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Contemporary Russian Art

A report into the current state of contemporary art in Russia

A report into the current state of contemporary art in Russia. Before perestroika, art meant politics and the socialist realism of public monuments like the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. What future is there for art, and artists, in a country that now has freedom, but little money, and in many cases, few raw materials?

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成人论坛 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project