16:14 An eclectic fairytale
Sainkho Namtchylak, the Tuva-born, Vienna-based vocalist, who started out as a folk singer, but later encompassed avant-jazz, rock and electronic music influences in her act, seems to return to her ethnic roots with a new release.

16:05 Surrealism at the Hermitage
A new exhibition at the Hermitage showcases three paintings by Max Ernst from the Northern Rhine-Westphalia collection (Dßsseldorf). Ernst (1891-1976), a German-born French artist, was the pioneer of the ‘frottage’ surrealist technique.

15:56 Warhol the classicist
The Andy Warhol exhibition that opens at the Russian Museum’s Marble Palace this week aims at putting the Prince of Pop’s work in a classical context.