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Night Day Watch (delete unnecessary) *dedicated to all lovers of looking at craquelure in museums, and running noses through paintings😉 Oh, a long time ago, I attempted to write about this wonderful work, and finally I got my hands on it! The Night Watch is Rembrandt's most famous painting. At least, that's what the search engines say. In general, it is called  The performance of the rifle company of Captain Frans Bunning Kok and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch, and the day watch is depicted on it. The artist experimented a lot with pigments, compositions, colors, varnishes, and some chemical elements simply reacted over time, so the canvas darkened over the years. It was the dark varnish that formed the idea of the night scene in the last century, and the very «folk» name of the work of the great Dutchman. In 2019, quite a long, and very painstaking, work began on the restoration of the Watch, and it took place live in a specially equipped glass space and with the assistance of AI. And there was something to restore: the master finished the painting itself in 1642 — pretty respectable age of work. In 1911 and 1975, people rushed to the Patrol with knives, and in 1990 it was doused with acid, at all. If we return to chemistry, it has recently become clear how Rembrandt managed to recreate the golden thread on the clothes of Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch. The master used various arsenic compounds. Imagine, even poison in the hands of a real artist can become a great art! 🤩 It's scary to imagine what the old masters had to work with: prepare paints from poisons, grind various minerals to get the right pigment, use dried human remains as materials... Who knows if this had a detrimental effect on their health and shortened their lives, depriving them of the opportunity to create ahead of time? 🤔 "So what's up with the craquelures?" you ask. But I'll tell you about this on Sunday 😉 There will be real magic, don't miss it!

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde), Irish playwright, writer, poet.

"These were the best paintings at the exhibition!" — said one of the critics, after contemplating four works by Pierre Brassau, put on exhibition in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1964. And, all anything, but he said these words when the following became known: Avant-garde artist Pierre Brassau was a fictional character, and the pictures were painted by a specially trained chimpanzee Peter, who had a craving for the smell of cobalt blue (this color prevailed in his paintings) 🐵 That’s the kind of art 😏

Blueshift Blueshift is the name of the new platform which was launched only yesterday. It was created by real pros from the art world,  and aims to reach collectors, connoisseurs, amateurs, and ordinary viewers, to raise awareness about global warming. ✅All artworks presented on the platform will be available for purchase in the form of NFT. The project was invented by environmental artists. Blueshift wants to showcase and offer truly different digital art that "makes viewers think about pressing environmental issues," and provokes various environmental actions and environmental policy changes. Virtual exhibitions, live communication, opportunities for artists to convey their position — the organizers are full of determination and enthusiasm. And the site itself is optimized to reduce the amount of energy consumed, minimizing CO2 emissions. A cool initiative, as to us. And we will be watching Blueshift with interest 🌝 And how do you feel about such initiatives, friends? Do you consider them useful and effective?

The three Klimt brothers graduated from the School of Applied Arts and Crafts. All three had a similar brushwork, and worked together on the design of theaters, aristocratic villas, museums, etc. Gustav Klimt, the brightest representative of Viennese Art Nouveau, painter, decorator, graphic artist, master of architectural interior design, was born on this day, July 14.

Napoleon's Suicide (National treasure of France) Most people know that Napoleon Bonaparte died of stomach cancer on St. Helena. Still, the fact that the emperor tried to commit suicide after the defeat and occupation of Paris, in 1814, is little known. The ruler planned to die with a pistol. But his prudent and faithful squire took out the powder in time. Napoleon tried to poison himself, but the poison was not destined to affect either - the imperial stomach rejected its contents. Nevertheless, pistols have made history. In addition, they are a real work of gun art: richly inlaid and decorated with gold and silver, with a full-length engraved Napoleon in full dress. On Sunday, the pistols were sold at auction in Fontainebleau for more than €1,700,000 to an anonymous buyer. The French Ministry of Culture has recognized them as a national treasure, thereby prohibiting "resettlement" to another country — only temporary export with mandatory return to the territory of the Republic is possible. And this status also gives the French government the right to make an offer to the new owner to buy back such historical weapons. Fortunately, the owner has the right to refuse🙂 *photo by The Guardian

There is nothing more valuable than laughter; with its help you can break away from yourself and become weightless Today, July 6, is the birthday of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo de Rivera.

Passion for Gioconda Employees of the Louvre are thinking about moving the Mona Lisa to a separate room. The gorgeous lady received 20,000 (!!!) visitors per day, and the hall where it is displayed is constantly crowded. The cost of erecting a new pavilion will be about $500,000,000. The French government does not yet support such an expensive idea. Meanwhile, it is precisely the inability to admire the Portrait of Ms. Lisa del Giocondo en masse,  and in silence, that makes it "the most disappointing attraction in the world." Regular surveys of visitors to the Louvre, 80% of whom come to the museum precisely to see the Mona Lisa, evidenced it 🥲

Vasya was here Friends, I don't know about you, but I get furious when I hear that someone has raised their hand against historical sites. I literally cannot understand what motivates people who pick stones from ancient masonry and pavements, pour paint/soup/other liquids on paintings and statues, and scratch their pathetic names on ancient walls! 🤬 At the end of last week, a tourist from Kazakhstan was caught in Pompeii (let me remind you that this city was buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, and later excavated by archaeologists) right during an act of vandalism. On the ancient plaster of the House of the Ceii, this smartass imprinted his name "Ali". The Italian vandalism law is harsh enough for any wallet. And now, Ali will have to pay for not inexpensive restoration work to remove the inscription from the wall of the villa of the 2nd century BC. I hope, at least,  this fine will teach him respect for the heritage of mankind and his fingers will stop itching 😑