Grim, is what it is. Especially for the last two years. The leaves are gone, the grayness has sent in, yet there’s barely a snowflake in sight. Yet, Russian artists manage to draw inspiration even from the Nature’s bleakest scenes. For more Russian Autumn in Russian Art, hop on over to: Russian Autumn – October…
October in the eastern heartland of Russia is the ultimate interplay of light and shadow. Even on the gloomiest, rainiest day Nature shining from within, lit up by the golden leaves, whether still on the branches or covering the streets and puddles like the lushest of carpets. And yet, even the warmest and brightest of…
As I noted in my last essay, this year in Moscow our Golden Autumn is a little bit less golden than usual. Thankfully, fall being arguably the most beloved season of Russian artists, it has been captured in all its glory by many a painter. Which rendition from this lineup is your favorite? Russian Summer…
Today seemed like the first real day of autumn in Moscow. It wasn’t September 1st, when fall officially kicks off in Russia, and every person from the age of 6 to 21 suddenly reappears on the city streets after three months at the dacha. It wasn’t September 20-something, when the sun decides to do its…
As Russia is steadily descending into the Grey season, here are a few last glimpses at the Golden Autumn.
In the last couple of weeks The Moscow Metropolitan has decided to diversify its escalator soundtrack — with poetry readings. Probably because it snowed four times in Moscow since the end of September (light flurries count!), the authorities have decided that in order to prevent a mass exodus to warmer climates they had to remind us that…
I am not the only Muscovite driven to sartorial depression by summer ending. Once grey autumn clouds cover the city, everyone abandons their flashy, colorful and tacky get-ups in favor of all black, all the time. Man, woman, child, the elderly – it’s 50 shades of black till May Day.
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