Gilbert & George and the Communists — mischief in Moscow and Beijing
James Birch’s frank and funny memoir recalls the conceptual artists’ 1990 visits to China and the Soviet Union ...
On This Day: Communists give up monopoly of Soviet politics
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a series of reforms and the Communist Party gave up its 70-year monopoly of political power in the Soviet Union.
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Remembering Leonid Bazhanov, larger-than-life curator who pushed Russian contemporary art in new directions
The death of Bazhanov, who founded institutions including the groundbreaking National Centre for Contemporary Art, follows ...
Palm Springs Art Museum to spotlight Black artist Howard Smith in Modernism Week talk, May exhibit
In honor of Black History Month and his upcoming exhibit, the Palm Springs Art Museum will host a Modernism Week lecture on Howard Smith Feb. 17.
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‘Donbas is fiction’ — Kateryna Zarembo’s book dismantles Russian myths about Ukraine’s east
For some, Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts evoke images of coal mines, industrial sprawl, and Russian-speaking culture oriented toward Moscow. Yet to accept this as the regions’ defining reality ...
Soviet-era city two hours from UK has Insta perfect streets and is one of Europe's most underrated
Vilnius in Lithuania may not come to mind when you think of a European city break, but it really should - the city is ...