Building anew: how Constructivism sought to remake the world

Next month marks 100 years since the abdication of the last Russian czar. Within months, Lenin and the Bolsheviks had seized power, shaking the world. In the wake of the takeover, the Russian avant-garde developed new forms of Modernism, which are the subjects of three major exhibitions in New York and London. Here, we take a look at the history of Russian Constructivism.
Construction is the goal
On 8 November 1920, the third anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia that ushered in the Bo