Today in New York, in the office of the magazine Cabinet, presents "From Russia with doubts", organized jointly with the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art. The works whose origin uncertain

paintings from the collection of Ron and Roger Pollard
Source : e-flux.com

Magazine Cabinet , 14-29 November 2013
300 Nevins Street , Brooklyn , New York

Today in New York, in the office of Cabinet magazine presents " from Russia with doubts ", organized jointly with the Denver museum of Contemporary Art. The works of Russian avant-garde , whose origin is uncertain .

first time this exhibition was held at the Denver Museum of Modern Art in 2010 . The museum director Adam Lerner (Adam Lerner) took an unprecedented experiment in museum practice - put in a formal museum space work, the authenticity of which has not been proved. These suprematist and constructivist works come from the collection of amateur collectors Ron and Roger Pollard . Pollard , in turn , acquired a collection of Russian avant-garde in the mysterious German dealer , whom he met through the site eBay. He assured collectors that these paintings were found in a shipping container at the German customs, which remained untouched since the 1980s .

The exhibition "From Russia with doubts " will be followed by a discussion with Adam Lerner. Director of the Denver Museum of talk about how this exhibition was born and the role of modern cultural institutions play a factor of ignorance and doubt the authenticity of the work .

Prepared by Mary Onuchina , AI

Sources : e-flux.com , artinvestment.ru