Newsletter November 2015

 
 
 
Dear Friends!  
As 2015 coming to a close we are happy and proud to share with you our  
outstanding accomplishments and exciting news. This was a stirring year 
bursting  with successful projects which number and scale exceeded our wildest  
predictions.  
News from the Lazar Khidekel Society: 
A long anticipated monograph was published in the end of  2014: 
Lazar  Khidekel and Suprematism 
Prestel  Publishing, Munich, London, New York, 2014 
Regina  Khidekel, editor and contributor, with contributions by Constantin 
Boym,  Magdalena Dabrowski,  
Charlotte Douglas, Tatyana Goryacheva, Irina Karasik, Boris Kirikov and  
Margarita Shtiglits, and Alla Rosenfeld: 
May  18, 2015 |  Christie’s Cocktail Reception to celebrate  the 
publication of the book Lazar Khidekel and  Suprematism : 
http://www.russianamericanculture.com/events/current-upcoming-events/lazar-khidekel-and-suprematism-at-ch
ristie-s-new-york/. 
Review:  http://itar-tass.com/ НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 18 сентября. /Корр. ТАСС
 ...  /Корр. ТАСС Игорь Борисенко/. Работы одного из  
талантливейших представителей русского авангарда - 
Лазаря Хидекеля  (1904-1986) - выставлены в зале всемирно 
известного... 25  июня  2015, 22:31 
Book Reviews:   
Bryony Byrne: Lazar Khidekel  & Suprematism: 
“Coinciding with a renewed interest in Russian  abstract art, this book is 
a brilliant exploration of a talented and significant  artist and provides a 
detailed and beautiful showcase of Suprematist work. A key  link in the 
story of abstraction.” 
https://www.aestheticamagazine.com/lazar-khidekel-suprematism;  
Lazar Khidekel  & Suprematism: C  Brumfield, Tulane University,  Choice, 
Wednesday, April 01 , 2015 
MIDDLETOWN, CT. Recommended.  Research and professional  collections: “This 
lavishly  illustrated volume provides a comprehensive survey of the work of 
Lazar  Khidekel, a prominent figure in the Russian avant-garde artistic  
movement known as supremarism…  In the late 1930s, Stalinist  politics 
required artistic compromises,  but Khidekel'   projects  maintained  their 
visionary  quality…” 
Lazar Khidekel Award for young architects for  "Innovative architectural 
approaches - Visionary of the XXI Century" was  given for the third year  in 
cooperation with the International  Association of Unions of Architects, 
MOOCAO IOO - 2015   
Two Kanal Kultura broadcasts supported by  the American Embassy in Moscow  
    1.  Regina Khidekel to  introduce the contemporary art in the New 
Museum and  the Chelsea galleries: 
http://www.russianamericanculture.com/events/performing-arts-events/regina-khidekel-on-tvkultura-from-march-10-7-30-pm; _
Искусственный  отбор / Эфир от 10.03.2015 /  tvkultura.ru_ 
(http://tvkultura.ru/video/show/brand_id/58339/episode_id/1176948/video_id/1145479/)
 ;  
    2.  About Lazar Khidekel speaks his son and follower Mark  Khidekel:  
http://tvkultura.ru/video/show/brand_id/58339/episode_id/1235679/video_id/1393
492/ 
RACC is beginning a new series of online presentations of  art, created by 
emerging and mid-career artists: 
Exiled from Truth and Iconography 
Drawings by RACC artist Dmitry  Borshch and an excerpt from his interview 
with philosopher Patrick Maynard. 
http://www.russianamericanculture.com/galleries/virtual-exhibitions/exiled-f
rom-truth-and-iconography; 
(please open images in a new window) 
Exhibition:  New Photography Series by Alexander Movshovich …and GOD 
created  WOMAN: 
http://www.russianamericanculture.com/events/current-upcoming-events/a-new-series-of-works-by-alexander-movshovich-and-god-created-woman-as-a-p
art-of-the-show-four-photographers/; 
Film Screening and  Discussion: May 15th, 2015 | 5:30 pm, Hunter  College 
Aftermath (Poland):  
http://www.russianamericanculture.com/events/current-upcoming-events/aftermath-poland-film-screening-and-discussion-presented-by-ra
cc-in-collaboration-with-the-russian-and-slavic-studies-program; 
Theater: October 1, 2015 |  Dixon Place, 161 Chrystie St, New York
THE MAXIMS OF PETER POCKETS at Dixon  Place Zara Antonyan & Stephen Ochsner 
from The Meyerhold Theatre Centre,  Moscow 
Literary (the most recent) :  A real Russian launch party will  celebrate 
the publication of poet Larissa Shmailo’s debut novel, Patient  Women: 
http://www.russianamericanculture.com/events/current-upcoming-events/new-york-city-
a-real-russian-launch-party-will-celebrate-the-publication-of-poet-larissa-s
hmailo-s-debut-novel-patient-women; 
November 11, 6:30 PM | Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York 
A Reading -  Poetry by Eugene Ostashevsky and fiction by Zarina Zabrisky, 
in their only New  York appearance this year 
http://www.russianamericanculture.com/events/current-upcoming-events/russian
-american-cultural-center-presents; This  event is funded in part by Poets 
& Writers with public funds from the New  York State Council on the Arts 
with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the  New York State Legislature. 
More RACC literary  events : 
http://www.russianamericanculture.com/events/literary-events/ 
Upcoming Events:  
Exhibition:  Suprematism Infinity: Reflections, Interpretations,  
Explorations 
Opening  Reception: Thursday, December 10, 6:00 –  8:00 pm  
7:00 pm -  talk by Irina Nakhova  
Video by Irina Nakhova will  be shown at the opening event   
Harriman Atrium | 420 West 118th Street, 12th  Floor 
Exhibition will be open through December 1, 2015  – January 22, 2016   
CONFERENCE  “100 YEARS OF SUPREMATISM” 
December  11-12, 2015, Harriman Institute, New York City 
The  two-day conference, organized in association with the Harriman 
Institute of  Columbia University, the Lazar Khidekel Society, and SHERA, will be 
held on  Friday and Saturday, December 11-12, 2015 
December  5, 2:00 PM | Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New  York 
Third  Annual Oleg Woolf Memorial Readings. The  launch of the English 
edition of Oleg Woolf’s Bessarabian  Stamps. 
In  cooperation with StoSvet Literary Project. 
http://www.russianamericanculture.com/events/current-upcoming-events/the-thi
rd-annual-oleg-woolf-memorial-readings-the-launch-of-the-english-edition-of-
oleg-woolf-s-bessarabian-stamps/; 
TBD A Reading by Anna Halbershtadt 
TBD A Reading by Emil Draitser:  About his work and  himself 
On the fiftieth anniversary of the literary  activities 
March  2016 The Diaspora & Israeli Russian Film Festival  
March  2016 The Art Film Festival  
We  are proud and thankful to each of our  supporter. 
Very Special Thank to Nellie Lozanova Gipson for supporting our  Christie’s 
Book launch event, the Tianaderra Foundation which grant helps to  sustain 
our Literary Program, the AVC  Charity Foundation 
for  supporting the Lazar Khidekel Society and exhibition program, and for 
a  contribution from the Orentreich Family  Foundation, a new patron of the 
Lazar Khidekel Society!   
Literary events  that take place at Poets House are made possible through 
Poets  House’s Literary Partners Program.   
 
RACC's program is made possible by the New York State  Council on the Arts 
with the support of Governor Andrew Guomo and the New York  State 
Legislature, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in  partnership with 
the city Council.  
     
     
 
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