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bettyellen

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4. This is intersting! I was just telling a friend how when in St Petersburg th

Reply to icymist (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 8, 2018, 02:52 PM

Feb 2018

A curator told me the lines between what is genuine and what is repaired or reproduced are always deliberately blurred in Russia. Apparently a lot of mosaics and buildings in St Petersburg and Novgorod have a lot of restoration work that they prefer not to talk about. Intersting mindset.

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Hello Icymist syringis Feb 2018 #1

A really good friend who knows the arts well pointed this out to me. icymist Feb 2018 #2

This is intersting! I was just telling a friend how when in St Petersburg th bettyellen Feb 2018 #4

It is funny and pleasant too... syringis Feb 2018 #5

Very questionable indeed given the foundation couple's appalachiablue Feb 2018 #3