“A Past That Won’t Pass”: Stalin’s Museum Sales in a Transformed Global Context

In the wake of the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks embarked on a massive nationaliza­tion drive in the sphere of culture. Major art collections once belonging to the court, the nobility, the bourgeoisie, and the church were confiscated and added to the state museum funds. Newly drafted and implem...

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Main Author: Waltraud M. Bayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Forum Kunst und Markt 2018-05-01
Series:Journal for Art Market Studies
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Online Access:https://fokum-jams.org/index.php/jams/article/view/22