Andy Warhol was definitely not a Ukrainian. The artist was born into a family of Ruthenian descent and raised in a Pittsburg ethnic ghetto. By the time his generation came of age, his ties to the ...

For 50 years, communism?s Iron Curtain kept Russian art from Western eyes. Previously unseen paintings are on display in Columbia, nearly 20 years after the fall of communism. Thursday is the last ...

Sandro Botticelli, “Portrait of a Young Man holding a Roundel” (c. 1480–1485) was purchased by an unidentified Russian buyer for $92 million in 2021. (photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images) Imagine you’re a ...

It is always a thankless task to review a show against the backdrop of current political events. But there are exhibitions that just ask for this approach. This goes for Specters of Communism: ...

Socialist realism: the state as the author -- Avant-garde and kitsch -- Alienation as a status: Ilya Kabakov and the Collective Actions Group -- Sots art: the Russian deconstructive force -- Aptart: ...

In heavy silence, thousands of East Berliners last week shuffled through their city’s Pergamon Museum, on Museum Island. On view, guarded by alert People’s Police, were 95 paintings, drawings, and ...