Works from the Tretyakov Gallery and private collections.
The great Jewish ex-Soviet artist and dissident (разномыслящий), Oscar Rabin has died at the age of 90. A New York Times obituary (обитуарий) from Nov. 11, reports that Rabin died in Florence, Italy, where he had been staying “for an exhibition of his work at the Florentine branch of the I. Repin St. Petersburg Art Academy. It opened the day after his death.” The obituary notes that a new documentary about Rabin’s life and work has just been completed by filmmakers Alexander Smoljanski and Evgeny Tsymbal.
