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By Sandy Lee
October 3, 2024

At 1962 Moscow art exhibit, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, left, denounced works by Russian sculptor Ernst Neizvestny, right with fist clenched, who defiantly responded that art under Stalin was “rotten” like his regime. Neizvestny’s Masks of Sorrow monuments are dedicated to millions who died in Stalin’s Gulag.

At 1962 Moscow art exhibit, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, left, denounced works by Russian sculptor Ernst Neizvestny, right with fist clenched, who defiantly responded that art under Stalin was “rotten” like his regime. Neizvestny’s Masks of Sorrow monuments are dedicated to millions who died in Stalin’s Gulag.