Explore the secret corners of the artistic underground - where the thirst for freedom was born and the Moscow underground flourished. Natalia Mikhailovskaya will guide you through the history of the struggle against socialist realism, unofficial exhibitions, and "islands of freedom" where art lived in defiance of prohibitions. When the state dictates to the artist what and how to depict, art either dies or goes underground. Natalia Mikhailovskaya's lecture is an emotional and rich journey into the era when freedom of expression became a challenge to the system, and creativity an act of resistance. Where did it all begin? Why did the era of deaf silence follow the turbulent surge of avant-garde art in the 1920s? The answer lies in 1934 - the moment when socialist realism was officially established as the only permissible artistic direction. We will examine how this style became not just a school, but a tool of harsh ideological control and why it excluded any deviations from the "correct" image of the world. Find other events in Moscow on KudaGo.