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Russia’s Innovation Prize releases its Shortlist while the Kandinsky Prize starts accepting applications
Between the National Center for Contemporary Art’s Innovation Prize and the privately-funded (by Shalva Breus’s ArtChronika Foundation) Kandinsky Prize, the Russian art world has managed to stretch the drama of the awards process – who did or did not get … Continue reading
Posted in Moscow
Tagged Dima Venkov, Dmitry Venkov, Innovation, Innovazia, Ivan Plusch, Kandinsky Prize, Radya, ural biennale, Voina
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Pussy Riot to be held another SIX MONTHS without trial
Today, in advance of Pussy Riot’s staunch July 24 court date, the Russian court arbitrarily announced that the trial would be moved to JANUARY 13, 2013. That’s nearly TEN MONTHS after their arrest – without ever being formally convicted with … Continue reading
Pussy Riot at the Palais de Tokyo
Yesterday, Artinfo broke the news that Pussy Riot would be featured in the inaugural “Alerte!” series at the Palais de Tokyo, opening June 21. The exhibition will consist of a documentary and video of their performance (presumably the February 21 number … Continue reading
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Tagged Alerte, Andrei Erofeev, Forbidden Art, Palais de Tokyo, Pussy Riot, Victoria Lomasko, Voina
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Voina who? Pussy Riot continues to be all the rage in Moscow
Over the past few months, masked members of the band Pussy Riot have been filling the Russian social networks with videos of guerrilla-style performances in the metro stations, the Red Square, and finally (somewhat fatally), The Church of Christ the … Continue reading
Posted in Moscow
Tagged Moscow protest, Pussy Riot, Russian censorship, Russian contemporary art, Voina
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Russia’s National Center for Contemporary Art announces the nominees for the Innovation Prize
Russia’s National Center for Contemporary Art just announced the nominees for the 2011 edition of its Innovation Prize (which made headlines last year over its on-off inclusion of the group Voina.) The Prize is awarded in five categories: Work of … Continue reading
Posted in Moscow
Tagged Alexey Buldakov, Andrei Kuzkin, Andrei Smirnov, Auditorium Moscow, Bits of Truth, Contemporary Russian Art, Ekaterina Degot, Generation Z, Impossible Community, Innovation Prize, Innovatzia, Moscow Biennale, Moscow contemporary art, Olesya Turkina, Olga Chernysheva, Russia NCCA, Russian con, Taus Makhacheva, Valery Chtak, Victor Misiano, Voina
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Voina i Mir: Collective ignites another controversy during otherwise peaceful protests
This New Years, instead of lighting sparklers, the St Petersburg-based collective Voina ensured a fresh round of newspaper coverage by lighting Molotov cocktails under a parked police transport vehicle. (You can watch the video here.) The group was quick to … Continue reading
Posted in Moscow
Tagged Andrey Erofeev, Chto Delat?, Cops Auto-da-fé, Slavs and Tatars, Voina
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