Why the art world needs to ditch the rich Russians
As Russian investors snap up an even greater stake in the contemporary art world, Jonathan Jones asks if there can ever be a truly independent art pressThere’s an interesting story on the Art Newspaper website about Russian artists protesting with their feet against president Vladimir Putin’s government. Yet the most significant aspect of the story may be that it has actually been published.Crackdowns on freedom of speech are driving artists into exile, reports Sophia Kishkovsky, citing subv
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