Controversial Vkhutemas architecture exhibition opens at the Cooper Union

An exhibition showcasing the history and work of a Soviet avant-garde school of architecture has opened up at the Cooper Union in New York City after more than a year of delays due to the ongoing Ukraine war.Vkhutemas: Laboratory of the Avant-Garde 1920-1930, which grew out of a 2019 class taught by Cooper Union assistant professor Anna Bokov, highlights the pedagogy and theory of the 1920s Soviet school of architecture.
Curated by Bokov and archives director Steven Hillyer, the exhibi