Elderly staircase

This is the staircase in an almost derelict, early nineteenth century building right in the centre of Moscow. It is now a wing of the Architectural Museum,though none of the museum authorities seem very interested in it. There are holes in the roof and fabric over the windows. But the splendid staircase has survived.

The building was the unlikely but very effective setting for an exhibition of strange, modern art mounted, once again, by the 21 Gallery.