New Exhibit: Russian Propaganda Art, 1917-1930
Fight of the Red Knights: Russian Propaganda Art, 1917 – 1930 (exhibit) March 30 – July 31
As part of Enchanting World: Centennial of the 1917 Russian Revolution, the University of Houston Libraries will house a public exhibit of Soviet and anti-Soviet propaganda posters from the revolution and early years of the Soviet Union. The exhibit consists of 33 posters (reproductions) selected from the Poster Collection housed at the Hoover Institution Archive at Stanford University.
Curated by UH students, the exhibit opens Thursday, March 30 at 6:00 p.m. on the third floor of the MD Anderson Library, with a gallery talk by Katya Kudryavtseva, PhD, a Stetson University professor of art history and specialist on Russia. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibit will be open through July 31.
Enchanting World is a series of public events in 2017, including musical concerts, theatrical performances, visual arts exhibitions, public lectures, and symposia related to the centennial of the 1917 Russian Revolution.