Soviet Collectibles

  MOSCOW (AP) – The sale of nine Soviet-era masterpieces that fetched $3 million at a London auction in 2014 is causing uproar in Moscow’s art community, where it was largely perceived as a theft of the family jewels.

  MOSCOW (AP) – Vladimir Lysenko’s painted bull stares with flat black eyes like a double-barrel shotgun, one of his horns festooned in a mosaic of bright rectangles, the tip of his tail stretched toward a glowing orange globe that may be the sun.

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Internationally acclaimed artist Anatoly Dverin’s story is as colorful as his paintings. His masterful paintings showcase peaceful landscapes ranging from the French countryside to Nantucket beaches, while his portraits evoke the lives lived by the lined and weathered faces peering out from his canvases. “Rembrandt, eat your heart out,” he […]