Not presented, but painted: Nikas Safronov's 15-room mansion in the center of Moscow

They say an artist should be hungry. Maybe so, but there should be a roof over your head. For example, the Honored artist of canvas and brush Nikas Safronov has a roof for all roofs — 15-room mansions in a house on Bryusov Lane in Moscow, a stone's throw from the Kremlin. It took more than ten years to design three-storey apartments with a total area of about a thousand square meters. Nikas is very proud of his creation and happily poses against the backdrop of rampant luxury. Let's take advantage of his hospitality and go on a virtual tour.

"My apartment is in the place that I wanted, on the street that I wanted, and in the city that I love," Safronov told Komsomolskaya Pravda in an interview. "It's not a shame to invite any world—class star like Madonna or Sean Connery here: they will be pleased and comfortable, and they will understand that Nikas is really loved in Russia, since he has such apartments, although I bought all this with my own money."

"I have invested about five million dollars in repairs, and this is in addition to furniture for one and a half million. I think now the market value of the apartment will be about 70 million (the interview was published in 2012, how much the apartment costs now is scary to imagine. — Ed.), although, of course, I'm not going to sell it. Now my living space is included in the rating of the best apartments in the world and is exclusive."

In the apartment (if, of course, this word is appropriate in this context) Nikasa combines two styles: palace Gothic and high-tech. The first floor is a journey into the Middle Ages. The artist collected unique furniture, decorative elements, antique antiques throughout his life in Western European countries.