Russian politics and reality TV: Who is the woman on the cover of ‘This Is Hardcore’ by Pulp?
An iconic album with an iconic cover.
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Russia to sit out of Venice Biennale for second time
It is the second time Russia won’t feature in the cultural festival.
Anti-war protest rock band Bi-2 risks being deported to Russia
The protest group is currently being held in a Thai prison.
The beauty and creative defiance of Soviet bus stops
Beacons of creativity amid a totalitarian regime.
Odesa Museum of Fine Arts damaged by Russian missile strike on 124th anniversary
The museum’s catchment was only added to Unesco’s list of world heritage sites in January 2023.
How Kazimir Malevich’s ‘Black Square’ threatened Joseph Stalin
“I understand the primacy of pure feeling in creative art.”
‘Buffy’ meets ‘The Matrix’: The Russian movie adored by Quentin Tarantino and Danny Boyle
“We can’t even imagine another movie spellbinding us.”
The crucial importance of Sergei Eisenstein’s ‘Battleship Potemkin’
Montage pioneer, revolutionary theorist.
Little Richard on a Broken Leg: How rock ‘n’ roll was smuggled into Russia
The subversive art of smuggling.