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Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Tvoya Istoriya

Sep 28th, 2016 | By

Tvoya Istoriya, the Russian Federal project about people in Russian culture published an interview with Ivan Lindsay to learn more about his new book, Masterpieces of Soviet paintings and sculpture, which is to be launched at Waterstones Bookshop in Piccadilly at a book launch/panel discussion on 10th October: – Ivan Lindsay — the author of
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The Bookshop at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow.

Garage to open new Library on History of Russian Contemporary Art

Sep 8th, 2014 | By

  Amid the doom and gloom of escalating US-Russo sanctions and Contemporary Art galleries closing in Moscow a rare piece of good news is that the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is to open the first public library in Moscow devoted to Contemporary Art. The Garage, founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova, already has an
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Deineka's 'Young Engineer', 150 x 101cm

Sotheby’s to test the market for Soviet period paintings in June

Apr 17th, 2014 | By

Sotheby’s have announced they are to sell a selection of paintings from the collection of the Confederation of Artists Union(formerly the Artists Union) in the sale ‘Important Russian Art’ in London on the 2nd and 3rd June.   The Artists Union have some very good paintings as most of the leading Soviet painters were members
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'The team is resting' by Victor Popkov, 1965

Victor Popkov Exhibition opens at the Ca’ Foscari In Venice before heading for London.

Feb 22nd, 2014 | By

  40 works of the Russian artist Viktor Popkov (1932-1974) have gone on display at the University Ca’Foscari in Venice until April 27th, 2014. The new exhibition “Dream and Reality“ examines the most significant works of the famous Russian painter, through themes such as life, fate and death. Viktor Popkov became one the most influential
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The Cover of 'Viktor Popkov' by Pyotr Kozorezenko

New Book published in English on ‘Severe Style’ artist Viktor Popkov

Sep 25th, 2013 | By

A new book has just been published by the Unicorn Press in English on the post-war ‘Severe Style’ artist Viktor Popkov. in the 1960’s a group of pioneering artists such as Nikolai Andronov, Geli Korzhev, Viktor Popkov, Pavel Nikonov, Pyotr Ossovski, Victor Ivanov and Tair Salahov rejected the happy cheerful subject matter of Socialist Realism,
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Russian art center stage in London

May 1st, 2013 | By

London is furthering its claim to be the centre of the Russian art market with exhibitions and its bi annual sales of Russian art at the leading auction rooms.  A recent article by Simon Hewitt in the Huffington Post discussing this and the current exhibitions is listed below.  The article focuses on the non-conformist art of
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