'Mercury and Psyche' by Reinhold Begas (1878), and a photo of the artist

#art #arts #artist #artists #museum #museums #myth #myths #mythology #sculpture #sculpting #artlover #artlovers #artgallery #artnet #artwork #artmuseums #artmuseum

#Russia is turning itself into a military #laughingstock. A country this vast, after decades of being portrayed as a #military #superpower, still failing to conquer the rest of its much smaller former #SovietUnion neighbour, #Ukraine.

For most of our lives, we were told to fear Russia's enormous #military power. Now we're watching that #myth fall apart in real time.

At this point, you almost have to wonder whether, with #Ukraine on our side, we could have invaded #Russia a decade ago instead.