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At the Red Rose silk factory

The Soviet textile artist Anna Andreeva (1917-2008) worked at the Red Rose silk factory in Moscow from the 1940s to the 1980s. Inspired by the Russian avant-garde, primarily the Constructionist movement, her work broke down simplistic divisions between high art and craft.   Sean Sheehan   The Constructivist movement, taking […]

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Dinner time

Many cookbooks are underused because sections in them – like starters/ hors d’oeuvre, desserts – tend to be given short shrift by those with busy lives and more in need of good ideas for an evening meal than culinary creations that might impress visitors in our home.   Sean Sheehan […]