Stalin
Vandalismnews
Stalin religious icon splattered with paint in Georgia
The work in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi depicts St Matrona of Moscow, a visionary and healer, blessing the Soviet dictator
Booksreview
Book reveals the perilous life and times of Stalin’s most celebrated architect
Boris Iofan, a Jewish architect born in Odesa—whose buildings included the Communist behemoth the “House on the Embankment”—built what the dictator demanded, creating architecture as an instrument of power
Newsarchive
Foreign minister calls for Warsaw’s Palace of Culture to be demolished
Sikorski says that it would be better to have a park in its place
Cooper Unionarchive
Cooper Union accused of censorship as Stalin banner is removed
The controversial image was removed after protests from local community, many of whom were Ukrainian
Exhibitionsarchive
Fascism unbound
An exhibition at the Hayward Gallery examines the close links between the art produced in Europe under the great dictators, 1930-45
Cinzia Cinzia Fratucello