentation and buildings that speak to their surroundings, the Pritzker jury said on Sunday.
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Events
21.05.2008-14.09.2008
Mariko Mori at BALTIC Contemporary Art Center
BALTIC presents an exhibition by the Japanese, New York based artist Mariko Mori. Mori will show works from the Primal Particles and Parallel Brane series alongside the Miracle installation.
28.02.2008-09.03.2008
Mariinsky theatre presents IV Maslenitsa Festival
For the fourth year in succession the Mariinsky Theatre is running Maslenitsa, reviving the noble traditions of celebrating Shrovetide with balls and open-to-all concerts.
05.02.2008-11.05.2008
Castelli Ceramics: 16th-17th centuries from the State Hermitage Museum Collection
In the Blue Bedroom of the Winter Palace an exhibition has been opened, organized in response to the Castelli Ceramicsfrom Italian collection, which was popularly received when displayed at the museum at the end of 2005 – beginning of 2006.
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