Soviet avant-garde architecture in the years following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution is integral to the history of modern architecture. Barry Bergdoll, chief curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, and photographer Richard Pare join Leonard to talk about MoMA’s exhibit on Soviet modernist architecture called “The Lost Vanguard.”
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Interesting exhibition. The film series "The Russian Avant-garde" is a documentary series of 6 films about this subject. Check for more information on www.copernicusfilms.narod.ru. The series is an added compliment to the exhibition. (All films are in English) and include. Rodchenko and the Russian Avant-garde, Architecture and the Russian Avant-garde, Meyerhold Theatre and the Russian Avant-garde, Mayakovsky, etc
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