Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova By Fouquet.

found in a squat in an abandoned housing development, 2023

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He Jiaying (何家英), The Ballet. 2006. 

Born in 1957 in the province of Tianjin, He Jiaying studied traditional Chinese painting at the Tianjin Institute of Art and went on to become a council member of the Chinese Artists Association and a lecturer at his alma mater. He’s style combines the precision and realism of gongbi painting with European subject matter such as the art of ballet, and female figures. In The Ballet, He depicts with sharp technique and muted colors the behind-the-scenes of three ballet dancers who are occupied not with dancing, but rather sewing pointe shoes and sipping loose-leaf tea.  

Anne Carson, from “Plainwater: Essays and Poetry.”

Apollinary Vasnetsov, The habitation of a hermit, 1901.

Andrew Remnev

“My paintings are distinguished by attention to detail and meticulous decorating a conditional Russian style. Other works are written in a different, more symbolic way. However, they have in common with the first accented by decorative: a careful selection of details, almost laconic, bordering on cheap popular. I tried to convey a sense of wonder, the unique experience of touching the mystery … ”

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poetry from ny times

Nishino Yoichi aka 西野陽一 aka Yoichi Nishino (Japanese, b. 1954, Kyoto, Japan) - Unknown Title  Ink and Color on Paper

“I come & go. An edible saint. But if you feast on me you will be hungry.”

— Eileen Myles, I Must Be Living Twice, ‘The Perfect Faceless Fish’