Mir iskusstva
In 1898, several members of The Pickwickians founded the journal "Mir iskusstva" ("World of Art") under the editorship of Diaghilev. As early as 1902, "Mir iskusstva" included reviews of concerts, operas, and ballets in Russia. The latter were chiefly written by Benois, who exerted considerable influence on Diaghilev's thinking. "Mir iskusstva" also sponsored exhibitions of Russian art in St. Petersburg, culminating in Diaghilev's important 1905 show of Russian portraiture at the Tauride Palace.