Russian Abstract Art Exhibition at Palazzo Attems in Gorizia

A new exhibition at Palazzo Attems in Gorizia explores the rise of Russian abstract art from the late 19th century to 1922. The show traces the evolution from traditionalist debates inspired by Leo Tolstoy to the avant-garde movements that broke with figuration. Key figures include Sergei Diaghilev, who founded the magazine 'Mir iskusstva' (World of Art) in 1898, introducing Impressionism and Art Nouveau to Russia. The exhibition covers the emergence of Cubofuturism in 1913, Rayonism founded by Mikhail Larionov, and Kazimir Malevich's Suprematism. It also addresses the impact of the 1917 October Revolution and the subsequent rise of Constructivism under Stalin, which turned art into state propaganda. Artists such as Olga Rozanova, Natalia Goncharova, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and Vasily Kandinsky are featured. The show highlights the brief period when Russian art was in close dialogue with European avant-gardes before the Iron Curtain fell.