Farewell to contemporary art in Russia: the cancellation of the Moscow Biennale marks the end of an era

Photo subject: Sergey Mironenko’s “The Elements,” 3rd Moscow Biennale  of contemporary art. Photo credit: Al-Madani (CC BY-SA 2.0). Article by Konstantin Akinsha. The Art Newspaper – November 8, 2022.

Dozens of contemporary art shows have been forced to close since the outset of the war with Ukraine—but this one was meant to serve Putinist propaganda

Russia’s Ministry of Culture has cancelled the ninth Moscow Art Biennale, “The Scenography of Feelings.” The exhibition would have opened in the Tretyakov Gallery on 7 November but the decision to axe it was made three days before the vernissage. In a statement, a spokesperson for the ministry says: “The Tretyakov Gallery is a treasury of Russian art. […]

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