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The Academy of Fine Arts in the 1920s and early 1930s

Veronica Bogdan

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MUSEUMS OF RUSSIA

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#2 2013 (39)

IN 2012 A ROOM DEVOTED TO THE MOST DIFFICULT PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (RAFA) WAS OPENED AT THE INSTITUTION'S ACADEMIC RESEARCH MUSEUM. INTEGRATED WITHIN THE PERMANENT DISPLAY TITLED "ACADEMIC MUSEUM", IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED AS AN AUTONOMOUS SECTION. ALTHOUGH THE SURVIVING VISUAL EVIDENCE DOES NOT AMOUNT TO A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE SINGULAR AND DIVERSE LIFE AT THE ACADEMY IN THE 1920S, WHEN THAT INSTITUTION WAS HOME TO DIFFERENT AND SOMETIMES MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TRENDS, IT NEVERTHELESS WIDENS OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS PERIOD.

Pavel Filonov: Full of Beauty and Suffering

John E. Bowlt

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EXCLUSIVE PUBLICATIONS

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#3 2013 (40)

The eleventh issue of the journal Experiment is a collection of articles on Pavel Filonov edited by Nicoletta Misler, Irina Menshova and John E. Bowlt. Published in Los Angeles in 2005, this issue is dedicated to the memory of Evgeny Kovtun (1928–1996), who devoted his life to the study of modern Russian art and to the art of Pavel Filonov in particular.

THE ELEVENTH ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL EXPERIMENT IS A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ON PAVEL FILONOV EDITED BY NICOLETTA MISLER, IRINA MENSHOVA AND JOHN E. BOWLT. PUBLISHED IN LOS ANGELES IN 2005, THIS ISSUE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF YEVGENY KOVTUN (1928-1996), WHO DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO THE STUDY OF MODERN RUSSIAN ART AND TO THE ART OF PAVEL FILONOV IN PARTICULAR.