Life-size Lenin among Soviet art up for auction
A life-size portrait of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and other paintings from the former state are going up for auction. Described as "monumental", they will be up for sale at Wotton Auction ...
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How the Philadelphia Museum of Art unearthed forgotten anti-Nazi posters
The Russian propaganda prints came from a studio that generated hundreds of thousands of them, and three copies will be part ...
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REVIEW: Ukrainian art exhibit at the Georgia Museum of Art
Twentieth-Century Paintings from Ukraine” exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art is free to all and on display until June 1, ...
Soviet-era propaganda art found in Cotswolds and to be put up for auction
The large-scale painting will go up for sale at Wotton Auction Rooms in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire next week. Auction, Valuer and Managing Director Joseph Trinder said: “It’s a rather ...
Images of Ukraine, When Things Began to Fall Apart
The citizens photographed by Boris Mikhailov in the last days of the Soviet Union evoke laughter and sympathy in a show at ...
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Anguish of liberation
These three paintings and sketches were part of a weeklong exhibit titled “Anguish of Liberation as Reflected in Art,” ...
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Three Late Late Eurosong Special talking points, from Eurovision royalty to a Soviet space dog
The song, she said, was inspired by the Soviet dog Laika, who was the first dog in space in 1957. Speaking after her win, she said: “I’m just in shock, thank you so, so much.” When asked ...
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Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid
More than three decades after leaving the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have begun to unplug from Russia's electricity grid and join the EU's network. The two-day process began on ...
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Russian TV falls for fake report claiming DeepSeek used ‘Soviet code’
A satirical news piece that emerged from a Russian fake news website has unexpectedly made its way onto state television, sparking a wave of nostalgia in Russian society for the Soviet Union’s ...
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On This Day: Communists give up monopoly of Soviet politics
Feb. 7 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1497, the Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence, Italy, took place when followers of Girolamo Savonarola burned thousands of books, art and cosmetics.
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Palm Springs Art Museum to spotlight Black artist Howard Smith in Modernism Week talk, May exhibit
"He was a pioneer in merging art and design, and his story is a fascinating ... a U.S.-sponsored cultural festival aimed at countering Soviet influence. Unbeknownst to Smith, the CIA funded ...
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Russia to relaunch Soviet-era Eurovision Song Contest rival in Moscow under Putin’s orders
Following Russia's ban from competing in Eurovision in 2022 after the country's invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has ordered the return of Intervision, a Soviet-era singing ...