Love and Revolution: Avant-Garde Couples at MAN Nuoro
The MAN Museum in Nuoro, Sardinia, presents 'Amore e rivoluzione. Coppie di artisti dell’avanguardia russa', an exhibition exploring Russian sociopolitical history through art and love. Organized with the Tretyakov Gallery, Schusev State Museum of Architecture, and Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien, it features three artist couples—Natalya Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov, Varvara Stepanova and Alexander Rodchenko, Lyubov Popova and Alexander Vesnin—united in life, aesthetics, and politics. Over 100 works including paintings, sculptures, drawings, collages, photographs, and propaganda posters examine techniques and languages of the Russian avant-garde during the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. The exhibition highlights women artists' active roles in societal change and gender equality ideals promoted by the revolution.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Amore e rivoluzione. Coppie di artisti dell’avanguardia russa' at MAN Museum Nuoro
- Organized with Tretyakov Gallery, Schusev State Museum of Architecture, Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien
- Features three couples: Goncharova-Larionov, Stepanova-Rodchenko, Popova-Vesnin
- Over 100 works including paintings, sculptures, drawings, collages, photographs, propaganda posters
- Focuses on Russian avant-garde during the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution
- Highlights women artists' roles in societal change and gender equality
- Exhibition runs at MAN Museum in Nuoro, Sardinia
Entities
Artists
- Natalya Goncharova
- Mikhail Larionov
- Varvara Stepanova
- Alexander Rodchenko
- Lyubov Popova
- Alexander Vesnin
Institutions
- Museo MAN (Museo d'Arte della Provincia di Nuoro)
- Galleria Statale Tretjakov (Tretyakov Gallery)
- Museo Nazionale Schusev di Architettura (Schusev State Museum of Architecture)
- Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien
Locations
- Nuoro
- Sardinia
- Italy
- Moscow
- Russia
- Vienna
- Austria