Archive for the ‘Eastern Europe’ Category
These images are part of a series of 100 portraits by photographer Gleb Kosorukov of Ukrainian miners as they finish work.
1131 via Guardian
In the 1960s Eastern Bloc, artists, scientists, engineers and architects were conscripted to realize the Utopia of full-blown Communism.
1059 via Frieze
A man believes the painting by Van Gogh was stolen from his family during the Russian Revolution is now worth $120-150 million.
918 via The Moscow Times
Photography was not officially considered art in the former Soviet Union, but as a documentary tool for propaganda.
853 via NY Times
On view at the State Hermitage Museum is a Saatchi Gallery initiative - “Hermitage 20/21” titled “Newspeak: British Art Now.”
813 via Art Observed
The Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow may be forced to relocate if the Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin green lights the demolition.
703 via ARTINFO
The art of Vadim Zakharov, the winner of Russia's third annual Kandinsky Prize.
668 via Vadim Zakharov
Zorya Fine Art is the only art gallery in the US that brings Ukrainian art to a wider audience. Oksana Mas is the latest artist to exhibit there.
494 via Zorya Fine Art
Victor Pinchuk, the Ukrainian businessman who minted a fortune in steel, plans to open a new exhibition center in Kiev in coming years.
366 via ARTINFO
A tangled tale involving Sotheby's, Voltaire, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian art and antiques world.
281 via NY Times
The Garage Center has announced that it will stage the first exhibition ever in Moscow of the work of Mark Rothko. Opening in Spring 2010.
242 via Bloomberg
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For their first solo exhibition in Russia, artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have produced a stunning collection of work.
123 via Triumph Gallery
Hermitage's big expansion - several new international venues and collaboration with Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.
74 via ARTnews
