A Revolutionary Impulse

The Rise of the Russian Avant-Garde

Covering the period of artistic innovation between 1912 and 1934, this exhibition traces the arc of the pioneering avant-garde from its earliest flowering in 1912 to the 1934 Stalinist decree of Socialist Realism as the sole sanctioned style of art. Bringing together major works from MoMA’s extraordinary collection, the exhibition features breakthrough projects in painting, drawing, sculpture, prints, book and graphic design, film, photography, and architecture. Read more.

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Pioneer with a Bugle (1930), Aleksandr Rodchenko Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art

Memorial to Fallen Leaders (1927), Gustav Klutsis © 2016 / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Cover design for Novyi LEF: Journal of the Left Front of the Arts, No. 1 (1928), Aleksandr Rodchenko Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, New York

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