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Tag Archives: Pussy Riot
State of the Art
Exactly three years after Pussy Riot’s famous Punk Prayer performance in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Russian Orthodox Church has once again found itself offended by blasphemous art. This time around, the “culprit” is 30 year-old award-winning opera … Continue reading
The writing on the wall
Russian artist Petr Pavlensky staged a Van Gogh – esque act of self – mutilation last week, cutting off his earlobe with a butcher’s knife while sitting on the walls of the Serbsky psychiatric centre in Moscow. The artist’s action, called … Continue reading
Drama in the courtroom – and beyond
Last time we’ve heard from Oleg Vorotnikov aka Vor (“thief” in Russian), the self-proclaimed leader of Voina, an artist collective best known for drawing a 200-foot phallus on Liteinyi Bridge in front of the FSB building in St Petersburg, he was … Continue reading
An Oh So Quiet Manifesta
A month ago, the fate of Manifesta10, the European art biennial that was set to open in St. Petersburg on June 28th, was still undecided. Some artists were boycotting the exhibition, others were dropping out, staff was not being paid, … Continue reading
Swearbots, Pussy Riot, and a glimpse Out of Time
Admittedly, from the Western perspective, things have been a bit rocky in Russia lately. (In a piece for the New Republic, satirical bloggers Kermlin suggested giving up optimism and instead start placing bets on the worst possible outcomes, as either way you’re … Continue reading
“Art should heal the world”: Kapkov cancels the Pussy Riot screening, while Anatoly Osmolovsky pens an open letter
At the end of our last post, we mentioned how much we wished we could attend the screening of Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, scheduled for last Sunday at Moscow’s Gogol Center. Granted, we were more interested in hearing Irina … Continue reading
Black is the New Orange: Post-Prison Pussy Riot
On December 23, Putin made good on the promises made by the amnesty bill passed earlier this month, and released a host of political prisoners, including team Greenpeace and Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, better known as members of the … Continue reading
While we wait on more releases, Late Night with Diaconov…
Despite some (understandably) over-adrenalined official headlines in the wake of Khodorkovsky’s release [for those of you who just said “who?”, we defer to the ever-great Julia Ioffe], Pussy Riot has not been freed. According to a Twitter just sent out on … Continue reading
“Amnesty” for Pussy Riot, Greenpeace, other political activists?
In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Russian Constitution, President Vladimir Putin helped sponsor another primarily decorative gesture: a bill that would offer amnesty to several political prisoners, including the members of Pussy Riot and the Greenpeace activists captured … Continue reading
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Tagged Greenpeace activists, Maria Alyokina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Pussy Riot, Vladimir Putin
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Scrotum Patrol: Who is this Peter Pavlensky?
So, we have to hand it to Peter Pavlensky. Yesterday, he gave the international coverage of the Russian art world some of its best headlines yet when he nailed his testicles to the ground in Red Square, as a vivid … Continue reading
Posted in Moscow
Tagged Peter Pavlensky, Political Propaganda, Pussy Riot, Pyotr Pavlensky, Red Square, Russian Protest Art
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