Tag: October Revolution

Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922

By sidestepping radical abstraction and highlighting the quixotic figurative work of Chagall, this exhibition foregrounds the revolution’s potential to bring joy, sex and playfulness into people’s lives apart from political propaganda, utopianism and promises of a better life
Revoliutsiia! Demonstratsiia! Soviet Art Put to the Test

Revoliutsiia! Demonstratsiia! joins an effort by progressive cultural institutions to mark the centenary of the October Revolution, an event that shook the world
Russian Revolution: A Contested Legacy

The exhibition is unique as a form of intergenerational and intercultural dialogue. It brings together curatorial and artistic talent to initiate an inquiry into the legacy of the Russian revolution
A Revolutionary Impulse: The Rise of the Russian Avant-Garde

This exhibition of Russian art from the 1920s and 30s, based on MoMA’s own collection, is a heartening celebration of a period of remarkable creativity and development