An exploration of the mythology and reality of post-revolutionary proletarian art in Russia as well as its expression in the festive decorations of Petrograd between 1917 and 1920.

Natalia Murray, PhD (2015), Courtauld Institute of Art, is Associate Lecturer in the history of Russian art at the Courtauld and a Senior Curator, most recently at GRAD gallery. Her last major exhibition was Revolution. Russian Art. 1917-1932 (Royal Academy of Arts, February-April 2017). In 2012 she published a biography of Nikolay Punin (Brill).