05.05.2008 - Govt. gives $177 mln for Pushkin art museum restoration
The classical collections of Botticelli, Rembrandt, Magnasco, Guardi, Rubens, Fayum portraits, as well as the pharaohs, and antique replicas will be closed to the public from 2009 until 2012
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28.04.2008 - Nabokov's final unfinished novel to see light of day
The son of Vladimir Nabokov has announced that he will publish his father's final unfinished novel - a work which the author ordered destroyed shortly before his death in 1977.
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24.04.2008 - Interview with British rock legend Joe Cocker
British rhythm and blues singer Joe Cocker gave an interview to RIA Novosti ahead of his trip to Moscow, where he will play at the Kremlin Palace on May 17.
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24.04.2008 - Paul McCartney to give free concert in Kiev on June 14
Former Beatles frontman Paul McCartney will give a free-of-charge concert in Kiev, Ukraine's capital, on June 14, the Ukrainian billionaire who set up the event said on Thursday.
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15.04.2008 - Pair of Aivazovsky's paintings goes for $2.4 mln at Sotheby's
A pair of 1892 paintings by Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky, known for his seascapes, were sold for $2.393 million on Tuesday at a Sotheby's auction in New York.
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15.04.2008 - Sotheby's Russian art sales expected to fetch $40 mln
Sotheby`s expects over 500 works of Russian art to fetch $40 million during a two-day auction in New York starting Tuesday,
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11.04.2008 - Nude photo of Carla Sarkozy goes under hammer for $91,000
Christie's International sold a nude photo of France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy for $91,000, over 20 times its pre-auction estimate, the auction house said on Friday.
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26.03.2008 - Russian billionaire sponsors British art exhibition in Moscow
Moscow's Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and London's Tate Britain signed an agreement Wednesday to hold the first exhibition in Russia of works by William Turner,
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22.02.2008 - Russia says Amber Room will be brought home if discovered
The Russian Culture Agency said on Friday that if the famous Amber Room stolen by the Nazis has been found, there should be no problems in returning it to Russia.
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19.02.2008 - Russia legend ballerina Natalia Bessmertnova died at 67
Russian famed ballerina Natalia Bessmertnova died in Moscow at 66, the press service of the Bolshoi Theatre told ITAR-TASS on Tuesday.
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